Of all the renewable energy sources, geothermal power remains by far the smallest. But that may not prevent it from becoming the next energy "hot potato."
There are two problems quickly developing in this part of the energy spectrum.
By Dr. Kent Moors, Global Energy Strategist, Oil & Energy Investor • @KentMoors_OEI -
Of all the renewable energy sources, geothermal power remains by far the smallest. But that may not prevent it from becoming the next energy "hot potato."
There are two problems quickly developing in this part of the energy spectrum.
And they are shaping up to create the newest controversy in the energy sector...
By Dr. Kent Moors, Global Energy Strategist, Oil & Energy Investor • @KentMoors_OEI -
Of all the renewable energy sources, geothermal power remains by far the smallest. But that may not prevent it from becoming the next energy "hot potato."
There are two problems quickly developing in this part of the energy spectrum.
And they are shaping up to create the newest controversy in the energy sector...
By Michael A. Robinson, Defense + Tech Specialist, Money Morning • @Robinson_STI -
I was one of the first analysts to pronounce this as the "Golden Age of Materials Science."
You know what I'm talking about - all those "Miracle Materials" that are changing our lives: There are the advanced composites that lighten our airliners; the great plastics that increase the "cool factor" of today's cars - while also making them safer and more economical. They include one of earth's more abundant resources, and the new discoveries, such as graphene, that promise to revolutionize biotechnology, computers, and industry.
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By Greg Madison, Managing Editor, Money Morning -
Not all of the U.S. shale gas and oil boom is happening in the West and in the Southwest. The Utica, which runs from Canada to West Virginia, will pump plenty of profits back East. In a mad scramble for profits, two key players are gobbling up land there as fast as they possibly can...
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By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning -
Documentaries frequently succeed in visually portraying the inconceivable better than any other form of story-telling. Eye-opening and shocking, many spark controversial conversations even before they air.
Such is the case with Josh Fox's Gasland Part II.
The sequel, a follow up to Fox's 2010 documentary Gasland, a film that focused on U.S. communities impacted by natural gas companies' drilling - specifically fracking - debuts Monday night on HBO.
Critical reviews run the gamut from "lies" to "pure fiction."
The first film moved scores of eager environmentalists and "fracktivists" to speak out against natural gas drilling across the United States.
Natural gas companies/fracking supporters loudly lashed out in rebuttal.
They claimed many scenes in the film, including a Colorado landowner setting his tap water on fire in what has become known as the iconic flaming faucet scene, are misleading.
Critics cite studies claiming that area residents had reported flammable tap water for decades.
Reports claim that two years before the release of Gasland, Colorado regulators investigated that very case and determined hydraulic fracking and oil and gas development has nothing to do with it.
"There are no indications of oil & gas related impacts to water well," read the Colorado Oil and Gas Conversation Commission report.
Fox failed to inform viewers of that fact saying he didn't deem it relevant. But it is relevant when it questions the validity of the film's signature scene, and the entire film's credibility.
Following Gasland's release, COGCC stated yet again that the landowner's water well "contained biogenic gas that was not related to oil and gas activity."
As for Gasland Part II's shocker, a man in Parker County, Texas is filmed lighting the end of a garden hose on fire. The implication is that gas drilling is to blame.
The image mimics the legendary short from the first one, but isn't apt to have the same impact if this court ruling gets out...
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Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the art of separating oil from rock, has the potential of turning America into the world's top oil and natural gas producer.
But as with any bonanza it has some secrets oil and gas companies want to keep under wraps. And some companies are willing to put some big bucks behind that.
The industry has injected possibly carcinogenic chemical cocktails underground in more than 150,000 of wells during the fracking process.
U.S. companies have driven more than 30 trillion gallons of fracking liquid underground in the past several decades.
But not to worry: the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is monitoring the situation! It is solely charged with conducting long-term studies of the potential impact of fracking on water.
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By Guest Editorial, Money Morning -
California is in a LOT of trouble financially. Cities are going under and the state can't balance its budget. It also has almost half a trillion in state pensions to fund and revenue is drying up.
But there is one way out: Tap the largest oil and gas play in the Lower 48.
The question is, whether this left leaning state crowded with special interests like the Sierra Club will actually let oil services companies begin to start fracking on state land.
In our inaugural Money Morning Fight Club brawl, Frank Marchant and Garrett Baldwin square off on this contentious issue. The best part is we are asking you to turn in your scorecard and pick the winner at the end.
So let's get ready to rumble...
By Dr. Kent Moors, Global Energy Strategist, Oil & Energy Investor • @KentMoors_OEI -
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