Fifty years ago, in the wake of the Yom Kippur War, the Arab members of OPEC initiated an oil embargo against the United States. The boycott was retribution for America’s support of Israel during its brief war against Egypt and Syria. read more »
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Michael Bloomberg's $1 Billion Assault on the Electrical Grid
Climate-related philanthropy in America has been hijacked by a radical agenda that will hurt the affordability, reliability, and resilience of the U.S. electric grid. read more »
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The Dangerous Delusion of a Global Transition to "Just Electricity"
World leaders continue experiencing a “dangerous delusion” of a global transition to “just electricity” that they believe will eliminate the use of the crude oil read more »
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Wind Blows
The only thing dumber than onshore wind energy is offshore wind energy. The good news for ratepayers, taxpayers, birds, bats, landscapes, viewsheds, and the critically endangered North Atlantic Right Whale, is that both sectors are getting hammered by market forces read more »
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Russia and China Dominating the Race for Nuclear Electricity Generation
As the USA and many world leaders continue the pursuit of “unreliable electricity”, from wind turbines and solar panels, that can only generate intermittent electricity at best from available breezes and sunshine, Russia, China, France, and Finland have emerged as the leaders in nuclear power generation read more »
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Solar Energy is Getting 200 Times More in Federal Subsidies Than Nuclear
If the bank robber, Willie Sutton, were alive today and working in the electric utility sector, he’d surely be a solar energy developer. read more »
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Richards Bay: the Gateway for Africa’s LNG Goldmine
South Africa is one of the few countries that developed from the interior towards the coast, with Gauteng’s prosperity built around mining activity, the steady supply of water from Lesotho, and the availability of energy from the rich coal fields of the Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces. read more »
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Mandating EVs While Discouraging Mining is a Recipe for Disaster
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,” wrote the American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. This may prove no problem to the West’s climate-obsessed elites, who rail about the coming apocalypse, even while undermining the production of the very resources that would be essential if they are to have any chance to reach their cherished “net zero” utopia. read more »
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More Proof That The Electrify Everything Push Is A Regressive Tax
On December 14, 2022, the Biden administration held “the first-ever White House Electrification Summit.” The goal of the meeting, which included officials from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Climate Policy Office, and Office of Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation, along with leaders of various NGOs, including the American Federation of Teachers, Greenlining Ins read more »
Carnage of Child Labor and Ecological Destruction “Elsewhere” acceptable to Wealthy Countries
Global cobalt demand soared with the advent of cell phones and laptop computers. Cobalt improves battery performance, extends driving range and reduces fire risks. Now, cobalt, lithium, and other materials are exploding with the arrival of electric vehicles in tandem with government EV mandates and subsidies. read more »
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