by Guy | Jun 27, 2011 | Earth Sciences, Economy, Europe, Oil, Technology
There’s a good deal of talk about power today: oil prices retaining their high levels in spite of Saudi offering to make up any shortfall due to Libya, nuclear back-tracking following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and so on. How, the media seem to be asking, is...
by Guy | Jun 5, 2010 | Business - General, Earth Sciences, Oil
Image via Wikipedia The BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has highlighted many problems – problems with the technology for drilling at depths where the water pressure is around a ton per square inch; problems with BP not being transparent from the outset as to the...
by Guy | Apr 24, 2010 | Airlines, Business - General, Earth Sciences, Economy, Europe
Image via Wikipedia The recent chaos surrounding the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland – with effects being felt globally in terms of significant financial losses, disruption to travellers, disruption to food supplies, and so on – needs to provoke...
by Guy | Dec 10, 2009 | Copenhagen, Economy, Geology
With the talk of global warming having “heated up” as we approached the Copenhagen conference, we’re seeing more talk around what can happen in different timeframes. So, although this is somewhat off my normal range of business topics, given the critical importance of...
