ConocoPhillips’ CTO on the Future of Cleantech and Energy Technology
I had the opportunity recently to chat with Stephen Brand, the chief technology officer for ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), one of the largest major oil companies in the world. I have a long personal...
View ArticleTexas Excess
by Richard T. Stuebi Over my spring break vacation, I had the pleasure of reading The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes by Bryan Burroughs. It was one of those books I just...
View ArticlePeter Huber: Low-Confidence in Low-Carbon
by Richard T. Stuebi A few weeks ago, I wrote here that it is often a good thing to read and reflect upon intelligently-crafted opinions that differ from those you hold. A good example is offered by...
View ArticleThe Immutable Principles of Energy
by Richard T. Stuebi Jim Halloran, a financial analyst of the oil/gas industry now with Russell Energy Advisors at Financial America Securities, recently sent along to his various contacts something he...
View ArticleAn Evening With Ernest Moniz
by Richard T. Stuebi Last week, the MIT Club of Northeast Ohio hosted a talk at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland by Professor Ernest Moniz, the Director of the MIT Energy Initiative, and a...
View ArticleFossil Fuel and Life
by Richard T. Stuebi In the past month, we’ve witnessed two major catastrophes associated with U.S. production of fossil fuels — the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion killing 11 workers in the...
View ArticleBP Oil Spill
Barrons had an interesting take on biofuels from garbage: http://online.barrons.com/article/SB127327100968888619.html I have been following this movement for some time and there does seem to be an...
View ArticleTop Ten Energy Myths
by Richard T. Stuebi I get a kick out of trite little lists that I can quickly report on and provoke some thinking and conversation. And so it is that I recently came across the “Top Ten Energy Myths”,...
View ArticleBobby Jindal is Blinded by Money
I was shocked when reading this letter from Governor Bobby Jindal. Now I find him to be over political at times, even though I like his governing style in general. In this case, he is just out of his...
View ArticleThe Petroleum Industry: Past the Tipping Point?
by Richard T. Stuebi as posted to Huffington Post As Jon Stewart so beautifully satired a couple of weeks ago, American political leaders have long said “enough is enough” about the lack of a coherent...
View ArticleDrill, Baby, D’Oh!
by Richard T. Stuebi Unlike many in the cleantech community, I’m not averse to increased drilling for oil in the U.S. I recognize that we’re not going to be able to leapfrog out of the corner into...
View ArticlePeak Oil: Objects in Mirror May Be Closer Than They Appear
by Richard T. Stuebi One of my favorite PowerPoint slides about the peak oil phenomenon comes from the dearly-departed Matt Simmons. The slide depicted a mountain peak in an automobile rearview...
View ArticleWill the 21st Century be the Fossil Fuel Century?
Will the 21st century be the fossil fuel century? Whether it’s peak oilers, climate scientists, renewable and sustainable gurus, or cleantech venture capitalists, we all talk like that’s not an option....
View ArticleN.I.M.B.Y. – To an Extreme
The problem with REMs and why they are so “rare” is that mining and refining for them is incredibly damaging to the environment. Extraction requires a huge amount of ore (making it highly...
View ArticleCleantech Investing: A View From 21
Ordinarily, I let my fellow blogging colleague Neal Dikeman of Jane Capital take the lead in covering cleantech IPOs and publicly-traded stocks. However, I recently received the May 2011 newsletter...
View ArticleCleantech Blog’s Parameters for a Workable Energy Policy
Energy is life, the rest runs on it. Since the 70s through every presidential administration and every Congress, we have had an energy policy that boiled down to fighting the cold war through oil and...
View ArticleA World of Hurt
Seemingly generating nary a ripple here in the U.S., the International Energy Agency (IEA) just issued its 2011 World Energy Outlook — its annual synopsis on the future of the global energy sector. If...
View ArticleBook Review: Private Empire
After having extensively tackled the topic of al-Qaida with The Bin Ladens and Ghost Wars, Steve Coll has turned his attention to ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM). At first blush, this might seem like a...
View ArticleHow About A Sane Energy Policy Mr. Obamney?
It’s Presidential Election year. Ergo, time to discuss our 40 year whacked out excuse for an energy policy. Royally botched up by every President since, umm? Objectives: Make US energy supply cheap...
View ArticleFifty Years
Earlier this month, I turned 50 years old. Such milestones are natural occasions for reflection. Beyond recalling many of the phases and individual episodes of my life, my reflection included a...
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