In the past five years of writing about energy, one of my favorite observations has been that people get into trouble because they "confuse Peak Oil and the Peak Oil Debate." In other words, they...
https://raylong.co/blog/2018/2/23/dont-confuse-peak-oil-and-the-peak-oil-debate
The energy consumption of our datacenters isn't something we normally think about, but it's significant. Right now datacenters in the U.S. account for 2.5 percent of U.S. electricity consumption,...
A busy summer is coming to a close, but the good news is that it finally gives me more time to write. Expect more soon, but as a teaser, enjoy this overview of the history and ongoing contributio...
https://raylong.co/blog/2017/8/20/scientific-advice-based-on-uncompromising-evidence
You don't kill Peak Oil by pointing out that the price is low. You don't kill it by bringing up incorrect predictions that only prove predictions are difficult. You don't kill it by confidently p...
https://raylong.co/blog/2016/11/27/we-used-to-worry-about-peak-oil-then-technology-distracted-us
Recently I had the good fortune to surpass my 13,000th day. It's a big deal. But I know what you're thinking: Who actually counts their days? What's the point of that? What's going on here? All g...
Autumn has arrived. And here's a collection of Summer 2016 oil stories you may have missed: "WELCOME TO THE AGE OF CRAPPY OIL " BY NAFEEZ AHMED (AUGUST 18, 2016) Here Dr. Nafeez Ahmed gives us...
Far too often we hear about the worst parts of DC, but every once in awhile, you get one of those days that speaks to how special this town truly is and this past Saturday was one of them. I saw ...
https://raylong.co/blog/2016/9/26/a-saturday-in-this-town-for-the-books
"'I believe Barack Obama understands that fifty years from now no one’s going to know about health care,' the lobbyist said. 'Economic historians will know that we had a recession at this time....
The annual EIA conference is this week and unfortunately I can't make it this year, but I'll definitely be following along using the #EIAconf hashtag . I'm looking forward to many of the session...
https://raylong.co/blog/2016/7/11/previewing-the-2016-eia-conference
The fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) was back in December 2015, and video from the Peak Oil panel was recently released. ASHER MILLER, Executive Director of the Post Carbon I...
https://raylong.co/blog/2016/5/3/agu15-is-peak-oil-dead-and-what-does-it-mean-for-climate-change
When you read the report today, almost a decade later, one is struck both by the measured language (a key component of all GAO reports due to the very rigorous review process) and also the realiz...
https://raylong.co/blog/2016/4/24/that-time-the-us-government-wrote-a-report-on-peak-oil
Videos and Photos are available from the 2016 ARPA-E Innovation Summit . You can view the agenda for the speaker list and visit ARPA-E's Youtube channel to view the the fireside chats from spe...
https://raylong.co/blog/2016/3/28/watch-the-2016-arpa-e-summit-videos
Below is a tweetstorm I did previewing a new multi-part weekly series that will appear on the blog in early 2016. The topic: the proper understanding of Peak Oil. The first part of the series wil...
What if we took away all our modern fuels and then asked ourselves how much human power would we need in order to produce the daily tasks we've all grown accustomed too? By one calculation, to re...
https://raylong.co/blog/2016/1/5/of-energy-slaves-and-fake-outrage
Everything from the oil industry getting crushed by low prices, the Iran Deal, Shell gives up in the arctic, Keystone XL is rejected, renewable energy tax credit extensions, and the hottest year ...
https://raylong.co/blog/2015/12/29/2015-on-energy-twitter-jul-dec
Everything from shale oil's debt problems, the oil glut, capex, fossil fuel subsidies, and the Pope changing the climate discussion.
https://raylong.co/blog/2015/12/27/2015-on-energy-twitter-jan-jun
David Hughes is probably the foremost authority on tracking shale gas and tight oil production. And in collaboration with the Post Carbon Institute, Hughes is out with his latest update "Eag...
As a country we challenge ourselves annually to #NeverForget 9/11. We also have to challenge ourselves to #NeverForgetSandyHook and one of the true tragedies of American history that occurred the...
Hat tip (h/t) to the Post Carbon Institute for originally sharing this comic on their facebook page in September. THIS! - Because you know, actually addressing domestic and global challenges c...
One more quick post about Adam Conover's new show since I originally wrote about it back in September. ReasonTV recently aired a short interview with Conover explaining some of the key themes b...
https://raylong.co/blog/2015/12/5/tradition-is-a-terrible-reason-for-anything