This was originally written in October 2007 when gas was $2.75 a gallon.  read more »

Oil futures rebounded Friday as Pentagon officials said a large scale Israeli military exercise in the eastern Mediterranean early this month was intended in part as a demonstration of Jerusalem's ability to attack Iranian nuclear facilities.

Prices also rose as investors reconsidered whether Thursday's sharp declines, which were based on an announced fuel price hike in China, were merited.  read more »

We now have an energy crisis beyond any proportion in our American history. It's really our fault. We sat on our collective asses and let our government allow the contributors to their campaigns make hundreds of billions of dollars while eliminating subsidies for alternative energy over a decade ago.  read more »

I tend to bring modern perspectives into the past using historical actions that belie the human condition through the ages, as to show us as a species in a vaccuum, without preconcieved "normal" rituals of any particular age. It's my way of "seeing" if the same actions hold up with or without the sum total of knowledge that we've acquired up to this point-that I think rarely turns into wisdom.  read more »

Few people understand futures and options contracts on the open market, if one could call it that. Essentially, what we humans do is write on a piece of paper a price and a date for commodities such as oranges (Think Eddie Murphy in Trading Places), coffee, pork bellies, grain, and the most talked about today-oil.  read more »

The world economy may well be headed for the “Mother of all course corrections.” Economists use the term “course correction” to talk about things like the overall direction of the economy, changes in economic policy, changes in the specific plans of a major corporation, or a group of businesses forming a segment of the economy.  read more »

The recent surge in oil prices is the epitome in white collar crime. One cannot help but wonder how long people and politicians will sit idly by while oil corporations steal from the poor to fatten their overflowing wallets. On Friday oil hit $95.93, down slightly from Wednesdays high of $98.62 a barrel.  read more »

What if hydrocarbon-eating bacteria get into the world's oil supply?

Suffice it to say, you won't be driving your car as much as you did in the old days. And, if you heat your home with oil, you'll be cold.

Kyle Mills Novel Won't Make You Feel Safer

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It seems like every time I ride my motorcycle during the winter, I will inevitably hear a question about riding when it's cold outside. For one thing, I am principled. If it's below about 30 degrees, I usually will leave it parked in the garage. Second, it's not like I'm traveling 300 miles, it's just around town.  read more »

It has been decried long before the first Earth Day in the seventies and over thirty years later, we still allow our politicians, oil conglomerates, and irrational perspectives to rule our absurd interconnected world.  read more »