March 28, 2012

I Was Dead Wrong. Natural Gas Will Dominate

Kurt Zenz House, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists


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In September 2009, I authored an essay for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in which I argued that the then recent divergence between oil prices and natural gas prices was temporary.

I was dead wrong.

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