America’s Oil and Gas Export Delusions
The true hoax of this energy transition is the idea that the U.S. has unlimited oil and gas that is just waiting to be produced as soon as those tree-hugging liberals stop standing in the way.
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U.S. Policy Implications of Global Peak Oil Demand
Back in the beginning of the century James Kuntsler published the book The Long Emergency which warned about societal collapse due to declining oil production combined with “climate change, resurgent diseases, water scarcity, global economic instability and warfare to cause major trouble for future generations.” Twenty years ago it was
Zombieland
Here we go again.
“Last week, a retired oil and gas worker named Luke Shipp called out Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian for claiming that no wastewater disposal well has contaminated groundwater used by people.”
That quote is from a column in the Houston Chronicle about the ongoing problem of toxic
Learning from California As It Becomes An Orphan Petrostate
By 1910, California was producing roughly a fifth of the world’s crude oil. Today it is producing roughly a fifth of the oil consumed by the state.
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In addition to experiencing serious oil production decline, California is also a “fuel island” due to the geographical and regulatory constraints
Big Oil is Sticking Us with the Bill
State regulators are allowing the oil industry to walk away from its cleanup responsibilities.
Oil Industry Unlikely to Pay Mounting Debts Owed to America
In 2019 I wrote an article that posed the question, “Will the Public End up Paying to Clean up the Fracking Boom?” The following year I wrote the article, “With Bankruptcies Mounting, Faltering Oil and Gas Firms Are Leaving a Multi-billion Dollar Cleanup Bill to the Public” in which I
Oil Industry Methane Pollution Is Business as Usual, Not Accidental
Leaks are not driving oil and gas methane pollution. Methane pollution is mostly due to normal oilfield operation.