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Book Review: Robert Hefner's 'The Grand Energy Transition'

oh yeah, I forgot-Charley says that there are just too many problems with getting wind energy from the source across the grid to the user. Solar is a problem in that it cost a lot of energy to build solar, battery storage in poor and some other problems that I am not stating very well. His point is that even if Obama gets solar and wind energy productions double (I think that was a stated goal) it would still be a very small fraction of the U.S. energy needs.
Thanks for the review Fitz.

Book Review: Robert Hefner's 'The Grand Energy Transition'

Charley Maxwell is an energy analyst that has won about every peer review and award possible.
Fitz, I have to say Charley agrees with Alex, Hydrogen as a cheap fuel is a dream that won't happen soon.
Charlie agrees that NG should be mandated for all Federal Vehicles this year, State vehicles next year and infrastructure for Trucks and autos in no less that three years. He also says it makes sense to use NG for electricity production but in the end, nuclear is the only way to produce electricity cheap and with a minimum of pollution, it's being done around the world and the U.S, is way behind the curve. He also says that one of the things we need to do now to get some immediate relief is energy conservation.
Politics being what they are Charley thinks it's unlikely any of these things will happen before oil prices go up and he realizes that there is a lot of public resistance to nuclear but feels it's unfounded and time and money is slipping through our fingers every day we put it off.
I am recounting the interview with Mr. Maxwell as best as I remember but at 71 my memory aint what it used ta be!

Six Companies Poised to Gain from a Natural Gas Auto Mandate

sorry, I meant "T. Boone Pickens " and not Jim Rogers-maybe he has written about it too?

Six Companies Poised to Gain from a Natural Gas Auto Mandate

Someone or some entity with a lot of political clout does not want to see NG powered vehicles in the U.S. Jimmy Rogers has been talking about it as well as many other people who have a bully pulpit have wrote and talked about NG benefits but it gets no political traction, has Obama mentioned NG vehicles in any of his speeches?