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Tariffs vs. Tankers: Why Trump’s Clash with India Misses the Real Energy Battlefield
The headlines say Donald Trump is going after India with tariffs. The deeper story is that this is not just about trade. It is about oil, the lingering grip of…
Iceland’s Renewable Dreams, Fossil Realities
I just returned from ten days in Iceland, drawn by the geology and stark beauty. What I found was more than scenery—it was a case history in climate change, collapse,…
Why the U.S. Should Put the IEA on Notice
The IEA opens its Electricity 2025 report by declaring we’re entering “a New Age of Electricity.” That’s nonsense. The agency has become a dishonest broker, pushing unrealistic renewable narratives. It may be…
Reality Blind
The greatest threat to our civilization — and to the planet — isn’t climate change, fossil fuels, or failing ecosystems. It’s the way we think. We are trapped in a…
Saudi Arabia’s Oil Strategy Is About Power
OPEC’s recent decision to start adding supply back to the market has baffled most analysts — though that hasn’t stopped them from offering explanations that are just as confusing as…
The Dawn of Nothing
The Dawn of Everything is framed as a challenge to conventional myths about human history, particularly the idea that inequality and hierarchy were inevitable outcomes of social evolution. But the…
The Ocean at Its Limit: Climate, Collapse, and the Future of Life
Most of us don’t give much thought to the ocean, and it’s often overlooked in discussions about climate change and the environment. Yet the ocean plays a vital role in…
The Shattering of Illusions: Iran, Israel, and the End of Strategic Restraint
For years, the threat of open war between Israel and Iran simmered on the margins of global attention—a shadow conflict fought through proxies, assassinations, and ideology. Now it’s out in…
The Debt Bomb
What if everything we’ve been taught about economics—about value, money, and growth—is fundamentally backwards? What if our projections for the future aren’t just optimistic, but delusional, because they ignore what…
The Deep State Myth as a Symptom of Systemic Collapse
The “deep state” isn’t real—there’s no smoky backroom of rogue bureaucrats plotting to subvert democracy. But there is a sprawling, entrenched bureaucratic apparatus that frustrates elected leaders, slows agendas, and…
Immigration is a Mirror of National Disintegration
Illegal immigration, wrote Matthew Continetti, is “the focal point of our age. And it has the potential to break the nation apart.” Not because of its scale—unauthorized immigration has remained…
The Complexity Trap: Abundance, AI, and the Fallacy of Misplaced Concreteness
Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson suggest that smart governance and innovation can solve most of society’s problems in their book Abundance. Their vision emphasizes building—more housing, infrastructure, clean energy, and scientific…
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