Category Archives: Infrastructure

Truss and Sunak’s Reheated Thatcherism Is the Last Thing the UK Needs

Truss and Sunak treat the Iron Lady as their muse, while Labour touts another flavor of neoliberalism, that of Tony Blair.

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.

Mobile Internet Access and the Desire to Emigrate

Internet access may be boosting the desire to emigrate while reducing the costs of finding information on opportunities abroad

The EU Needs More Than $1 Trillion for Plan to Ditch Russian Oil and Gas

The EU will have to make very large expenditures to end its depencence on Russian energy. But does it also have the organizational chops?

Trade’s Resilience to COVID-19

Future resilience requires smart diversification and exploitation of working-from-home production.

Outdated Energy Grid Poses Existential Threat to the Renewable Revolution

Green energy skeptics cite batteries as a potential constraint on greater EV use. The electrical grid is another possible choke point.

China – A Sub-Imperial Ally of the West?

IMichael Hudson and Patrick Bond debate the trade posture of China, such as whether its Belt and Road initiative is capitalist or socialist

Limits to Green Energy Are Becoming Much Clearer

Gail Tverberg throws cold water on green energy optimism.

Resource Limits to American Capitalism & The Predator State Today

James K. Galbraith discusses the shift of the US from industrialism to his so-called predator state: finance-led, military-centered corporatism

The Romance of Shipping Container Lashing

The material realities of the ocean and the workers lashing down the containers.

McKinsey: Net-Zero By 2050 Needs $9.2 Trillion Annual Investment

McKinsey gives a not surprisingly big estimate for the cost of energy transition. But it’s unlikely to have considered radical conservation.

‘No More Hiding’: Sanders Says Make GOP Vote on Popular Policies

Sanders: “The American people have a right to know where their senators stand on the most important issues impacting their lives.”

Manchin Takes Aim at Build Back Better, but His Real Focus is on West Virginia

What does Manchin want?