by Jeff Ihnen | Mar 3, 2021 | Energy Rant
In this week’s Energy Rant, we’re spicing things up with a recording – rather than a blog post – of some hot topics in the energy industry. Tune in to listen to an off-the-cuff recording spurred by the tragedy in Texas. Be prepared to dive into...
by Jeff Ihnen | Feb 24, 2021 | Energy Rant
Last week when the Rant “went to press,” which is to say, when I wrote it Saturday, the arctic blast was merely a cold shot of weather like I have experienced dozens of times. I didn’t start seeing the chaos in the south until Monday. It was an avoidable tragedy...
by Jeff Ihnen | Feb 17, 2021 | Energy Rant
It’s been cold here in the Midwest. In ten days in La Crosse, WI, where I am, the average low was -13.7F, average high, 4.3, and the average of averages over the ten days was -4.7F. We smashed one daily record. There have been no all-time lows, but this is a grind. In...
by Jeff Ihnen | Feb 10, 2021 | Energy Rant
No one will confuse me with Simon Sinek, a great speaker, but one thing I can do is nail my timeslot. If I’m mindful of the time I have available, 20 minutes, etc., I will nail it – except one time[1]. That was last fall as I was doing my fourth rendition of...
by Jeff Ihnen | Feb 3, 2021 | Energy Rant
Does every decision boil down to a binary choice? A binary choice is a decision between two alternatives, like yes or no, and do or do not. This applies to determining what ‘is’ and ‘is not’ a factor in decision making. For example, deciding that the color of a car...