It’s a Thursday morning: ice cold, snow on the ground, and an extra-large coffee in my hands. It’s Thanksgiving Day, and there’s about to be a big showdown on the local high school football field. On the one side we...
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The “Asian Super Grid” | Renewable Energy at a High Cost
Much unlike the many alternative energy efforts undertaken daily across the globe, the Asian Super Grid is not so much a response to the consumption of fossil fuels as it is to natural disaster. It’s already been over...
By the 2020s, we may be able to mine asteroids for rocket fuels and precious metals
Getting into the mining business for coal and metallic minerals in 2016 may seem like a fruitless business venture – but what about in outer space? Planetary Resources, Inc. is comprised of a small team of brilliant...
Petroleum Product of the Week: Wind Turbines?
You never thought about it before, but you’re already starting to understand. The monstrosities that line countless mountain passes, rolling green hills, and dry desert lands across America – wind turbines – are modern...
Without OIL, we can NEVER hope to reach 100% renewable energy.
The movement towards “environmentally-friendly” energy resources (definitively amplified in President Obama’s second term) seems to be an effort that many Americans seem to agree with. Yearly, massive renewable energy...
Huge shale discovery in West Texas may lead to a miniature US oil boom
It’s been a long time since the Apache Corporation of Houston, Texas drilled its first oil well. Going on 63 years to be exact: and the oil exploration company seems to have just struck liquid gold in West Texas –...
Northeastern PA coal miners flourish in a dying market, “Coal will not recover” say economists
Here in Northeastern Pennsylvania, coal takes on a new meaning. For us, it’s not just a seemingly antiquated energy resource facing the end of its centuries-long run – no, for us, it remains an integral part of NEPA...
Petroleum Product of the Week: Football Helmets
For the nearly $8 billion dollar business that is the NFL, so much of its yearly profit weighs heavily upon the brains and brawn of starting QBs. Several of the NFL’s starting quarterbacks are earning above $20,000,000...
Is the world actually ready for autonomous vehicles?
Self-driving automobiles seem like a natural, evolutionary stop along the automobile’s development – but it’s taking longer than expected to get the wheels turning. The notion of a computer-controlled automobile is one...
Both Presidential Candidates say US infrastructure is in shambles; is it beyond repair? Economists weigh in.
“…the state of our infrastructure is a national emergency. We have bridges that are right now too dangerous to drive on … We have roads that are so riddled and pitted and … We have airports that are stuck in the...