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* How quickly things change. * It was only two years ago, in 2023, that I was writing posts compiling long lists of quotes from climate activists warning that all assets used for production of coal, oil and gas were about to become obsolete and "stranded." After all, wind and solar were (supposedly) cheaper and cleaner for generating electricity, which could then power anything and everything. Therefore anyone stupid enough to make further investments in producing fossil fuels would lose everything. Here is one such post from June 2023, and another from February 2023. * If you look today, you can still find predictions in 2025 that fossil fuel assets will shortly become "stranded." (Here is one from Bloomberg from March 6: "Investors Risk $2.3 Trillion of St...
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Peatlands[1] account for 3% of the world's land surface. As long as they are intact, they store large quantities of carbon dioxide (CO?), one of the greenhouse...
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By Gordon Tomb Pennsylvania GovernorJosh Shapiro has asked regional power grid operators to enhance the electricity system's dependability-and he's got ideas about how to do it. But his premises are flawed, and his suggestions misguided. Shapiro wants reliable power, yet he's banking on unreliable sources to provide it. That approach isn't just wrongheaded; it's a recipe for failure. "Here in ... Read more
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The Czech Republic has chosen UK firm Rolls-Royce SMR after assessing seven potential technology suppliers for its proposed small modular reactor programme.
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