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Simon Atkins, MBA

Simon Atkins, MBA, CEO, Global Disaster Risk Specialist, Advanced Forecasting CorporationCEO, Global Disaster Risk Specialist
Advanced Forecasting Corporation
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Simon Atkins is Chief Executive Officer and Global Disaster Risk Specialist of Advanced Forecasting Corporation (AFC), a think-tank in global Planetary Risk Management and a leader in climate change hazard consulting for businesses and investors that are affected by natural-based threats and human-caused perils and economic complexities. For more than 20 years, Mr. Atkins has provided strategic expertise in advanced weather risk modeling and advises on vulnerability assessment “hotspots” for optimized security planning and business continuity. He has an International MBA from the Helsinki School of Economics and a BSc in atmospheric physics from Cornell University. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History
1993 - present CEO, Global Disaster Risk Specialist
Advanced Forecasting Corporation

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Natural Gas Decoupling From Crude; Take Chesapeake Energy Comments With A Grain Of Salt, Especially If Long-Range Winter '08 Forecasts Pan Out True | 09-24-2008
Analysis of: Natural Gas Futures Advance As Output Slow To Resume in Gulf | www.bloomberg.com
Author: Simon Atkins, MBA, CEO, Global Disaster Risk Specialist, Advanced Forecasting Corporation

This article has three main issues: 1) Aubrey McClendon, the CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp, the second-biggest U.S. independent natural gas producer, says that up to 400 drilling rigs might shut down by the end of 2008; 2) There are worries that natural gas winter supplies will be less than anticipated...

Linking Human Activity With Arctic Sea Ice Shrinkage: How Much More Wool Do We Have To Pull Over Our Eyes? | 09-17-2008
Analysis of: Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks To 2nd-Lowest On Record | www.usatoday.com
Author: Simon Atkins, MBA, CEO, Global Disaster Risk Specialist, Advanced Forecasting Corporation

Human beings boast about having kept sea ice records for just 30 years.  Then we have the audacity to say there is an “alarming trend” of arctic sea ice shrinkage.  The most frightening aspect is that this ‘theory’ that human activity is causing the majority of sea ice shrinkage...

Khelil Predicts Oil At $170 By The End Of 2008? Usually I Might Agree, But Not This Time | 07-01-2008
Analysis of: OPEC Leader Khelil Says Dollar Will Drive Oil to $170 | www.bloomberg.com
Author: Simon Atkins, MBA, CEO, Global Disaster Risk Specialist, Advanced Forecasting Corporation

Chakib Khelil, Algerian Oil Minister and OPEC President, predicts that oil will climb to $170 a barrel by 12/31/08 due to the likelihood that political pressure on Iran as well as other conflicts and turmoil will continue, and on further speculation that the US dollar will see further decline (weakening...

Don't Hold Your Breath Waiting For Mass-Market Hydrogen Car Buyers | 06-24-2008
Analysis of: The Last Car You Would Ever Buy--Literally: Why We Shouldn't Get Excited By The Latest Hydrogen Cars | www.technologyreview.com
Author: Simon Atkins, MBA, CEO, Global Disaster Risk Specialist, Advanced Forecasting Corporation

If you build it, it’s almost certain the media will come, and they certainly did come in hoards recently to see Honda’s new FCX Clarity.  However, the proposed hydrogen fuel cell economy is a fantasy in the media hype consciousness. Why should oil companies (or government) spend tens of billions...

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