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Kurt Zenz House

Is underground coal gasification a sensible option?

29 March 2010

Underground coal gasification offers the potential to make much more coal available. Yet it also could dramatically increase carbon dioxide emissions unless it's coupled with carbon dioxide capture and sequestration technology.

A thought for Copenhagen and beyond

9 December 2009

China might still be considered a developing country, but at Copenhagen, Beijing's posture needs to reflect that of the global economic power it has become.

The curious oil and natural gas price differential

18 September 2009

The price of natural gas relative to oil is at a historic low, bucking long-term trends. But it would be imprudent for policy makers to base their energy choices on such short-term fluctuations.

Putting the cost of going green in context

15 July 2009

Plans to retool the country's energy infrastructure, from Al Gore to Google, are better understood when compared with the nation's past efforts to win World War II and build the Interstate Highway System.

Saudi Arabia's big bet on innovation and education

5 May 2009

One of the world's most conservative countries is spending billions to create a world-class university, which it hopes will be an oasis of free enquiry.

Using energy sources wisely

25 February 2009

The United States should take Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens's advice and no longer use natural gas to generate electricity.

The limits of energy storage technology

20 January 2009

Basic physics tells us that crude oil and natural gas store energy better than any human-made battery will in the foreseeable future.

Oil: To drill or not to drill

25 August 2008

The United States should expand its domestic oil production, but not for the commonly held reasons.

In praise and fear of France's energy policy

29 July 2008

For 30 years, France has decided to chart a national energy policy centered on nuclear power. Today, this course has presented Paris with both significant costs and benefits.

Breaking the tyranny of oil

1 July 2008

Instead of lamenting record-high prices at the pump, the United States should impose taxes to keep them at such levels in hopes of breaking its reliance on gasoline and diesel.

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Kurt Zenz House

House is the Chief Executive and a co-founder of C12 Energy. For nearly a decade, House has studied the physics, chemistry, and economics of capturing and storing anthropogenic carbon dioxide in ways that will ensure that carbon dioxide does not enter the atmosphere. He has published numerous scientific papers that have been cited over 140 times. In 2007, Esquire featured him among its "Best and Brightest"; in 2009, Technology Review named him one of the "Top 35 Innovators Under 35"; and in 2010 the Boston Globe named him one of Boston's "Top 15 Innovators." Kurt has a bachelor's degree in physics from the Claremont Colleges and a Ph.D. in geoscience from Harvard University. He has also studied at MIT as a Research Fellow funded by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and at Stanford as a National Science Foundation Fellow.

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