Fragments of a blog
Fragments of a blog
Charles Seife writes about Stephen Hawking’s association with George Mitchell, the father of the American shale revolution: In 2002, Hawking met the oil baron George P. Mitchell and began a decadelong relationship that ended only when the magnate died in…
La Fontaine’s fox, the connoisseur of grapes, was all-French, as it were – “Gascon, some say Norman” – and in keeping with his roots, he preferred wisecracking to whining, which his creator appreciated. American shale oil, sweet as a rule,…
During a televised Q&A session in April 2013, Vladimir Putin responded to a journalist’s claim that Gazprom had mistakenly written off the shale gas revolution as a short-term fluke: So it’s hard to say whether Gazprom missed the ‘shale-gas revolution’…
Crude oil is not supposed to be transported in large amounts by rail, especially through densely populated areas. Pipelines should be the default conduit for crude. A train carrying more than 100 tankers of crude oil derailed in southern West…
I admire the creativity and effort of those who made possible the digital revolution of the past 25 years, most of these creators US-based. I am immeasurably greatful for the Internet, the e-book, and mobile communications. But I also have…