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The root cause of our leading institutions' bias against fossil fuels
The operating “anti-impact framework” causes our leading institutions to view fossil fuels, which are inherently high impact, as intrinsically immoral…
Oct 14
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Talking points roundup: America’s gas turbine shortage, Europe's record wind curtailment, Germany’s destructive energy policy, and more
Also: “Net zero” policies and AI growth, on “renewables overtaking coal,” a court’s dismissal of a Sierra Club lawsuit, the Ambler Road project, and the…
Oct 13
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Why Mid-Atlantic electricity prices are rising so fast
Blame the people who created a shortage of reliable electricity via anti-fossil-fuel policies, fix the situation by reversing those policies.
Oct 10
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How our "knowledge system" catastrophizes the side-effects of fossil fuels
A summary of Fossil Future, Chapter 2
Oct 9
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Talking points roundup: ammonia fertilizer and natural gas, the disastrous consequences of "net zero," the Palisades nuclear plant, and more
Also: Rooftop solar, so-called "nuclear-grade" components, and "synthesis" gone wrong.
Oct 6
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AlexAI on blackouts, electricity demand from data centers, coastal insurance pricing, and Alaska oil and gas
5 answers AlexAI gave to user questions this week.
Oct 3
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The "Levelized Cost of Energy" scam
LCOE—the "Levelized Cost of Energy"—explicitly ignores "reliability-related considerations" and is therefore a garbage metric for comparing the cost of…
Oct 2
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How our "knowledge system" ignores the benefits of fossil fuels
A summary of Fossil Future, Chapter 1
Oct 1
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September 2025
Talking points roundup: the myth of "peak oil," rising electricity prices in Pennsylvania, heat-related deaths in Europe, and more
Also: UK’s disastrous anti-fossil-fuel policies, the current mild hurricane season, and a bogus “super polluters” map by Al Gore.
Sep 28
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The National Academies' perversion of science
A new “report” by the prestigious National Academies engages in heavy fossil fuel benefit denial in order to claim that climate danger is worse than…
Sep 27
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AlexAI on rising electricity bills prices, how to deal with used nuclear fuel, and smarter forest management
5 answers AlexAI gave to user questions this week.
Sep 25
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Talking points roundup: rising electricity prices, the National Academies' climate "report," China's new coal plants, and more
Also: why nuclear power is expensive, recent skepticism toward climate catastrophism, why “green” activists oppose nuclear, and the International…
Sep 23
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