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Jeff Danner

Checking In On Peak Oil

Posted by | Mar 3, 2014 |

In last week’s column, The Case of the Missing Propane, I explained how the widespread use of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) of shale oil deposits since 2008 has led to a 30% increase in the production of crude petroleum in the...

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The Case of the Missing Propane

Posted by | Feb 23, 2014 |

Over the past few weeks, I have seen many stories about propane shortages in the United States. As a result of these shortages, prices for propane have nearly doubled from around $2.20 per gallon at the end of last year to over...

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A Tale of Two Spills

Posted by | Feb 16, 2014 |

On February 2, 2014, a storm water drain at a retired coal-fired power plant near the North Carolina-Virginia border ruptured, which allowed more than 80,000 tons of coal ash to spill into the Dan River. The Dan River is the...

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My First PC Weighed 25 Pounds

Posted by | Feb 2, 2014 |

My children like to make comparisons between the technology I had growing up and what they have today. In the course of a recent conversation on this topic, it occurred to me that, having been born in 1966, I have lived through...

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West Virginia Chemical Spill

Posted by | Jan 26, 2014 |

On January the 9th, 2014, 7,500 gallons of a chemical called 4-methylcyclohexane methanol (MCHM) leaked from a Freedom Industries storage tank into the Elk River near Charleston, West Virginia, polluting the drinking water...

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