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  1. If the pandemic did damage to oil jobs, watch what happens when roughnecks are replaced with robots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk__1Se5ybE  


  2. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/06/how-to-predict-the-future/588040/ The Peculiar Blindness of Experts Credentialed authorities are comically bad at predicting the future. But reliable forecasting is possible. DAVID EPSTEIN JUNE 2019 ISSUE
      


  3. Why not nuclear?  The articles below discuss the Pros vs Cons, and the Pros, at least as presented, far outweigh the Cons.  From what...


  4. In today's article: https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/The-Next-Step-In-The-Electric-Vehicle-Evolution.html the author states that EVs are not "revolutionary" replacements for ICEV, and repeats the assertion that "EVs are an alternative technology...


  5. https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Trump-Backs-Moon-Mining-Initiative-With-Executive-Order.html   From day one the President has been an active, vocal Leader of & for US Manned Space action.  He reconvened the National Space Council...


  6. Excellent rebuttal to the Climate Armageddon / Carbon Tax panic being foisted upon Western countries (apparently China, India, Asia and Middle East all get a...
      


  7. The transition to a 100 percent renewable U.S. power grid would need investment of up to $4.5 trillion over the next 10 to 20...
      


  8.   Read more at https://hothardware.com/news/us-navy-patent-compact-nuclear-fusion-reactor#AYumlvMk4tyFEIei.99  Compact, in this case, means about the size of a freight container. If it can work, it could be scaled for...
      


  9. This article articulates the thoughts and frustrations of much of the planet nowadays.  What do you guys think? The Year of No Science The Year of...


  10. Someone at NASA got this shot of total solar eclipse... It gives us an insight into another less explored side of earth i.e. the earth...


  11. For curious lurkers and curious geologists, here's a blog you may want to poke around a bit in. Petrophysics_Supreme Petrophysics an exotic earth science, poorly understood and...


  12. Toyota is following in the footsteps of other foolish automakers in the past by insisting on building the cars most convenient for them and...


  13. Trade tensions risk throwing the global economy’s transition to greener energy into disarray and could hurt energy companies’ preparations toward it, BP Chairman Helge...
      


  14. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Friday gave the green light for genetically modified cotton to be used for human consumption, paving the way...
      


  15. Renewables could be affected.  Tinkering with a chaotic system has chaotic results. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/25/climate/geoengineering-sunlight.html


  16. UN “very confident” of deal to stop plastic waste ending up in the sea   11/05/2019   Nearly 200 countries taking part in marathon talks aimed at reducing...
      


  17. Britain is to bring forward the end of coal in power station, the government announced today. At present, the use of coal in the...
      


  18. The German government has said a coronavirus vaccine may not be widely available to the public until the middle of 2021. It's warned people...
      


  19. Warning: very bad & unclear Market is Ahead The markets are throwing the hissy fit we’ve been predicting, but the Fed is showing more determination than...


  20. The Northampton (USA) fluidized-bed power station burns high-ash coal waste and some biomass at around 900 degrees Celsius. The large quantity of hot ash...


  21. Electric cars and renewables have depended on good feelings and subsidies for most of their growth. ICE vehicles are still much less costly over...
      


  22. https://twitter.com/va_shiva/status/1176506786414825473  This is a short video, under twelve minutes. r. Shiva Ayyadurai, MIT PhD. Inventor of Email   @va_shiva   An MIT PhD exposes who will profit from the “Climate...
      


  23. Excellent guide for investing in the hottest battery metal - lithium. Anyone interested in this metal should watch this one.     
      


  24. Once again: Being a former engineer for a large power company and having earned a Master of Science in Energy and the Environment, I...


  25. Why Solid Carbon is the Future of Energy Storage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwDly9pjSJg    


  26. https://electrek.co/2019/05/08/gm-lordstown-workhorse-electric/ Donald Trump tweeted today that GM would be selling its recently shuttered Lordstown, Ohio plant to Workhorse to build electric (pickup) trucks.   Trump said he...
      

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