Author Archives: Conor Gallagher
Data Centers Highlight the Limits of Renewable Energy Scaling
Data centers are an obstacle that torpedoes the whole idea of a transition offensive against hydrocarbons.
Read more...Links 11/24/2024
The Wars Come Home
Silicon Valley looks to bring tech used in conflicts abroad back to American shores.
Read more...After Ending in Overtime, COP29 Called ‘Big F U to Climate Justice’
Critics of the “COP of false solutions” said that instead of much-needed funding, developing nations got “a global Ponzi scheme that the private equity vultures and public relations people will now exploit.”
Read more...Links 11/20/2024
Paris and Washington Go Scorched Earth in the Sahel
What does it say about AFRICOM’s counterterrorism mission when nationalized mines increasingly come under attack and the US proxy state of Ukraine is training terrorists the US is supposed to be fighting?
Read more...Trump Adds to List of Fake EU Crises
EU set to double down on vassalage to US, which is causing its problems in the first place.
Read more...Links 11/11/2024
In Amish Country, an Unlikely Partnership With Beef Giant JBS Roils Community
Big Ag comes for the Amish.
Read more...Links 11/10/2024
Germany, Trump, and Walking the Trans-Atlantic Plank
Is government collapse a comeuppance for the German elite, or is everything right on schedule for the transatlantic plutocrats?
Read more...Matt Bruenig: Election Musings
A somber reflection on another lesser of two evils election that didn’t even have the benefit of featuring leftist proposals in a primary despite the incumbent not being on the ballot.
Read more...Links 11/6/2024
The US Is Killing the Most Valuable Tech Firm in Europe
Washington announces billion dollar research center for advanced chip making as trade restrictions demanded by US, and the EU energy war against Russia are hammering ASML.
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