Oil, Economics and Statistics

• Fuels and Carbon Some surprising inconvenient facts.
• Oil! -- The future of cheap oil
• Gas Hydrates -- Ice-like clathrates can form in piplines and clog them.
• The Corn-Hog Ratio -- Why the prices of corn and hogs are related.
• Exponential Growth -- Professor Bartlett's lesson.
• Practical Statistics -- What every intelligent person should know.
• Latin Squares -- AOV and how to grow beans.
• Chi-Square -- How to carry out this useful test; it's really pretty simple.
• Statistics and the HP-48 -- How to use the calculator for statistical calculations.
• Engineering Economy -- Economic consequences of engineering decisions, using compound interest calculations.
• Linear Regression -- The theory and a worked example.
• Normal Correlation -- Use the HP-48's plotting facility.

The illustration shows a well drilling near the Canadian River north of Amarillo in 1995