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Electricity is about to become the most valuable commodity on earth
For candidates who hope to lead—whether as Mayor, Governor, or President—energy wisdom requires comprehensive awareness: that modern civilization is not powered by electricity alone; that materials matter; that oil underpins global logistics and manufacturing; that ethical mining must be part of any responsible strategy; that nuclear power is returning to the global stage; and that…
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The world’s population explosion demands new energy and electricity channels
The United Nations graph is an image worth 1,000 words as virtually no further explanation is needed as the world’s population explosion occurred after we discovered ways to process that black tar, i.e., crude oil, through refineries into various oil derivatives that are the basis of more than 6,000 products, and transportation fuels, to support…
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Are the zero-emissions ideologues energy blind?
Shockingly, zero-emissions ideologues have no comprehension that renewables, like wind and solar, exist only to generate intermittent electricity, since these so-called renewables cannot manufacture any of the more than 6,000 products. The various transportation fuels made from hydrocarbons for vehicles, planes, and ships, which are demanded by the infrastructures of today, the same infrastructures that…
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Why are developing economies pursuing small modular reactors?
The global electricity debate has reached a critical impasse. While developed nations debate the finer points of renewable electricity portfolios, like how much profit is being made, billions of people in the world remain trapped in electricity poverty. For half of the world’s people living on less than $10 per day—and particularly the 565 million Sub-Saharan Africans…
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Nuclear-generated electricity overshadows government-subsidized wind and solar
In the 21st century, there is one thing that all countries and their governments, regardless of ideology, have in common: The standard of living in that country is directly a function of the availability of electricity. Without the availability of reliable, continuous, uninterruptible, abundant electricity to power factory machinery and keep homes, offices, hospitals, and schools…
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Net Zero emission ideologies is destructive to future generations
The vast resources of underground coal, crude oil, and natural gas are all useless unless refined or processed into the fuels and products that support the lives of 8 billion people. Refineries, coal gasification, and coal liquefaction plants—though emission generators—remain indispensable to modern civilization. In less than a few centuries, human ingenuity discovered more than…
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Failures of the renewables transition era are insults to taxpayers
Natural gas and crude oil are commonly needed fossil fuels to manufacture insulation, wires, and computers used in all methods of generating electricity. This is because components of natural gas and oil are essential feedstocks for creating plastics, which are used for insulation and many computer parts. Fossil fuels are also required for the vast amount…
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The economic imperative for nuclear power
In an increasingly electricity-hungry world, nuclear power stands out as a cornerstone for sustainable economic growth, particularly for developing economies like South Africa. This article examines the economic rationale behind the adoption of nuclear power for electricity, with a focus on the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) and Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technologies as catalysts…
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The greatest oxymoron statement of all time: ‘Renewable Energy’
An oxymoron is a figure of speech where contradictory or opposite words are combined to create a striking or thought-provoking effect. Examples include ‘deafening silence,’ ‘organized chaos,’ ‘perpetual motion machines,’ and today’s favorite among zero-emissions policymakers, ‘RENEWABLE ENERGY!’ Yet, our so-called government leaders and policymakers are setting policies and procedures that mandate and subsidize an…
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California’s dependence on China energy is a national security risk
California’s growing dependance on refineries in China to meet the humongous demands for transportation fuels to support the demands of the States ‘public and military airports, and the trucking of the products received at three of the busiest terminals in America to the rest of the country, is becoming a national security risk to the…