


What Would It Mean To Have Energy Independence?
The energy industry has been in the news this year and accompanying the news is a national cry for energy independence. A step along the way towards achieving that for the U.S. would be to gain North American energy independence. That would mean weaning North America...
Are We In The Calm Before The Storm Of Supply And Demand That Drives Electricity And Natural Gas Prices Up?
Here’s an interesting 2017 news alert: “Throughout Q1, crude inventories in the U.S. continued to climb, which started to raise concerns about the impact of the OPEC cuts,” said Mark Watkins, regional investment manager at the Private Client Group at U.S. Bank in...
Can We Achieve Energy Independence And What Will It Mean?
Did you know we have vast untapped energy reserves right here in America? In fact, per President Trump,1 “America has 1.5 times as much oil as the combined proven resources of all OPEC countries; we have more natural gas than Russia, Iran, Qatar and Saudi Arabia...
How Could Solar Energy Be Used To Supply Electricity To The World?
Unbelievably, back in 1767, the first use of sunlight for heat generation was successfully achieved when a Swiss geologist and physicist, Horace Benedict de Saussure, created the first solar oven. He put together a simple pine box with three glass layers. Two smaller...