Russia Delivers Major Blow to Ukraine by Destroying Kiev’s Biggest Power Plant
Russia’s dismantling of Ukraine’s ability to function accelerates with the destruction of Kiev’s largest power facility.
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Yellen and Biden Administration Incompetence: Bullying and Entitlement, Rather Than Making a Case, Here Regarding China Overproduction
Yellen made a complete hash of the question of Chinese overcapacity, a real problem unlikely to sort itself out nicely.
Read more...Real Energy Transition Costs Could Spell Danger for EU
The EU is belatedly confronting the costs of their much-touted energy transition. Pols and voters are balking at the bill.
Read more...Climate Engineering Carries Serious National Security Risks − Countries Facing Extreme Heat May Try It Anyway, and the World Needs to be Prepared
Like it or not, climate engineering is coming. What are some of the implications?
Read more...The Energy Transition: Technology Versus Political Backlash
A look at some of the reasons why the energy transition is running behind schedule.
Read more...China Prepares in Central Asia to Withstand Any Western Isolation Efforts
Beijing is strengthening land supply chains in case the West tries to disrupt its seaborne commerce.
Read more...Electric War Goes West – Depopulation Turns Into Displacement Turns Into Civil War in Galicia
More on how Russia is expected to use its electric supply attacks to depopulate key Ukraine cities.
Read more...The New Junta in Niger Tells the United States to Pack Up Its War and Go Home
The US is being run out of Niger. A lot of our “hegemon forever” spending is going down the drain.
Read more...How the Electric War Is Redrawing the Ukraine Map – In Black
Like so many things, the electric war has developed not necessarily to Ukraine’s advantage.
Read more...A Simple Desultory Analytic (Or How I Was Peter Turchin’d Into Perdition) by “I lost my harmonica albrt”
A discussion of Peter Turchin’s End Times: Elites Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration.
Read more...Devolution and the Decline in Operational Capacity and Elite/Managerial Competence
Has devolution, as in technologies that increase output at the cost of skill, contributed to the decline in operational capability?
Read more...Michael Hudson: Germany as Collateral Damage in America’s New Cold War
A reminder of how Germany has committed economic suicide rather than say “no” to the US.
Read more...Of Life and Lithium
A look at the implications of demand for lithium thanks to plans to increase electric vehicle sales.
Read more...Baltimore Bridge Crash: Risk Management Questions
Why it’s a mistake to think of the Baltimore bridge collapse as catastrophic bad luck.
Read more...A Weak Spot in Carbon Sequestration: Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells
Carbon stored underground could leak through old wells. How regulators plan to handle that is under scrutiny.
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