Cyborg, android – where are we headed
I was born in 1969 – the year of the moon landing. My parents bought their first black and white television set at the time and they still had it when I went to school. The moon landing was accidentally…
Category Peripheral Vision
Up here, the shouting fades. Below, the deckhands brawl over semantics and empty barrels. But from the rigging, the shape of things comes into focus — slow collapse, fast delusion, and the absurd elegance of it all.
This is where I map the mess from altitude. Big arcs. Broken patterns. Unwelcome truths seen before impact. No rah-rah optimism, no collapse-porn doomerism. Just the sharp wind, a good scope, and the knowledge that sometimes the best you can do is spot the rocks early and yell loud enough for someone below to hear.
The future as I see it
This blog is full of speculation. Why? Because I like to imagine things how they are likely to turn – at least the way I see them. Worry not – this is not a spiritual but rather a spirited journey…
Use LNG or lose money – the example of Iran
Let me give you some figures straight. Iran consumes a little more than 30 billion liters of diesel fuel per year to keep its economy chugging on (pulled that from Google). I am not even talking about gasoline here. Because…
The unholy alliance
In September 1815, 3 leading powers of 19th-century Europe signed a document that gave birth to the so-called holy alliance. At the behest of Alexander I of Russia, the rulers of Austria and Prussia decided that the revolutionary idea fomented…
FLNG – great technology, wrong business model
This blog is almost two years old now and I have been asked multiple times why I avoided the F-word. Let’s clear up that misconception right now – I am not avoiding it. There only was so much else happening…
We must get off Russian gas – and it’s not because of Putin or Ukraine
News on another potential Russian gas crisis is galore. Not a week without page-filling analysis if Russia will cut the gas or Ukrainians will simply resort to stealing or, or, or. All this commenting on the troubles between Russia and…
The true price of LNG
Multiple times since I have turned into the Pitbull, I have faced the same questions. How do I get myself into the LNG business? How will I get LNG spot cargo or even a term commitment? What shall I do…
Dealing with Russia – what makes sense for European gas
It is hard to ignore Russia in today’s newscast and even those not interested in European energy policy become acutely aware that we Europeans utterly depend on them, the folks from the East, for a large part of our energy…
The Danube river – from backwater to energy artery
Some days ago I met an old couple from Düsseldorf on the tram. They were on a Danube cruise from Düsseldorf through the Rhine, the Main, the Rhine-Main-Danube channel, and all the Danube River down to the Black Sea and…
LNG startup companies and the investors game
No cash – no business. That’s stone old wisdom. Any LNG venture – even a smallish fuelling outfit – needs a certain amount of cash to get rolling. Most people don’t have the necessary cash in their bank account so…