It is rather easy to get swept up in the ‘holier than thou’ mindset when it comes to lower carbon emissions in the US. Granted, the US is making progress on this front: 2012 levels were about 13% below those seen in 2005. » read more
Posts Tagged ‘power generation’
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Mar 14 2013 @ 10:55am by Matt Smith in Crude Oil, Economy, Global Energy, Natural Gas, risk management
Highlighting Global Trends In Carbon Emissions
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May 10 2012 @ 10:58am by Matt Smith in Crude Oil, Economy, Natural Gas
From The Beasties To Commodities
I was utterly gutted to hear about the passing of Adam Yauch (MCA from the Beastie Boys) last week. Although I didn’t care for the band’s early stuff like ‘Fight For Your Right To Party’ and ‘No Sleep ’til Brooklyn’, their second album ‘Paul’s Boutique’ is one of my favorite records ever, and I have been a fan ever since. So in honor of such a glorious life (from hoodrat to humanitarian), here are some Beastie Boys classics which loop their way back to Commodityland™.
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Apr 12 2012 @ 10:55am by Matt Smith in Crude Oil, Economy, Global Energy, Natural Gas
Around The World In 80 Seconds
Given that this week feels like it has been all over the place, it seems somewhat appropriate that this post should do the same. So let us go around the world in 80 seconds, taking a look at some random energy nuggets from various corners of the globe.
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Sep 29 2011 @ 10:50am by Matt Smith in Biofuels, Crude Oil, Global Energy, Natural Gas
Relevant versus Random Facts about Power
Once again this week I found myself going off on a tangent as I was researching something else. My meanderings led me to forraging for facts about power, so here are some relevant, riveting, and random electro-info-nuggets™. » read more
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Feb 3 2011 @ 10:50am by Matt Smith in Crude Oil, Economy, Global Energy, Natural Gas
10 for 2030
Hum dee dum. I have some more creative / humorous posts in the works (I promise), but despite feeling like I am gipping you this week, I wanted to share some of the more intriguing points from some recent reports from two members of ‘big oil‘, BP and Exxon Mobil. The two chunky outlooks take a look at the energy sector out to 2030, and from my tortilla-like perspective, here’s the top ten tidbits: » read more
