Pumping Oil For A Price War

Saudi Arabia just produced a record amount of oil in June. They aren’t alone. Oil is being pumped faster than Continue reading →

US Defense And Climate Change

The US Department of Defense recognizes global climate change as a destabilizing influence, and therefore something to defend against. It Continue reading →

Beer Is Rare In Venezuela

Mentioning a beer scarcity in Venezuela may seem trivial, but in crises, the trivial can become key. (Remember the Boston Continue reading →

Renewables Are Winning

Wind and solar energy installations are accelerating. In the next 25 years, 60% of new power generation facilities will be Continue reading →

Fossil Fuel Subsidies

The International Monetary Fund released a draft report on how much governments subsidize fossil fuels, both extraction and remediation. The Continue reading →

Energy Wisdom In Developing Countries

Many projections of global warming worry about developing nations creating a lot more pollution as their citizens begin living ‘Middle-Class Continue reading →

More Trouble For Coal

Coal was king, note the change in tense. The four largest coal companies were worth a combined $21.7 billion dollars Continue reading →

Fossil Fuel Subsidies In Perspective

Big numbers are so common that we become numb to them. Fossil fuel subsidies are $5.3T per year. Break that Continue reading →