Michael Giberson I?m puzzled. Earlier this year I was involved in a project examining natural gas price volatility, and as part of the background work I examined circuit breakers in futures contracts. As it turned out, the circuit breaker on the NYMEX natural gas futures contract was the most permissive by a wide margin. Circuit …
Michael Giberson An editorial in today’s Washington Post hints at trouble on the horizon for ethanol. Ethanol has long been the product of Midwestern corn, Washington D.C. style pork, and a questionable environmental heritage, with the middle element of that troika propping up the enterprise. Now, however, the long-awaited “next generation” of ethanol, ethanol produced …
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Michael Giberson Want to know what it is like to run a regional transmission system operator? Well, no matter what you try to do, “there’s always someone who doesn’t like a proposed change.” Van Welie said the criticism comes with the job, which is integral to maintaining the region’s economy and public safety. “I love …
Michael Giberson John Atkinson has posted the May edition of New Energy Currents, his monthly roundup of energy technology and policy commentary found on the web. This post, one of the features at Winds of Change, presents the best scan of energy topics that I’ve seen in blogspace. (Found via the miracle of TrackBack, since …
Michael Giberson You are running low on gas, you know that you will drive past 15 gas stations on your commute home, but you don’t know who has the best price. (Sure, you could have checked prices on the commute to work this morning, but you were jet-lagged, or busy spilling coffee on your newspaper, …
Michael Giberson One view of the Duke-Cinergy merger: The picture is Platts’ Map Highlight of the Week, a series of images that Platts publishes to promote their map and data collections.
Michael Giberson The overall sense of the reviews collected at RottenTomatoes is that Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith is the best of the three prequels, with more action, drama, and character development, and fewer soap opera meanderings. Two blurbs from Los Angeles newspaper critics capture the overall sentiment: “Revenge of the …
Michael Giberson The Supreme Court decision on interstate wine shipments (see Lynne’s comment for links) is a big win for interstate commerce, a boon to wine consumers, and a boost to boutique wineries across the country. Producers and consumers should celebrate tonight by popping the cork on their favorite sparkling wine. And may I suggest …
Michael Giberson Xcel Energy has been hit with a $5.6 million penalty for power outages last summer, even as the utility is forecasting a record demand for electricity during this summer’s peak months. Despite mild temperatures last summer, there were scattered power outages along the Front Range that made Xcel narrowly miss its outage standard. …
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Michael Giberson Reading books chronically understimulates the senses. Unlike the longstanding tradition of gameplaying?which engages the child in a vivid, three-dimensional world filled with moving images and musical sound-scapes, navigated and controlled with complex muscular movements?books are simply a barren string of words on the page. . . . Books are also tragically isolating. While …
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