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How would high oil prices impact world economies? How expensive could oil and gasoline become? How valuable is oil? Could the USA be energy independent? What are the risks of peak oil and how does that relate to climate change? What has been the impact of fracking? Is the atmospheric carbon dioxide CO2 concentration a risk? What may be the future contribution to CO2 emissions from Asia? What are the energy options? What are the issues with corn ethanol?
Robert Rapier works in the energy industry and writes and speaks about energy and the environment. He has worked on cellulosic ethanol, butanol production, oil refining, natural gas production, and gas-to-liquids(GTL). He has a Master's Degree in chemical engineering from Texas A&M University, and is presently employed as the Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President for Merica International, a renewable energy company. Merica is involved in a wide variety of projects, with a core focus on the localized use of biomass to energy for the benefit of local populations. He is the author of Power Plays: Energy Options in the Age of Peak Oil.
consumerenergyreport.com/columns/rsquared
Mr. Aaron Wissner is a teacher, writer and speaker specializing peak oil, climate change, money and debt, and cultural transition. Wissner has organized six major Local Future conferences bringing in hundreds of speakers and thousands of participants. A featured article on Wissner was published on the front page of the Wall Street Journal in 2007.
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How would high oil prices impact world economies? How expensive could oil and gasoline become? How valuable is oil? Could the USA be energy independent? What are the risks of peak oil and how does that relate to climate change? What has been the impact of fracking? Is the atmospheric carbon dioxide CO2 concentration a risk? What may be the future contribution to CO2 emissions from Asia? What are the energy options? What are the issues with corn ethanol?
Robert Rapier works in the energy industry and writes and speaks about energy and the environment. He has worked on cellulosic ethanol, butanol production, oil refining, natural gas production, and gas-to-liquids(GTL). He has a Master's Degree in chemical engineering from Texas A&M University, and is presently employed as the Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President for Merica International, a renewable energy company. Merica is involved in a wide variety of projects, with a core focus on the localized use of biomass to energy for the benefit of local populations. He is the author of Power Plays: Energy Options in the Age of Peak Oil.
consumerenergyreport.com/columns/rsquared
Mr. Aaron Wissner is a teacher, writer and speaker specializing peak oil, climate change, money and debt, and cultural transition. Wissner has organized six major Local Future conferences bringing in hundreds of speakers and thousands of participants. A featured article on Wissner was published on the front page of the Wall Street Journal in 2007.
localfuture.org
