Wednesday, March 12, 2025
What Could Possibly Be Worse Than Carbon Credit Markets? Water Credit Markets. And They Could Be On Their Way
The goal, says Singapore’s president, is to develop “a reliable (sic) carbon credit system with a stapling on of water and biodiversity credits.”
Charlie Krauss: What the Enron Egg Says About AI’s Nuclear Courtship
How nuclear small modular reactors (SMR) hype, with a boost from AI, has reached absurd, as in satire-suitable, levels.
Changing of the Guard: Lambert’s Weekend Finale as New Writers Take Up Posts
Lambert retires after his final posts over this weekend, but we hope you will enjoy the new contributors who aspire to fill his yellow waders
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/27/2025
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics;
“COL. Douglas Macgregor : Why Is Trump Arming Ukraine?”
Trump says US citizens working in Ukraine on his minerals deal will be a deterrent, as in serve as a tripwire. Bye bye Russia peace pact?
Capital as Power in the 21st Century: A Conversation
An in-depth discussion by Michael Hudson, Jonathan Nitzan, Blair Fix and Tim Di Muzio of the capital as power framework and its explanatory value.
With RFK Jr. in Charge, Supplement Makers See Chance To Cash In
Why dietary supplement fans should be worried about RFK, Jr.’s plan to weaken their already lax regulation.
Demand for Electricity Takes Off. US Power Generation by Source in 2024: Natural Gas, Coal, Nuclear, Wind, Hydro, Solar, Geothermal, Biomass, Petroleum
Quelle surprise! Power demand surges thanks to data centers (AI, cloud, crypto) and increasing share of EVs.
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/26/2025
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; DOGE has a Palantir-friendly acting administrator; Gavin Newsome launches podcast; Problems with 737 FAA exemptions ~
Trump Will End His Option of Walking Away from Project Ukraine with His Minerals Deal
The Trump-Ukraine minerals deal is on track, and with it, US commitment to continue to support Ukraine.
COVID-19 in Context: A Retrospective View
A look at the state of knowledge when Covid-19 started its spread, and some of the questionable choices made despite that.
US Secondary Sanctions “Have Seriously Damaged” Russia-China Bilateral Cooperation
Russian experts say US secondary sanctions are damaging Russia-China commerce. But their solutions don’t seem to be close to implementation.
