Robert Rapier

Why the $20 Oil Predictions are Wrong

As the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) retests the $40 per barrel (bbl) mark, some pundits are again calling for WTI to fall to $15 or $20/bbl.

August 24, 2015

The Link Between Oil Reserves and Oil Prices

Last December the Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its latest estimate of U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Proved Reserves. Although natural gas reserves rose, the real story was crude oil reserves.

August 10, 2015

Global Biofuels Status Update

Today I want to take a deep look at the global biofuels picture, drawing mainly from the Renewables 2014 Global Status Report (GSR) that was released in June by REN21, the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century.

August 28, 2014

How Fossil Fuels Subsidize Us

“The subsidies we give fossil energy companies are a rounding error relative to the subsidies fossil energy give to society.”

May 15, 2014

Renewable Hydrogen on the Big Island

Because of the relatively low population density and the abundant natural resources, Hawaii has the potential to do something that will prove to be much more challenging elsewhere: Derive most or all of its energy from renewable sources.

April 25, 2014

Nonrenewable Renewables?

What does renewable energy mean? This question isn’t as simple as it sounds.

September 24, 2013

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