Category Archives: Energy markets

The Capitalist Solution to ‘Save’ the Planet: Make It an Asset Class & Sell it

John Bellamy Foster explains the plans to create assets on the back of everything nature does and expropriate it from the global commons.

Groundhog Day For America’s Energy Grid

More energy woes coming to some parts of the US due to the failure to address known infrastructure problems.

Happy Bastille Day: Some Musings on Recent Events in Sri Lanka

Reflections on Bastille Day 2022: Last Saturday, Sri Lankans stormed their presidential palace, causing President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee to the Maldives.

Pursuing Its National Interest in the New Multipolar World: India to Boost Sakhalin-1 Oil Output

Sakhalin-1 opportunity: Indian firms to step in and replace departing U.S. and Japanese companies.

The G7 Is Still Pushing Its Nutty Russia Oil Price Cap Idea

A new effort to punch Russia in the nose look as likely to backfire as earlier attempts, charitably assuming the scheme gets off the ground.

Fossil Fuel Interests Are Behind Canada’s Blue Hydrogen Push

Fossil fuel producing Canada is promoting the blue hydrogen con.

The Coming Sanctions-Induced Economic Tsunami?

It does not take much in the way of prognostication skills to anticipate that things can get way way worse on the economic front.

An Ode in Praise of the Wood Stove

Home heating in general, and wood stoves in particular. They’re great!

Michael Hudson: A Depression Is Coming

Economist Michael Hudson explains the inflation crisis and warns a “long depression” is coming, due to the new cold war on Russia and China.

Drax Eyeing California as Site of New Biomass Carbon Capture Plant

UK company Drax is pitching a huge project, and seeking huge subsidies. for an unproven biomass technology.

Oil Markets Could Face A Doomsday Scenario This Week

How will oil markets react if they get confirmation that OPEC+ has no spare production capacity?

“G7 Aims to Hurt Russia with Price Cap on Oil Exports”

If this harebrained Russia oil price cap scheme gets off the ground, it’s likely to be yet another Western economic own goal.

“Why the Ukraine Crisis Will Make Little Difference to Dollar Supremacy”

Why the depth of the U.S. securities market will extend dollar hegemony beyond what would seem to be its natural sell-by date.

How Energy-Efficiency Upgrades Can Improve Your Health

An energy upgrade to your house will often produce other bennies!

The Mining Industry Is Replicating the Oil Sector Crisis

The push for green new energy faces a big hurdle via sharply rising prices of key inputs, due to years of underinvestment in mining.