The link between our economic success and the supply of cheap readily available energy is often over looked; but the relationship is made painfully clear when looking back at the $140 a barrel oil in 2007 followed by the burst of the real estate bubble. Economists are predicting a series of oil price spikes as [...]

Concern for the environment grows daily as we witness our impact on the environment. Efforts to control emissions of diesel generators started in 1994 and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed into force Tier 1 standard in 1998. Tier 2 and 3 established higher standards with a compliance deadline of 2008. Today the EPA requires [...]

I recently watched a 2004 documentary regarding the coming shortage in oil.  I mention this because the economists predicted a series of sharp increases in oil prices corresponding to economic growth followed by economic recessions due to excessive energy prices.  The reduced demand then causes a reduction in oil prices and the cycle repeats itself. [...]

“The term Peak Oil refers to the maximum rate of the production of oil in any area under consideration, recognising that it is a finite natural resource, subject to depletion.” -Colin Campbell

There have been many responses to the Renewable Energy post. I have been urged to also include wave action and tidal movements under the umbrella of potential renewable energy sources available to us in the BVI. Why not?!