Government forewarned, half saved
The present crisis on hydrocarbons in Bolivia could be avoided if the government had heard the warning that many analysts expressed publicly.
The Summit of the Lament on Energy
This column is a short summary of a Summit on Energy where laments and reproches were heard from specialists and authorities. Hydrocarbons, electricity generation and lithium economy were the main issue exposed and discussed in the event.
Lessons from the Blackout
The recent blackout in Spain offers a lot of lessons about energy policies and electric grids. The column analyse some of them.
Seven lies about lithium contracts
It is my intention to refute some claims that the state-owned lithium company (YLB) does not dare to defend publicly.
Welcome denialism!
With the arrival of Donald Trump in the White House, a political earthquake has been generated that has its aftershocks in the energy field. To the cry of “Drill, baby, drill”, regulations, decades-long policies to diversify the energy matrix and global goals to reduce the disastrous effects of growing greenhouse gas emissions have been ignored. […]
Are lithium contracts profitable?
I wonder if the lithium contracts between YLB and Russian and Chinese companies are profitable. The answer is negative, due to the low internacional price of Lithium Carbonate, now and in the next years.
Lithium contracts: a desperate bet
This column is a general analysis on the Lithium contract for YLB, the nacional lithium corporation, with Uranium One Goup, a Russia Based company.
Electric cars in Bolivia: an obstacle course
The fuel crisis in Bolivia has two structural solutions, in the sense that both aim to reduce the demand for liquid fuels. The first is to convert cars with petrol engines to CNG (Car Natural Gas). The irrefutable convenience of this conversion for the user and for the State has already been demonstrated and I […]
Sell low to buy high
About the insane policy to sell low natural gas to Brazil in order to buy high petrol for domestic consumption and a structural response to this loss.
It’s no longer a crisis, it’s a collapse
Bolivia suffers from fuel shortages, which can be felt in the endless queues at the pumps. It is a crisis that is approaching an energy collapse, not yet as serious as the one suffered by Cuba and Ecuador, but which is going in that direction. We know the causes, but we understand less about YPFB’s […]