Category Archives: Energy markets

Revolutionize Global Water Access

How solar-powered water pumps could alleviate shortages of potable water, particularly in poor parts of the world.

The EU Retreats Further into a World of Self-Delusion

Mario Draghi calls for Europe, decimated by self-inflicted energy crisis and social austerity, to go on borrowing spree to pay for endless fight against Russia.

Putin Calls for Sanctions Revenge, Threatens to Cap Uranium Exports

Russia is considering restricting commodities exports such as uranium to what it has called “unfriendly” countries.

Russia’s Prosecution of the War in Ukraine: Can It Square the Circle of Probable Boundary Conditions?

Looking at a few likely Russian boundary conditions for its war in Ukraine suggests the end game will be tricky indeed.

What’s Next for Germany After Sunday’s Elections Show Major Backlash Against Status Quo?

Two parties which oppose Project Ukraine make major gains. Is anyone listening?

Rob Urie: Kamala Harris is the New Face Being Put on America’s Wars

An unvarnished assessment of what a Kamala Harris presidency would amount to.

Activists Link Climate Change, Gaza in a Campaign Targeting Citigroup

Protesters are pushing Citigroup to divest from fossil fuels and companies that are sending arms to Israel.

Why US Belligerence Towards Russia Is Likely to Continue No Matter Who Is President

Biden might be senile and Blinken stupid, but it’s the plutocrats and their think tanks that run the show in Washington.

The US Strategy in the Black Sea Region Is Falling Apart

Washington’s goal is to exclude Russia and China from energy and infrastructure projects extending from the Caspian to Europe, but the opposite is happening.

Zombie Wells: A $280 Billion Problem the U.S. Can’t Ignore

Supposedly shuttered but toxic oil wells are yet another large-scale cost of the Western addiction to cheap energy.

Satyajit Das: The Middle East’s A Dance of Death – Part 3: Spillover

Why the prospects for containing, much the less resolving, the escalating Middle East conflict, are poor.

“How Does OpenAI Survive?”

Ed Zitron explains in gory detail why OpenAI looks like the mother of all bezzles.

The Growing Conservative Backlash Against Carbon Capture and Storage

A climate technology favored by oil companies is increasingly being attacked by more prominent figures on the right who are following the lead of their base.

Why Is the EU Upping the Pressure on Meloni in Italy?

News that Rome is in hot water over “rule of law” issues came out at same time Meloni headed East in attempt to repair ties with China, but is that the reason?

Ukraine End-Game: Rate-Determining Steps and the Question of Denazification

Further discussion of some of the likely complexities and stumbling blocks in Russia’s slow-motion conquest of Ukraine.