Copper is at the heart of everything electric. It is no exaggeration to say, that our entire “renewable, clean, green” future hinges upon its uninterrupted supply. In fact, according to a recently released report, we would need to mine more of it than what we did during the course of…

“We have only two modes — complacency and panic” …said James R. Schlesinger, the first US Department of Energy secretary while talking about his country’s approach to energy, back in 1977. Well, not much has changed since then. Many, if not most of us, are still stuck in complacency mode…

There has been a flood of news not long ago how the recent iterations of AI (ChatGPT and its many derivatives, like AutoGPT) released into the wild of the Internet could decide that we are useless to it, and how it would kill us all. So I thought it would…

If this is an ‘award winning’ idea, then we truly suck — We are desperate. I mean, the professional managerial class, running the show called capitalism and industrial civilization in a broader sense, is dying to keep the wheels of the bus rolling. Even if they have started to come off. I truly don’t know whether our leadership class is just plain…

Electricity shortages are looming for the UK and Europe, and then later for the rest of the overdeveloped world as well. Blackouts will become common, and you will get power only for a couple of hours a day — just like in countries with a less favorable economic position. Most…

Ever since the first commercial reactors have started to produce electricity for the grid in the 1950’s (um, about 70 years ago now…) we keep hearing how nuclear is the clean, green power of the future. No emissions, no limits, just the infinite power of the atom. Even M. King…

I often get comments at the end of my articles that I’m a shill for fossil fuels. I guess this is because I frequently ‘denigrate’ wind and solar, which then automatically qualifies me as a ‘climate change denier’ as well. I also point out time after time how fossil fuels…

The importance of resources in maintaining global hegemony — We are marching towards a full scale world war. In fact it has already begun in one battlefront and in the field of economic relations. On the face of it, it’s about fighting against autocracy and ‘unprovoked’ invasions in the name of protecting freedom and democracy. Dig one level deeper…

This is going to be an unusually short post. I’m starting a new channel — this time on Substack. Don’t be surprised if you get unusual e-mails from there, it’s me floundering with the new system. Sorry for the inconvenience, I hope I can sort these technicalities out soon. Oh, be sure to subscribe and follow me there too! Thank you. Until next time, B