Category Archives: Energy markets

Yellen Trip to China: Biden Administration Presumption and Cluelessness on Display

The US is at it again with China, despite acting like it wants to repair fractured relations.

China Prepares in Central Asia to Withstand Any Western Isolation Efforts

Beijing is strengthening land supply chains in case the West tries to disrupt its seaborne commerce.

Electric War Goes West – Depopulation Turns Into Displacement Turns Into Civil War in Galicia

More on how Russia is expected to use its electric supply attacks to depopulate key Ukraine cities.

How the Electric War Is Redrawing the Ukraine Map – In Black

Like so many things, the electric war has developed not necessarily to Ukraine’s advantage.

Michael Hudson: Germany as Collateral Damage in America’s New Cold War

A reminder of how Germany has committed economic suicide rather than say “no” to the US.

Yellen Plans To Confront China For ‘Unfair’ Clean Energy Subsidies

Treasury Secretary Yellen is complaining to China about allegedly improper green energy subsidies. But is her beef well founded?

Of Life and Lithium

A look at the implications of demand for lithium thanks to plans to increase electric vehicle sales.

A Weak Spot in Carbon Sequestration: Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells

Carbon stored underground could leak through old wells. How regulators plan to handle that is under scrutiny.

Iraq And Iran Will Expedite Development Of Sanctions-Busting Shared Oil Fields

Similar to how US overreach made Russia and China allies, so too have US policies in the Middle East lead Iran and Iraq to team up.

US Scheme to Challenge Russian Dominance in Nuclear Energy Faces Major Obstacles – Including an Overreliance on Russia

Plans suffer from design flaws, cost overruns, and a reliance on Russia for multiple stages of the nuclear fuel cycle.

Here’s Why You Can’t Afford an Electric Car

The US is using complicated and limited-in-practical-effect programs to increase electric car sales rather than allow in cheap Chinese models

Texas Law Forces Pension Funds and Municipalities to Drop Use of Financial Firms that Support Net Zero

Texas is counter-sanctioning Big Finance firms over Net Zero initiatives designed to choke money flows to fossil fuel businesses.

Why Artificial Intelligence Must Be Stopped Now

The promise of artificial intelligence is eclipsed by its perils, which include our own annihilation.

“We Need a Plan for the Transition to Renewable Energy”

Radical societal transformation is inevitable; a plan for renewable energy could make a difference between catastrophe and progress.

Collapse on the EU Home Front

Germany continues to self-destruct, more austerity planned for EU, Ursula von der Leyen’s “tools” are sharpened to deal with prole backlash.