Published inNo-Nonsense MusingsThe US Transition That Might Have BeenThe Biden administration will leave office with the US lagging in the energy transition. Other priorities could have created positive…Dec 29, 20243Dec 29, 20243
Published inThe New Climate.Bye-Bye Consensus, Hello Clarity“Consensus solutions” to climate and ecology crises are crumbling. But they were never real — at least we’re now clear on that.Dec 19, 202425Dec 19, 202425
Published inNo-Nonsense MusingsSymptoms of the InterregnumA short musing on the events of a day and the issues of an age.Dec 3, 20244Dec 3, 20244
Published inThe New Climate.Natural Gas: A Tale of Two TransitionsAs natural gas goes, so goes the energy transition. A two-speed transition looms, with the US lagging.Dec 2, 202414Dec 2, 202414
Multipolar Climate DiplomacyTime looks to have run out for the UN Cops process. The next best step may be to take climate diplomacy multipolar.Nov 16, 202415Nov 16, 202415
Published inThe New Climate.Post-US Election: The Contrarian Take on ClimateLiberal America needs to face hard truths now that Donald Trump is back — Biden’s climate commitments already fell woefully short.Nov 7, 202436Nov 7, 202436
US Crises, Opportunities Abound — Forget TrumpThis US election pitted Donald Trump against the Status-Quo. It shouldn’t have come as a big surprise in this polycrisis that the Status…Nov 6, 20247Nov 6, 20247
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?When will they ever learn … that to be a leader, you must lead.Oct 3, 202410Oct 3, 202410
Published inThe New Climate.Oil: Beyond the PeakPeak oil demand is close. What should be expect beyond this point? And what would slow-to-no GDP growth mean for us?Sep 24, 202422Sep 24, 202422
Cars and Old Folks in AmericaI grew up in small-town middle America. Cars feature in many of my earliest memories from the 1950s. I’m riding in my parents’ car over the…Aug 31, 20245Aug 31, 20245
