2015 on Energy Twitter (Jan-Jun)

A year in review - in the form of some of my favorite tweets from energy twitter. (Click here for July - December)

January 2015

Does Anyone Really Know How Long the #Shale Gas Boom Will Last? http://t.co/8N6zkKAyEA (@tomzellerjr) pic.twitter.com/3UBl2HwHwi

— Post Carbon Inst. (@postcarbon) January 5, 2015

COLUMN-Bakken oil wells and the Red Queen's revenge: http://t.co/cDUMUFJiuG (orig illustration of Red Queen's race) pic.twitter.com/YAXce2jfga

— John Kemp (@JKempEnergy) January 12, 2015

“The Investment Gap”: how #shale oil may fare with relatively low prices https://t.co/kM5rSFdjvt pic.twitter.com/f2TX6gV1Mi

— Mason Inman (@masoninman) January 12, 2015

February 2015

Best argument I've ever seen for self-driving cars and public transit: pic.twitter.com/rL0Kj30GGE

— Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) February 27, 2015

Read @richardheinberg's latest: http://t.co/H9U9B0wbSV pic.twitter.com/9Y8jmELt55

— Post Carbon Inst. (@postcarbon) February 3, 2015

in FT: “The shale model simply does not work without high prices, and the market is starting to understand that.” http://t.co/sz4iiWWeJB

— Mason Inman (@masoninman) February 11, 2015

William Catton Jr author of "Overshoot" died recently. Here's video of his talk from the 2011 @ASPOUSA conference http://t.co/lkgv6QJ6Sz

— D. Ray Long (@RayLongDC) February 9, 2015

March 2015

The horrendous track record of Big Oil: since 2010, capex has risen 43%, but #oil and gas production has fallen 11% pic.twitter.com/eGmlsW35en

— Javier Blas (@JavierBlas2) March 30, 2015

US fuel consumption is soaring amid cheaper prices: http://t.co/VGAOd6kgZa pic.twitter.com/Qn8wOl8V89

— John Kemp (@JKempEnergy) March 16, 2015

"...all the resources that are supplying the world's economies today are going to go in decline" - Exxon CEO http://t.co/fNR5RPLYVE

— D. Ray Long (@RayLongDC) March 27, 2015

Easy money fuelled the US shale boom. As credit conditions tighten the industry will find it harder to raise capital. http://t.co/gH9Jtc14Gp

— Ed Crooks (@Ed_Crooks) March 24, 2015

.@thedownshifters's "The Paradox of Oil" is a wonderful review of modern Peak Oil thought & oil price risks http://t.co/7YkI0T9Lbw

— D. Ray Long (@RayLongDC) March 5, 2015

April 2015

The outlook for international #shale is bleak, with project cancellations in #China & Poland http://t.co/ibx1GJIeRj pic.twitter.com/YCSDc0Q71J

— SAFE (@Securing_Energy) April 3, 2015

If capital supply to "zombie" shale #oil firms will continue, low oil prices will stay, says @aeberman12 http://t.co/4oq4DOfm1U #oilprice

— Dean Fantazzini (@DeanFantazzini) April 4, 2015

"Shale Plays Have Years, Not Decades" http://t.co/VlcmyWAofj #shale #oil #bakken #natgas #debt

— D. Ray Long (@RayLongDC) April 6, 2015

An outstanding review of the US shale story from @Ed_Crooks http://t.co/OMuXFSA7uC

— D. Ray Long (@RayLongDC) April 24, 2015

May 2015

The IMF says we spend $5.3 trillion a year on fossil fuel subsidies. How is that possible? http://t.co/gYLsityqH5

— Vox (@voxdotcom) May 21, 2015

MUST WATCH VIDEO: David Einhorn slams US #shale #oil groups expensive addiction to #fracking http://t.co/UyDXiBzF9b pic.twitter.com/yBqwM91R8Y

— Javier Blas (@JavierBlas2) May 5, 2015

We had a compelling conversation on @TheEnergyGang w/ @nelderini about peak oil last week. You should listen to it: http://t.co/IMKjwBSV1l

— Stephen Lacey (@Stphn_Lacey) May 20, 2015

Big Oil's new talking point: We're all about gas because climate change! The reality: Oil is depleting & expensive, and gas is what's left.

— Chris Nelder (@chrisnelder) June 2, 2015

June 2015

"The Shale Industry Could Be Swallowed By Its Own Debt" from @Asjylyn @business http://t.co/WQCT9pSzyD

— D. Ray Long (@RayLongDC) June 19, 2015

Great piece from @mikegrunwald on crappy EIA forecasts: http://t.co/QD864tromx But like other critiques, doesn’t make clear what to *do*.

— David Roberts (@drvox) June 24, 2015

"Peak oil appears close but is not yet here, delayed rather than dead & disguised by the inclusion of NGLs" http://t.co/XYq8Pf8Fni

— D. Ray Long (@RayLongDC) June 15, 2015

Pope Francis, in a sweeping encyclical, has called for swift action on climate change http://t.co/cbGsZT9xzC pic.twitter.com/Qa1LYfpxkL

— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 18, 2015