James Richard Greer
James Richard Greer writes about strategic compression, AI, authoritarian drift, and the moral crisis of multipolar civilization.
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The Capacity to Power Intelligence (opens the original)
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AbstractExpanding AI requires electricity that becomes usable at the right place and time. This essay combines a PJM demand scenario with documentary cases of construction, inspection, training, and storm restoration. The central scenario adds 25.2 GW of summer demand and 230.2 TWh of annual energy by 2030, relative to the same forecast’s 2026 baseline; these are demand increases, not construction quantities. Utility records show crews diverted from construction, interrupted training, and later
The Capacity to Build Again (opens the original)
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James Richard GreerThis is the second essay in my Strategic Metabolism series, following “The Capacity to Keep Going.” This essay develops a proposed application; the framework’s added value remains to be tested.Does today’s improvement leave the system better able to perform tomorrow?AbstractLower acquisition costs can expand an autonomous fleet without expanding the capacity to sustain it. This essay applies
Strategic Metabolism: The Capacity to Keep Going (opens the original)
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A state can meet today’s demands while weakening its ability to meet tomorrow’s. The immediate performance may be real. So may the damage hidden behind it.This essay introduces Strategic Metabolism, a companion framework to my work on Strategic Compression. Strategic Compression examines how pressure narrows available choices; Strategic Metabolism examines how states and coalitions sustain usable power while preserving the capacity to perform again.Thanks
Bridging The Moon And Mars (Version 1.0) (opens the original)
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STRATEGIC SYSTEMS ESSAYJames Richard Greer | Independent ResearcherJULY 2026ContentsAbstractExecutive summary1. Introduction2. Apollo Solved a Mission; Artemis Must Build a System<p style="text
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