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The Numbers Don’t Lie: Why Climate Denial Is No Longer Possible
The Washington Post recently featured new research by Emily Judd and her team, reaffirming what scientists have long understood: CO2 and temperature are closely linked. What’s new is that this study…
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Electric Vehicles and Renewables: Misleading Solutions to a Deeper Climate Crisis
If you think electric vehicles and renewable energy will solve climate change, you’re missing the bigger picture. The problem runs deeper than technology alone can fix, so keep reading. Cars…
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The End of Growth: Why Oil Prices are Falling
Paradigms hold on until they can no longer offer believable explanations for what’s happening. Oil markets and the global economy are now in the middle of such a shift. On…
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The Looming Shift: Oil Markets Signal a Structural Phase-Change
We are witnessing a fundamental shift in oil markets, a structural phase-change. Oil prices hit their lowest point last week since June 2022, when the market was gripped by fears…
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OPEC: To Cut or Not to Cut
To cut or not to cut, that is the question. I’m talking about OPEC, not the Federal Reserve—but both groups should read Hamlet’s soliloquy and contemplate the perils of hubris.…
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Tom Steyer’s Impossible Dream of A Renewable Future
Tom Steyer has an impossible dream. “We are going to electrify the planet…We’re going to get off fossil fuels.” Tom Steyer He’s written a book called Cheaper, Faster, Better: How…
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Falling Natural Gas Prices: A Warning to Producers and Investors
Natural gas prices have gotten so low that many companies are curtailing production. Last week’s average spot price of $1.88 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) was 31 percent below…
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Markets Are Unconcerned About Oil Supply
Many oil analysts believe that global oil supplies are tight, but markets don’t agree with them. In fact, markets haven’t indicated any signs of scarcity since the energy shocks that…
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The Energy Debate: Fanboys, Fangirls, and the Real Cost of Pollution
When it comes to the debate between renewables and fossil fuels, almost everyone is a fanboy or fangirl. Inevitably, comparisons of power density, EROI, or cost among energy sources turn…
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Geopolitics: The Anguish of a Divided World
The risk of global conflict has increased to its highest level in decades because of recent events in the Middle East. The targeted killings of Hamas leaders in Tehran and…
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A Critical Juncture for Oil Prices
Events in the Middle East suggest far more than the “challenging days ahead” mentioned by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Iran was humiliated by a security failure that allowed the…
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I’m Skeptical of the Higher Oil-Price Meme
The prevailing opinion among analysts is that a tighter market in the third quarter of 2024 will push oil prices higher as demand exceeds supply. I’m skeptical of those bullish…
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