Category Archives: Energy markets

Is The U.S. Preparing To Punish OPEC?

Has the US still not worked out that there are some parties it can’t push around, and OPEC might be one of them?

US Efforts To Turn Farm Animal Poop into Biofuel Spark Concerns

Manure biofuel seems to be taking off despite red flags such as explosions and environmental damage.

Turkiye Has Its Own Russiagate as Election Heads to Runoff

In run-up to the vote the opposition candidate claimed (without evidence) that Moscow was interfering in the election.

The EU Looks Doomed to Repeat its Russia “De-Risking” Strategy with China

Plans are lacking, but that hasn’t stopped Brussels before.

The U.S. Needs To Double The Size Of Its Energy Grid

Will the state of the US grid constrain the conversion to electric vehicles and other green devices?

Is This the Beginning of the End for Gasoline?

While the arrival of what is probably peak gasoline is good news, there’s a long way to go in reducing its use.

Will the EU Sanction Russia’s Nuclear Industry?

Doing so would hurt the economies of several European countries, but don’t worry. Brussels is working on a plan.

The Rise of China (and the Fall of the U.S.?)

Tectonic eruptions in Eurasia erode America’s global power.

To the Losers Go the Spoils?

Germany is latest western nation to position itself to profit off of whatever is left of Ukraine after its (and NATO’s) eventual loss.

Global Shipping Is Under Pressure to Stop Its Heavy Fuel Oil Use Fast – That’s Not Simple, but Changes Are Coming

While proposals to curb shipping industry emissions are overdue, it would help to address the shippers too.

Ukraine Conflict Highlights Key Question for Africa: Should We Focus on the Problems of the Elite, or Those Faced by the Majority of the Population?

Professor Sokona, Vice-Chair of the IPCC, on how Ukraine has reshaped thinking in Africa and on the needed transformation in its leadership

The Hidden Costs Of The Renewables Boom

Why renewables are not a free lunch.

Tracking the EU Decoupling from Russia

Taking stock of the EU’s economic divorce from Russia.

Russia Leaves Neoliberal West to Join World Majority

The sanctions against Russia and Russia’s kinetic war in Ukraine have produced great changes in and outside. But what are their implications?

James K. Galbraith: The Gift of Sanctions – An Analysis of Assessments of the Russian Economy, 2022 – 2023

Galbraith debunks conventional wisdom on sanctions against Russia.