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Robert Rapier, major oil company employee, alternative energy hobbyist
an interview about Proposition 87 and its potential for adequately addressing the peak oil crisis
After completing his graduate studies at Texas A&M, Robert Rapier worked for a chemical company for the next seven years, mostly involved in butanol production. Then he left the chemical company to work on "gas-to-liquid" (GTL) projects at a major oil company, where he continues to be involved in alternative energy efforts.
Mr. Rapier is a frequent contributor to
The Oil Drum ("Discussions about Energy and Our Future") and maintains the
R-Squared blog ("Telling it like it is")
here.
On Sunday, August 13, 2006, Mr. Rapier posted a blog entry entitled
"California's Proposition 87", in which he talks about the $4 billion oil extraction/depletion/severance/wellhead tax-which-can't-be-passed-through-to-consumers//"Clean Alternative Energy" initiative on the November 7, 2006, ballot.
This piece is, in a sense, a follow-up to his July 24, 2006, posted entitled
"Vinod Khosla Debunked," Mr. Khosla being the legendary venture capitalist, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, and the guiding spirit behind Proposition 87 (in essence, its lead V.C.).
In order to learn more about Mr. Rapier's take on the Proposition; its progenitor and principal sponsor; and the possible role of cellulosic and/or grain-based ethanol in solving the energy/peak oil crisis,
California Politics Today and the
Peak Oil/Global Warming Channel spoke with him this afternoon by phone.
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