The UAE’s departure, the largest and most consequential since the cartel’s founding, weakens OPEC+ materially and reputationally, but it does so because of internal rifts, US supply abundance and regional…
Tag: Strait of Hormuz
Why the UK and EU Keep Doubling Down on Net Zero Dogma in the Face of Spiralling Economic Dysfunction
Freely chosen economic illiteracy, like other ideological afflictions, appears immune to correction by experience. The hangman’s noose may concentrate some minds, but in Westminster and Brussels, the noose is worn…
Launching AI into Orbit
Space has its own chokepoint that it is becoming more critical by the year. AI will determine who can operate in that domain and who cannot. The country that builds…
Tensions in the Strait of Hormuz force us to reconsider the material benefits of fossil fuels
Energy “REALITY” tells us that we need refineries to convert crude oil into usable transportation fuels and products.
UK Economist Says the Quiet Part Out Loud: High Energy Prices are ‘Good for the Climate’
Energy abundance is not a luxury; it is the foundation of modern civilisation. To pretend otherwise is not sophistication. It is civilisational self-harm. And the bill, as always, lands on…
Curtain Opens on the Dress Rehearsal for the Net Zero Calamity as Hormuz Threats Cut Hydrocarbon Supply by a Quarter
Predictably, there was a bit of a fuss and McGuire subsequently withdrew his post – “not because I regretted it”, but because people took it the wrong way, he explained.
Canada and natural gas and fertilizer and get on it
Chasing Chinese EVs is ideological nonsense; building the world’s biggest fertilizer industry should be Canada’s number one priority.
Europe’s Hormuz Armageddon
Its Father Jupiter, not Mother Gaia, that the haughty Europeans should have prayed to.
Drones Over Dubai
The resilience I saw in Dubai, where life continued amid ongoing attacks, now faces an even greater test as the global energy supply chain is under strain. With escalation showing…
The Strait of Hormuz Crisis Shows the World Still Runs on Fossil Fuels
The world will remain vulnerable to disruptions in oil and gas supply. And few places embody that vulnerability more clearly than the Strait of Hormuz. A sliver of water in…
Hormuz Choke Point Displays ‘Green’ Vulnerabilities and US Power
The crisis also showcases America’s capacity to support allies and the poor. Long‑term LNG contracts with Asian and European partners, coupled with support for reasonable financing of oil and gas…