Tag Archives: fossil fuels

Oil Reserves

Oil is a finite commodity. Oil reserves that remain have a calculation attached which tells producers how many years remain that they could expect wealth from this fossil fuel. Present regimes of United States, Russia and Saudi Arabia might not … Continue reading

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Human activity heating the planet

As a frightening storm Melissa pounds Jamaica and moves agonisingly slowly toward poverty stricken Cuba, we know we are all responsible for the cause of these increasingly more common nightmare scenarios: Why Hurricane Melissa is one of the strongest Atlantic … Continue reading

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Drill, baby, drill…..

The United States, Saudi Arabia, and Russia are the leading producers of oil in the world. There are two major oil contracts that are closely watched by oil market participants. In North America, the benchmark for oil futures is West Texas … Continue reading

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River PFAS pollution

I am reproducing a Conversation article. It is sad that America has just reversed the magnificent decision to ban PFAS:

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Climate change, sea levels rising, countries sinking

In past blogs I have written about land which sank beneath the oceans after the Ice Age melt began over 10,000 years ago. Now the world knows the Arctic and Antarctic ice caps are melting and sea levels are rising … Continue reading

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Mexico, Venezuela, Canada and US warships – and oil

Today I learned Mexico and Canada have devised new trade routes: Canada and Mexico are developing a trade route called the “Northern Corridor” to bypass U.S. tariffs, enhancing their economic ties and reducing reliance on the U.S. market. This corridor … Continue reading

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Datacenters, bitcoin mining energy use:  hits availability of electricity and raises costs steeply

Paul Krugman writes today on Substack: Placing tech companies in Pentagon: On June 13, 2025, the Army will officially swear in four tech leaders. Det. 201 is an effort to recruit senior tech executives to serve part-time in the Army Reserve … Continue reading

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Ukraine ‘on the menu’ ?

From a Ukrainian viewpoint, Lev Parnas writes (on Substack); And I ask: Is a newly broken America on the Putin menu too?

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Technological progress could have saved the planet

I never knew, until I read Kara Swisher’s ‘Burn Book’, that Al Gore, when senator of Tennessee, played a key role which birthed the Internet. As a senator from Tennessee, Gore crafted and pushed through the “High Performance Computing and … Continue reading

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Phase out fossil fuels: no choice

I’m reproducing The Conversation newsletter which was emailed to me. It is a response to Tony Blair’s recent advice to not phase out fossil fuels with the Net Zero objective:

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