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The intoxicating power to nullify people instead of hypotheses has proved irresistible.

Democracies that prohibit freedom to transact are losing their claim on freedom itself.

The Work of My Life: January 2022 Report | The soulful contour of the human endeavor is what drives the popularity of authenticity over perfection.

The cards we’re holding are transparent to our political enemies, and they’re calling our bluff.

“One mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm which attracts us.” – Gustave Flaubert

The Work of My Life: November 2021 Report | The gig economy for brains is exploding.

It’s time we wrote about Trudeau.

The US plays “make believe” with electrifying its military.

Can SMR technology unlock a low-carbon industrial future?

If everything is climate change, nothing is.

As another domestic pipeline project is shut down, Biden invites an energy alliance with the Emir of Qatar.

Newsom’s war against refinery profits continues on the tired battlefield of supply-demand delusions.

When a major section of the US grid inevitably collapses, it won’t be because of climate change.

Money is what the government says it is.

Will the conflict-ridden, self-dealing valuation monster in the private market catalyze stress in the public markets?

Deprogramming the green energy con that has absorbed a generation.

Sanctions against Russia will continue to backfire until the West gets serious about increasing oil and gas production.

Contextualizing the wholly unscientific fear of nuclear power.

The urban green energy agenda necessitates an assault on rural property rights.

The dwindling flows of the Colorado River are insufficient to deliver on its commitments, forcing tough choices on the US Southwest.

A look at the implausible demands imposed on the grid by green mandates.

As MP Materials seeks to onshore the production of rare earth elements, they’ve become a battleground stock for short sellers.

When the LME acted out of existential desperation, it may have catalyzed its certain demise all the same.

The folly of Ireland’s proposed cattle massacre in the name of reducing carbon emissions.

Burning old car tires gets a “biomass” rebrand?

The EU ETS carbon emissions scheme is, in effect, a HODL Mechanism™. 

Will electric vehicles meaningfully decrease the demand for oil?

The Work of My Life: December 2021 Report | At their core, the Eameses were content creators that were well ahead of their time.

Vast pockets of the shale patch's natural gas bounty are being wasted.

If enormous shareholder dilution is good, surely ginormous shareholder dilution is even better!

Is a gold-backed BRICs currency on the horizon, and if so, what might it mean?

Room-temperature superconductors AND a cure for cancer in the same week? C’mon now!

The Greens bring back coal while continuing to shut down nuclear. We are truly in the Twilight Zone.

Europe is hurtling toward the hard wall of physics at a frightening speed, and its leaders are stomping on the accelerator.

Battery breakthroughs at lab scale are rarely commercially viable. We offer an evergreen model for understanding the newest claims.

In the face of a global energy crisis, war, food shortages, and rampant inflation, does it make sense to be redirecting acres of valuable cropland to renewable diesel?

China, Inc. is using a familiar playbook as it seeks to dominate global EV production.

“Follow the fiat” explains why Bitcoin maxis urgently need spot ETFs and why the SEC is rejecting them swiftly.

The Work of My Life: February 2022 Report | Eppie Thompson taps into the visceral need to create and inspires us along the way.

The continent needs to face the reality of belt-tightening on the demand side.