Oil Prices Aren't Only Hurdle for Oil Shale. by Across the Great Divide on Feb 25, 2010 in Colorado Environment Oil and Politics Shell Oil, one of the major players in developing western Colorado's oil shale into actual oil, announced this week that it is dropping a contested application for conditional water rights on the Yampa River near the Piceance Creek Basin, where...
Oil Companies Follow Through on Their Promise. by Across the Great Divide on Nov 18, 2009 in Environment Oil and Politics Via Grist with a h/t to Rep. Jeremy Kalin.
Biking to the Apocalypse: How Far Off are Oil Forecasts? by Across the Great Divide on Nov 12, 2009 in Biking Oil and Politics Steven Colbert did a riff last night on America's rolling shortage of ammunition — observing that ammo scarcity was being caused by hoarding gun owners who feared ammo scarcity — and proposing that the new U.S. currency be lead-based. Good...
Split Estate: Meet the New Neighbors. by Across the Great Divide on Oct 9, 2009 in Colorado Free Market Oil and Politics Ranchers and other generally libertarian types may favor drilling on public lands like ANWR and Colorado's Roan Plateau. Some locals love the oil and gas jobs exploration brings. But as pressure to explore all domestic reserves increases, resistance...
Parking: Where Some Quarters are Better Than Others. by Across the Great Divide on Sep 19, 2009 in Design Environment Oil and Politics Transportation I'd planned to cycle around to all the metro Park(ing) Day locations on Friday, but lunch and a few distractions intervened. Paul Schmelzer hit the same block I visited and shot the same locations, so I'll let him tell it....
The End of Easy Oil. by Across the Great Divide on Aug 22, 2009 in Environment Oil and Politics Anyone who thinks U.S. energy requirements are going to be satisfied at the nexus of the oil sands, oil shale and the free market ought to read this National Geographic piece on The Canadian Oil Boom. "Oil sands represent a...
The Check is in the Mail. by Across the Great Divide on Jul 13, 2009 in Business Economy Government Effectiveness Oil and Politics Fortune Magazine just listed its Global 500, an annual ranking of the world's largest corporations. Want to know how hosed the world is? Of the top 10, seven are oil companies and one is an auto manufacturer. Rounding out the...
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