The Beginning of the Modern Industrial World
An interesting video and well worth a watch to remind ourselves of what coal has delivered to the world.
Energy
LNG Imports: A Band-Aid on Labour’s Self-Inflicted Wound
This LNG terminal might buy time, but it is no victory. It is an admission that ideology trumped common sense and now Kiwis foot the bill.
Poor Nations Will Not Follow Europe and the UN
Governments and institutions must support basic human rights of access to abundant, reliable, affordable energy to support modern living standards.
Shane Jones Wisely Shuts Down New Zealand’s Involvement in Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Nonsense
RNZ can keep clutching their pearls, but the rest of us should thank Shane Jones for having the backbone to say no. New Zealand First, indeed.
Davos Gets a Reality Check
They’ve been told to their faces that they’re a joke. And there’s nothing they can do about it, because it’s true – and everyone is finally admitting it out loud.
Deep Sea Mining No Longer Science Fiction
And of course the environmental lobby is trying to block it.
Government To Toughen Our Electricity Market Rules
The reforms come as the government continues broader work to address high electricity prices, manage dry-year risks, and ensure long-term energy security.
We Should Fix This Electricity Poverty First
The World Bank says there are now 720 million living in extreme poverty, defined as less than $3/day. To combat poverty, we need jobs, and good industrial jobs require cheap, reliable electricity.
A Grid Arson Blacked Out 45,000 Berlin Homes in Midwinter
In a normal society, deranged prophets of doom get mocked. In a corrupt society, they get a government grant, or they get elected so they can pass laws banning people from mocking them.
Voting Themselves Into the Ground
Electricity prices are driving small businesses broke: can they connect the dots yet?
AEMO Is a True Clown World Operation
Yet another institution captured by the Long March left.
Another Way to Self Destruct
Everything else – Islam, migrants, trans pride, Ukrainian security – is more important than delivering basic safety and reasonable cost of living to British taxpayers. Go online to complain and you risk being thrown in jail. Are these people evil?
Odum’s Wisdom and Unplugging the Paris Accord
The systems that do nothing are the ones that fade. And we are not here to fade. We are here to outcompete. Preferably with the lights on.
How Much Dumber Can They Get?
Does anyone in Canberra have two brain cells to rub together?
Electricity Prices Are the New Inflation Flashpoint
As AI data centers, clean-energy mandates, and regulations collide, the power grid is becoming a battlefield.