“All-Electric Future Comes At A Huge Cost”
Tempering some of the enthuiasm for “all-electric” schemes.
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Iran’s Huge Caspian Gas Find Is A Geopolitical Gamechanger
A new Iran gas find has the potential to supply 20% of Europe’s needs. But its pricing and delivery will be coordinated with Russia.
Read more...Don’t Plant Trees, Grow Forests!
Forests are far superior to tree plantations at carbon removal. Unfortunately, the world is planning for tree plantations.
Read more...Climate Activists Target Banks’ Greenwashing in Nationwide #DefundLine3 Protests
Banks fund new oil pipelines that will generate climate pollution for decades. They are greenswahing their loans as ‘sustainability’ measures
Read more...How a National Infrastructure Program Would Protect Americans From Hurricanes
Biden’s infrastructure plan includes defending flood and hurricane vulnerable areas, when saving all of them may not be the right answer.
Read more...The Oil & Gas Inflation Trap That No One Wants To Talk About
So much for concerns about climate change. The Biden Administration is doing what it can to lower oil and gas prices.
Read more...China’s Industrial Slowdown Could Kill The Commodity Rally
Many commentators have fixated on levitating US securities markets, ignoring softening growth in Asia that is now hitting commodity prices
Read more...Pacific Salmon and Heat, along with Beavers, Bears — and Nitrogen
Beavers and bears as ecosytem engineers. But can salmon be saved?
Read more...The U.S. Shale Revolution Has Surrendered to Reality
The funding for shale production in the US has dried up as moneybags finally realize that there’s no profit to be had.
Read more...The Conflict Within OPEC Is Far From Over
Another byproduct of inflation generally and rising gas prices in particular is more eyes on OPEC.
Read more...Industry Calls the Climate Shots in the Biden Administration
And you believed Biden on climate change?
Read more...America’s Afghan War Is Over, So What About Iraq – and Iran?
America is finally out of one unwinnable war. How does this bode for the US extracting itself from other Middle Eastern quagmires?
Read more...The Real Reason OPEC Talks Broke Down
OPEC is squabbling again. Will the factions settle their hash?
Read more...What’s the Carbon Footprint of a Wind Turbine?
Many studies have found that the wind turbine beats fossil fuels handsomely , at least in carbon costs. But is that the whole story?
Read more...Blackout Risk And Electricity Prices Are Spiking In California
California energy tsuris are set to get worse.
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