Lecturer, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
Scott L. Montgomery is a university lecturer and author. His research and publications include areas in both the humanities and sciences, in particular history of science, intellectual history, language studies, and energy resources, technology, and security. He is the author, most recently, of The Shape of the New: Four Big Ideas and How They Built the Modern World (2015, with Daniel Chirot), A History of Science in World Cultures (2015, with Alok Kumar), Does Science Need a Global Language? (2013) and The Powers That Be: Global Energy for the Twenty-First Century and Beyond (2010). Forthcoming are: Grandeur in this View: The Impact of Charles Darwin on the Modern World, and Seeing the Light: Making the Case for Nuclear Power in the 21st Century.
Oil price shocks have a long history, but today's situation may be the most complex ever
Mar 12, 2022 11:27 am UTC| Economy
The world is in the grip of an oil price shock. In just a few months, prices have risen from US$65 a barrel to over $130, causing fuel costs to surge, inflationary pressure to rise and consumer tempers to flare. Even...
Why the US-Iran conflict isn’t driving oil prices higher – and why it probably should
Jan 18, 2020 12:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Assassinations, militaries on high alert, geopolitical tensions at the boil. Any one of these in Persian Gulf countries would have roiled oil prices a few years ago. Today, even in combination, they hardly register. Is...
Attacks on Saudi oil – why didn't prices go crazy?
Sep 25, 2019 01:21 am UTC| Insights & Views
Energy experts and scholars like me have long wondered what the impact would be from a major attack on Saudi Arabias oil facilities. For decades, the Saudis were the worlds top exporter and swing producer, able to change...
Cheap oil is blocking progress on climate change
Dec 16, 2018 13:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The relationship between supply and demand, a fundamental economic concept, holds that when the price of something rises, people use less of it. Similarly, when prices fall, they use more. And it may seem logical that...
There’s an extra $1 billion on the table for NT schools. This could change lives if spent well
Political donations rules are finally in the spotlight – here’s what the government should do