Feb. 28, 2026
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renewable-energy,
climate-policy,
energy-economics,
energy-transition
Author's note: This article was completed in late February 2026, days before the United States launched Operation Epic Fury against Iran. Since then, oil has surged past $100 a barrel for the first time since 2022, European gas prices have doubled, and the Strait of Hormuz has effectively closed. Everything below about the cost of killing offshore wind just became considerably more urgent.
In which the Don of Mar-a-Lago tilts at offshore wind turbines, ge...
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Dec. 10, 2025
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renewable-energy,
energy-economics,
market-solutions,
energy-transition,
policy-analysis,
ev-infrastructure,
China Clean Tech
1. Introduction: The Race
Picture this. A stadium full of people witnessing an epic race. After a slow start, two competitors pull ahead of the field. The one ahead seems to have all the momentum. She has the best running shoes, the latest tracksuit, and the best preparation.
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Nov. 21, 2025
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energy-economics,
market-solutions,
energy-transition,
policy-analysis,
China Clean Tech
This week, at the 30th United Nations climate change conference (COP30) in the Amazonian city of Belém, while the United States sulked at home, delegates from Thailand to Tanzania queued up to enter the Chinese pavilion, by far the largest in th...
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Nov. 20, 2025
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climate-policy,
energy-economics,
market-solutions,
policy-analysis
"Windmills are driving whales crazy", "they are not truly green", the current occupant of the White House has said at the beginning of the year as he was about to take office. Nearly a year later, amid record rises in retail electricity prices, it's the Trump administration's
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Nov. 1, 2025
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climate-policy,
energy-economics,
market-solutions,
energy-transition,
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The climate activists have it backwards. They want to overthrow capitalism to save the planet. The fossil fuel industry wants to preserve capitalism by denying the crisis exists. Both are wrong -- and their battle is destroying any chance of actually solving the problem.
Here's the heresy: **Fre
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