Dec 17, 2021
A fossil fuel-producing jurisdiction has decided to tax electric cars because they exist. The wrinkle in this new tax model is that it replaces a consumption tax with a flat tax. This might be fine in some instances, but there’s a risk of inadvertently introducing unintended consequences. Why not enroll the electric...
Dec 15, 2021
A non fungible token or NFT for a digital work of art sold recently for several million in crypto currency. An NFT is a certificate of ownership for a non fungible asset that is stored immutably on a blockchain ledger. Like many technologies that come first to other industries, NFTs will eventually find a home in...
Dec 8, 2021
Companies working in the energy sector are, or soon will be, on their own self-defined pathways to achieve carbon zero or carbon neutral business profiles. In my view, digital innovations will play a decisive role. Digital tools can lower costs, improve productivity, create new business models and lower...
Nov 24, 2021
Today's podcast is with Jonathan Kohn of BitPetro. BitPetro is a midstream company which purchases natural gas from Upstream operators which would otherwise be flared or stranded. This gas is then used to power bitcoin mining operations. Today we discuss the implications and impacts of blockchain and crypto currency on...
Nov 17, 2021
Today's episode is an interview with Rama Sreenivasan, the CEO and co-founder of Blitzz. Blitzz provides the tools for remote, AR-driven inspections of heavy assets, allowing for safe, quick inspections of remote assets, with little to no driving time. Today we discuss how this applied in oil and gas, and the...