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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: 02-2012
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A model of oil prices
Energy futurist Chris Nelder presents a model of oil prices, and shows why unconventional oil from fracked shales will reinforce, not relieve, the pain of high oil prices.
February 29, 2012, 5:00 AM PST | By Chris Nelder
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Energy independence, or impending oil shocks?
Bring back the good old days of U.S. oil production? Think again. Columnist Chris Nelder skewers recent proposals for energy independence with cold, hard data.
February 22, 2012, 4:03 AM PST | By Chris Nelder
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What EROI tells us about ROI
Energy futurist Chris Nelder explains why you can run from EROI, but you can’t hide, and why savvy energy investors should use it as a guide instead of ROI.
February 15, 2012, 5:00 AM PST | By Chris Nelder
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Everything you know about shale gas is wrong
Is the shale gas gold rush over? Energy futurist Chris Nelder reviews new data showing that U.S. gas production is actually declining in major areas, and that the outlook for shale gas is...
February 8, 2012, 5:00 AM PST | By Chris Nelder
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The politics of peak oil
Energy futurist Chris Nelder reviews some recent press on peak oil, and tries to set the record straight about what it means, and why some in the press still get it wrong.
February 1, 2012, 5:00 AM PST | By Chris Nelder