Fast Solar Cars and Slow Oil

Heading Out writes: Well as the solar cars race West along the Trans-Canada, travelling at the speed limit, there are a couple of struggles taking place including the leadership, that are fun to watch via the gps link. It is amazing to me that I can watch the race, almost in real time, from this far away. The lead car (Michigan may have passed Minnesota) reached Regina it appears about half an hour earlier than anticipated – what was that about keeping to the speed limit?

On the oil energy front today there is a different story. Ah, peak oil.

The United States is a relatively mature part of the world in terms of having seen a lot of the immediately available oil extracted. The oil that remains comes in many cases, from stripper wells, where the flow is small, but can remain steady for many years. Oil here has to be pumped out of the ground. The LA Times has a story on such an operation today on Cano Petroleum.

More after the jump at The Oil Drum.