Missouri S&T's resident waterjet expert, David A. Summers, is known for sometimes wearing a necktie depicting a whale because he is, as he puts it, "always spouting off about waterjets." A little more than three years ago, Summers found something else to spout off about -- energy -- and co-founded a place to do so.
Summers is the co-founder of the wildly popular blog known as The Oil Drum, where he posts critiques and commentary under the nom de blog Heading Out. (Note: any blog which gets more traffic than this one is "wildly popular," in our opinion. But TOD really fits the bill. Summers and his legion of bloggers are read by thousands. "We did hit 42,000 unique readers in one day on Sept. 12," he wrote in a recent email.)
Recently, Summers and his fellow oil drummers received the M. King Hubbert Award for Excellence in Energy Education from the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas. They received the award last month during ASPO's annual conference in Sacramento. Summers says the award will reside in Colorado with his colleague and TOD co-founder Kyle Saunders, aka Professor Goose.
Congratulations to Summers, Saunders and their co-bloggers for this recognition. And thanks to them for sharing their expertise on energy with the rest of the online world. There's not a better time for doing so than right now.
Recently, Summers and his fellow oil drummers received the M. King Hubbert Award for Excellence in Energy Education from the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas. They received the award last month during ASPO's annual conference in Sacramento. Summers says the award will reside in Colorado with his colleague and TOD co-founder Kyle Saunders, aka Professor Goose.
Congratulations to Summers, Saunders and their co-bloggers for this recognition. And thanks to them for sharing their expertise on energy with the rest of the online world. There's not a better time for doing so than right now.
