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COP31’s inconvenient truth: The world still runs on oil

I.Bonn Exposed a World That Isn’t Moving as One In June 2026, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, was meant to prepare

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California’s energy crisis could bring the West Coast to its knees

California is the 4th largest economy in the world and an “ENERGY ISLAND that is separated from the other 48 continental States by the Rocky and

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The refinery war and the vulnerability of modern society

The war in Ukraine is revealing something that is easy to overlook in peacetime: modern military power, like modern civilization itself, depends on continuous supplies

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Washington State climate laws cloning those of California

Although 99.9% of the 8 billion people living on Earth do not live in the State of Washington, the state believes 0.1% of that population

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California is falling into an unrecoverable deficit of refineries

Despite what out-of-state friends and family have said for years, California won’t fall into the Pacific Ocean. But if its policymakers and legislators continue down

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Unlocking America’s nuclear gold mine: The promise of spent fuel

The recent shift in the national conversation around nuclear-generated electricity is encouraging. After decades of political hesitation, federal and state leaders are once again speaking

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California’s energy crisis could bring the West Coast to its knees

California is the 4th largest economy in the world and an “ENERGY ISLAND that is separated from the other 48 continental States by the Rocky

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The 6,000 reasons the world can’t simply quit oil

Social media, smartphones, computers, and the many electronic devices that did not exist a century ago are being called “addictive.” A similar question is now

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California is handing control of its fuel supply to foreign refineries

Because California’s transportation fuel market is isolated from the rest of the country, with no major transportation fuel pipelines from out of state over the

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California is running out of refineries—and running out of time

With no pipelines crossing the Sierra Nevada, California is an energy island, separated from the crude oil supplies and refinery infrastructure of the other continental

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For more than six decades, Ronald Stein, P.E. has worked at the intersection of engineering, infrastructure, energy and public education, bringing decades of practical industry experience to today’s most important energy conversations.

As Founder of PTS Advance, author and columnist, Ronald is passionate about improving energy literacy and helping leaders, educators and the public better understand the systems that power modern society. Through his writing, speaking and research, he provides fact-based perspectives on energy, infrastructure and the resources that support transportation, industry, economic growth and everyday life.

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