Chris Nelder

Chris hails from Marin County, near San Francisco, a hotbed of writers, progressive thought and the pursuit of sustainability.

Chris was a software engineer and technical writer for 17 years, working for powerhouses like Microsoft. During that time he also founded and published an online magazine called Better World in the mid '90s, as part of his lifelong interest in sustainability.

However, after 9/11, he had an epiphany: He realized that peak oil, climate change, and ecological overshoot were about to change life as we know it, and that mankind was now facing its greatest crisis ever. He had to take up the challenge.

He then embarked on intensive study of Peak Oil, the world of energy, and new sustainable modes of living appropriate to the challenges of the 21st Century. From his perch at the foot of Mt. Tamalpais, Chris began sharing his observations with the world through his blog, www.getreallist.com. He then jumped out of the software industry and into the solar industry, where he designed, sold and installed solar PV systems for several years.

At that point Chris realized that investing was key to addressing our energy challenges, and in his pursuit of investing opportunities, he came across Angel Publishing's newsletters about energy: Wealth Daily, Energy and Capital and Green Chip Stocks. After a quick introduction, Chris joined up with the Baltimore boys, and the rest is history.

From the time he bought his first stock at the age of 9, through the years of working as a software developer for MSN Money, and on up to the present, Chris has been an investor for most of his life.

Recent Articles by Chris Nelder

Redemption Song - 2008-10-09
Playing Defense Against the Coming Recession

Safe Plays for Dangerous Days - 2008-10-01
Investing Lessons from the Depression

Reflections on the ASPO Peak Oil Conference - 2008-09-26
News from the Front

Surviving the Financial Tsunami - 2008-09-17
The Better Part of Valor

Of Bailouts, Hedge Funds and Energy - 2008-09-10
An Unsustainable Course

Rumors of the Demise of the Commodity Boom - 2008-09-03
Playing to Win with Captain Contrarian

Coal Investments Set to Soar, Part 2 - 2008-08-27
How to Play the China Coal Crisis

Coal Stocks Set to Soar, Part 1 - 2008-08-20
Get Ready for the "Olympics Bump"

Is the Commodity Boom Over? - 2008-08-13
Playing the Market in Upside-Down World

Will Arctic Oil, Natural Gas, MIT, Paris and Pickens Save the Day? - 2008-08-06
Of Ghosts, Unicorns and Energy Policy

A Story Nobody Wants To Hear - 2008-07-30
Talking Peak Oil on Yahoo Finance's "Tech Ticker"

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Three? - 2008-07-25
Silicon Valley PHEV Upstarts Upstage Detroit

Shadowboxing the Apocalypse - 2008-07-16
Energy and the Politics of Partisan Paralysis

Peak Oil Confusion - A Game Whose Time Is Up - 2008-07-09
Taking IBD to Task

A New Paradigm - 2008-07-02
Energy & Commodities: The Only Way to Make Money

The Big Picture on Q2 2008, Part 2 - 2008-06-25
Commodities and Renewables Charge While Market Tanks

The Big Picture on Q2 2008, Part 1 - 2008-06-18
How to Play Fossil Fuels in a Tough Economy

The Impending Oil Export Crisis - 2008-06-11
Never Mind Peak Oil; Worry about Peak Exports

It Takes Two to Contango - 2008-06-05
Pullback in Oil Is a Buying Opportunity

The Tipping Point in the Peak Oil Debate - 2008-05-28
The Game Is Afoot