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Energy, climate, security: I connect the dots. From fossil fuels to renewables, I decode the forces reshaping our world and explain why it all matters, clearly, boldly, and without jargon.
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Constraints (opens the original)
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Hello from NYC, where a nor’easter has come our way. Wherever you are as you read this week’s Energy Common Sense, I hope you are well and staying safe.I’m just off a busy Climate Week, though Resilience Week might have been a more accurate name for many of the conversations I joined.We talked about the grid and infrastructure built for a climate we no longer have. We talked about energy security in a world fractured by two major regional wars. And we talked a lot about trust: why it is missing,
Diesel, Gasoline, and the Price of Everything (opens the original)
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Earlier this week, I was asked to do a television interview about record-high fuel prices. I assumed the conversation would be about gasoline, which is what consumers generally see when they fill up at the pump and which is now averaging roughly $4.60 a gallon in the United States, more than $2 higher for many drivers than when the war in the Middle East began. Outside the United States, the per-gallon price is even higher. But the interview was not about gasoline. It was about diesel.Diesel has
‘Bolichico’. (opens the original)
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A special thank you to John Ellis, who published this piece over the weekend in his excellent News Items Substack. News Items and coffee are how I start my morning. I’m grateful to John for the opportunity and for his very generous introduction to Energy Common Sense.I’m republishing my piece here for ECS readers because the questions raised by what the White House has called “the biggest oil deal in world history” are not going away. It has been several days since President Donald Trump announc
Six Months (opens the original)
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On March 9, nine days after the United States and Israel launched their war against Iran, President Trump declared it “very complete, pretty much.” The day after the first strikes, he projected that the war would last four to five weeks. In May, he said it would end “very quickly.” The United States and Iran announced ceasefires in April and June. Both collapsed, and as recently as August 6, Trump said the war would end “pretty soon.”Today marks six months, and there’s not a clear end in sight.I
Oh Canada! Special Edition (opens the original)
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Maybe before you read this special edition of ECS, take out a map and look closely at the border between the US and Canada. Unless it’s very detailed, there’s a lot you won’t see, like bridges, tunnels, pipelines, power lines, supply chains, waterways, and communities that have grown together over generations. This is all worth remembering as the trade fight between the US and Canada escalates. I am not going to unpack the trade war here. I simply want to take a moment to consider just how deepl
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