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The Energy Futurist
Chris Nelder
Chris Nelder
Columnist, Energy
Chris Nelder is an energy analyst and consultant who has written about energy and investing for more than a decade. He is the author of two books on energy and investing, Profit from the Peak and Investing in Renewable Energy, and has appeared on BBC TV, Fox Business, CNN national radio, Australian Broadcasting Corp., CBS radio and France 24. He is based in California.
Chris Nelder
Chris may or may not have financial holdings in the companies he writes about at the time of publication, as he is an active investor and trader in equities and ETFs. He also occasionally travels at the expense of companies or their press relations agencies in order to report on a company or industry event related to it. Chris prominently discloses this information when appropriate. These relationships have no influence on his coverage. Companies he covers do not get to review columns in advance, or select or reject topics.
He writes for SmartPlanet, but is not an employee of CBS.
Archive: 10-2011
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Our energy future: Golden Age or Stone Age?
Energy futurist Chris Nelder explores the data showing why we must choose the path of renewables now, or take the path back to the Stone Age.
October 26, 2011, 6:00 AM PDT | By Chris Nelder
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Reframing the transportation debate
Energy futurist Chris Nelder argues that we should consider high speed rail and freight rail in the context of full lifecycle costs and total transportation reform.
October 19, 2011, 6:00 AM PDT | By Chris Nelder
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Economic theory and the Real Great Contraction
SmartPlanet’s resident energy futurist Chris Nelder explains why economist Adam Smith was a peakist, and how energy will force the economy to contract.
October 12, 2011, 6:00 AM PDT | By Chris Nelder
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The silent infrastructure crisis
In his inaugural column, resident energy futurist Chris Nelder outlines why the United States’ infrastructure spending plans are a rounding error to what’s actually necessary.
October 3, 2011, 6:42 AM PDT | By Chris Nelder