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Oil & Gas Lobbying (i.e., Influence Peddling)26 Feb

My recent blog post noted that Oil & Gas has profited considerably from their donations to political campaigns in contrast to Alternative Energy that did not fair as well based on  their unimpressive campaign contributions. This posts summarizes follow up activities to campaign donations, namely lobbying (i.e., “I donated money to your political campaign. Now […]
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Choice between Food and Home Heating Oil in Massachusetts: Help from Venezuela02 Feb

A few days ago, I received a delivery of heating oil totally about 150 gallons for my home outside Boston, Massachusetts. The price tag was in excess of $600 at nearly $4.00 per gallon. With, say, 6 -7 oil deliveries during the heating season, my bill would be about $3,600 to $4,200, a challenging cost […]
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Norway, Afflicted by Peak Oil, Invades the U.S. Bakken Reserves17 Oct

The Energy Information Agency (EIA) of the Department of Energy (DOE) recently reported increased oil production from the Bakken formation, an area of about 200,000 square miles located in Williston Basin found in parts of North Dakota, Montana and Saskatchewan. “North Dakota’s oil production averaged 660 thousand barrels per day (bbl/d) in June 2012, up […]
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Fact Check: ExxonMobil Overplays U.S. Crude Oil Reserve Increase24 Sep

The ExxonMobil website notes that proved U.S. crude oil reserves have risen from 22.3 billion barrels in 2009 to 25.2 billion barrels in 2010, an increase of 13 percent.  This increase in oil reserves is primarily attributable to advancements in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, particularly in the Bakken reservoir formation in Montana and North […]
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A Case for Nationalizing U.S. Energy Assets07 Feb

Russia reduced westward flows of natural gas through pipelines across the Ukraine last week citing greater domestic demand because of the extreme cold. Gazprom, owned by the Russian government, provides about 25 percent of Europe’s gas. In contrast, U.S. home heating oil prices are climbing due to export demands. In this case, Russia takes care […]

About Dr. Everson

Prior to forming this autonomous vehicle consultant practice, Dr. Jeffrey Everson was director of business development for QinetiQ North America’s Technology Solutions Group (previously Foster-Miller, Inc.).

Dr. Everson has been the principal investigator for collision warning systems for automobiles and inner-city transit buses. These programs were awarded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). For his work on developing a collision warning system for inner-city transit buses, Everson was the first U.S. Department of Transportation contractor to win an SBIR Tibbetts Award.

Previously Dr. Everson held senior scientist positions at Battelle Memorial Institute, The Analytic Sciences Corporation (TASC), Honeywell Electro Optics Systems Division, and Itek Optical Systems Division.

He holds a PhD in physics from Boston College and a MS/BS in physics from Northeastern University.

Contact

For more information about how JHEverson Consulting can help your company with autonomous vehicles, please contact Jeff Everson.

JHEverson Consulting is based in the Boston area but consults for clients throughout North America.