For the past couple of years I've been following closely the words and ideas of Peak Oil guru Matthew Simmons. Simmons is a conservative energy analyst who, after taking a close look at the available data, has concluded that Peak Oil is upon us. Simmons is so convinced by his own [...]

The Bush administration has declared that this week is "energy week", as the President and his cabinet travel the country to tout the programs that will, in the President's words "help us reach another great goal: to replace more than 75 percent of our oil imports from the Middle East by [...]

Last night the President admitted: "America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world." The President went on to say that "the best way to break this addiction is through technology." According to President Bush, his proposed [...]

Projections of future renewable energy use are dismal. Yes, total renewable use will increase in the next 20 years, but so will total energy consumption. So we'll see more use of wind, solar, and biodiesel, while the fossil fuel market continues to expand to meet growing demand. According [...]

This post takes its name from an article in the Guardian written by columnist George Monbiot. The columnist illustrates this woeful futility by taking a similar stance to my own against biofuels. Monbiot, citing a Friends of the Earth report, explains that the European quest for a fossil fuel [...]