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Energy Intelligence
The public and corporate interest in Energy Intelligence has fluctuated greatly over the last five years as the euphoria of alternative energy gives way to the realization that even Green has to make a profit to survive. My warnings about the viability of many biodiesel and ethanol projects were met with comments suggesting I was living in a cave, and didn't understand the Oil Crisis and the dependence of the USA on foreign oil. How much of the Oil Crisis was manufactured is anyone's guess. The fact is that the situation went away as quickly as it came is extremely suspicious. My primary concern with the rush to develop many of the alternative energy sources is that "Law of Unintended Consequences" is not fully appreciated. We do not fully understand the consequences of massive wind farms, or solar farms on the environment, nor do we understand the consequences of planting acres upon acres of corn for Ethanol production, at the expense of food crops. There are better, and more innovative ways of turning biomass into energy, and for the past 15 years ComLinks has been monitoring daily data feeds, reports, news releases and interviews to learn of the "State of the Worlds Energy Supply and Infrastructure".
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My involvement with Offshore Oil and Gas began way back in 1975, in the North Sea. Initially for safety, survival, and rescue, but later on communications and station keeping. Prior to that I spent many years watching the security and operation of Oil and Gas Rigs with the Royal Air Force. But long before that it was the dozens of Coal Mines, large and small that dotted the horizon in my native Yorkshire that started the understanding of the importance of energy, and how quickly success can turn to failure, even tragedy. The energy industry is described as volatile for a reason.