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A study released on 7/30/08 by Amercan Clean Skies Foundation and Navigant Consulting states that U.S. unconventional natural gas deposits are sufficient to supply 118 years of U.S. demand at 2007 levels. Newly developed fracking and horizontal drilling techniques have made it possible to recover enormous quantities of gas from tight sands, coalbed methane, and gas shale formations, reports the Oil & Gas Journal (8/4/08) On the demand side, some leaders are starting to advocate the use of NG in lieu of petroleum to power cars. Two Congressmen, Rahm …
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The economy, the stock market, and our understanding of the future direction for energy and transportation may all be on the brink of major changes . This letter will open a discussion of these ideas.
A Very Tough Month
Before turning to the future, I must confess that the immediate past month was most painful for the EIS portfolio. Oil prices hit a violent downdraft in July, which especially impacted my “options on futures” strategy. It declined in value by about 33%. Since the purpose of these options is to provide portfolio …
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The drum beat for substituting natural gas for petroleum to power cars and trucks has begun to get louder. It’s been part of Boone Pickens’ plan, of course. And now Jim Cramer has picked up the theme with support from Aubrey McClendon of Chesapeake (CHK). The concept is potentially practical since natural gas is currently much cheaper than oil on an equivalent power basis and since converting cars to NG is done in many parts of the world and is not terribly expensive. Apparently conversions are popular in Australia …
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