Excellent! This echoes Secretary Wright's persuasive writing while he was CEO of Liberty, Saving Human Lives. That is the bottom line: oil/gas save human lives. Having spent 50 plus years in environmental policy, I know my body's temperature comfort zone. Several years in Africa and Nepal/India cooking over wood and dung stoves taught me importance of prime energy for body comfort. Environmental/climate zealots start their advocacy from a baseline of energy comfort without contributing an iota to that baseline. You do not have to venture to the Yukon to come face to face with these realities, as the fragility of our grid makes clear year to year. The fatuous promotions of climatistas is indeed depressing, a road to a cold nowhere.
After listening to Dave Smith for 45 minutes on the recent ZeroHedge debate, reading that piece just undid the lobotomy he inflicted on me (despite the best efforts of Dinesh D'Souza to save my brain cells).
What an amazingly well written article that as usual is an intellectual beacon in the fog of drivel.
Elon Musk couldn't figure his way out of a paper bag. The biggest poser (and luckiest poser) ever.
You are deifying a guy whose entire net worth is a product of the green new scam that if allowed to metastasize will leave us in a situation akin to the Jack London protagonist.
If there is any genius to Musk, it's his ability to create a perception among millions that his becoming the wealthiest guy on earth, by being in the right place and the right time when a bloodless coup is being attempted to turn our country into a neofeudal corporate kleptocracy hell hole, of which musk is one of the major instruments by which to implement this dystopia via this anti life giving shit tech, that he is actually is doing something beneficial for humanity.
That doesn't do much toward preventing us from freezing to death.
There is a quiet energy war being fought here in the United States and the Democrats are winning hands-down. If you consider party affiliation by Governor, 45% of the Federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEA HP) dollars are spent in 10 Democratic (primarily northeastern) states. What better way to co-op the poorest
of the poor from weighing in on climate change politics that result in high home heating bills. Poverty is never a destination of choice, but it certainly is a target for politicians to silence those who would be most outspoken. Unfortunately, it is just another cold, hard truth.
It is not surprising that a country that exists in a climate that is so cold would have a better grasp of the basic need for energy than countries that have relatively mild and stable weather.
It would seem our post WW2 modern society is getting simultaneously reacquainted with both the unyielding laws of physics and the true international law of political power.
As pointed out by Thucydides at the 416 BC Siege of Melos, when the Athenian general offered the Mileans the option of dishonorable surrender or annihilation and slavery, the Mileans asked for the privilege of, being in danger, to invoke what was right and fair. In words that have been famous ever since, the Athenian general replied: ‘you know as well as we do that right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.’
Of course the Melians were crushed, all the men killed, the women and children sold off into slavery, and their land occupied by Athens. While over time we have become more sophisticated in the application of this political reality, it’s as true today as it was then. In modern societies, energy access is mainly the deciding factor in the outcomes of these human conflicts.
Doomberg- another terrific fact-based analysis (becoming so rare these days). I think the only way the Russia / Ukraine conflict ends is if Putin decides it’s in his interest to have Russia reconnected with the broad world economy or that he shouldn’t kill more of his troops. As you’ve said, Ukraine isn’t going to win and the EU can’t afford the fight. And the US is rightly focused on other stuff - Trump clearly realizes that there’s no negotiating with Vlad. Unfortunately, these proxy wars don’t end when there’s an evil ruler with nukes. Sadly, Taiwan won’t be any different.
I have the vantage of a homestead where the only energy we use to maintain our body temperature all year consists of putting a heavy blanket on the bed and snuggling all night with my wife, pinned down by two cats, or alternatively getting naked in the afternoon sun from time to time. I see the worldwide political situation as a grand attempt to devolve and destroy the leading cultures, and reduce worldwide human population. It's working well. I remember that jack London story very well, there have been two times in my life where I was threatened by death by cold but Miracles saved me and eventually brought me here. God save you all. Or maybe not....
The passion fruit are coming ripe now, we just go out back and pick them. The trees are setting new oranges, lemons and tangerines, bananas, they will come along later. Our neighbors bring us fresh ground coffee when they come to visit, we give away woodworking and hand made clothing. Ive found that I can withdraw whatever I need whenever I need it from the CME, the only trick is not to try to take more than I need. Its a life of abundance. Unbelievable, but wonderful.
Well said. That England and Germany both have large amounts of available natural gas, which they refuse to extract, is emblematic of the anti-human agenda of the countries’ ruling elites. They have, quite purposefully, restricted the ability of their citizens to improve their conditions, quite like New York (which sits on massive amounts of natural gas beneath its southern tier) and California’s war on hydrocarbons.
That they have been allowed, for so long, to control and decrease the well being of their citizens is nothing less than an outrage. That those same people vote for these clowns is the height of stupidity.
One would think, but in places like NY and CA, the ideologically blinded continue to double down and are, incredibly, in the majority. In England and Germany, one can only hope that the people wake up from their long slumber of hopelessness.
Love the word “cocksure.” Perfect description of idiotic Western Europe. Putins advisor talked to Tucker and said that European leaders are flat out stupid, Godless numb-nuts. He also said many of Putins cabinet want to take this war nuclear. With the abysmal state Of UK, with its idiotic immigration debacle, energy illiteracy and repression of its citizens… how long do these wastes of skin at the helm have before the Putin red button is pushed and/or Western Europeans rise up? Are we subsidizing their imported energy demands?
We would draw a significant distinction between the average British or European citizen and the elite that are doing all they can (including cheating) to keep the illegitimate grip on power.
Much as I like this piece there is ONE area I wonder at. The Russian attacks on combined heat and power being so clearly against international law. I've posted the link to this before, but before I go into the detail, the 'power' part of plant is a dual target - power drives machines, drives armaments machines as well as others so there is a not unreasonable argument that any power station is a legitimate target. Where this argument becomes MORE potent in the case of this drone war and Russia is actually an article from a very much Pro-Ukrainian source, the BBC. (It will always until it is impossible to do otherwise push Net Zero/Green propaganda AND Ukrainian propaganda - if the BBC were one's sole source of information, you'd think Ukraine was fighting in Moscow's suburbs and the UK Labour Govt's Net Zero insanity was going to save the UK AND the planet!)
IF You make military drones in your apartment/house/garage don't you become a legitimate military target?
"There are a ton of mom-and-pop shops in Ukraine where people are making drones and assembling them in their apartments, in their garages and donating them to the forces. They've become the go-to weapon for the Ukrainians."
Again I'm repeating a post from a previous Doomberg particle - try watching how drones hunt soldiers like a hound hunts a fox. Though perhaps US readers aren't aware of how the UK once used to hunt foxes? A hunt consisted of a pack of very large dogs followed by a crowd of people on horses, AND IF a fox went to ground I understand (perhaps incorrectly) that it was flushed back to the surface by smaller Terriers for the big hounds to chase down again and eventually tear apart.
Early on in the war, Ukraine's drone teams published hundreds of such 'hunts' AND I never once saw a Russian soldiers given the chance to surrender. I even saw videos of drones finishing off wounded Russians. Your President Trump was right to try and stop that horrifying slaughter. So the question about the legality of attacking CHP is not quite as black and white as this article seems to suggest. At least in my opinion.
The primary purpose of these attacks is to make large cities in Ukraine unlivable for the civilian population. Coming just ahead of the coldest months of the year, it isn't a close call. To be clear, all wars involve war crimes. The US/NATO have done the same in countless countries.
Despite this being one of many in a theme on energy, which is in theory your raison d'ê-tre. I find this one to be probably my favorite in that genre due to its simplicity, succinctness and the underlying implications that go unspoken, yet can’t be ignored by even a dullard such as myself. Great piece IMO.
Excellent! This echoes Secretary Wright's persuasive writing while he was CEO of Liberty, Saving Human Lives. That is the bottom line: oil/gas save human lives. Having spent 50 plus years in environmental policy, I know my body's temperature comfort zone. Several years in Africa and Nepal/India cooking over wood and dung stoves taught me importance of prime energy for body comfort. Environmental/climate zealots start their advocacy from a baseline of energy comfort without contributing an iota to that baseline. You do not have to venture to the Yukon to come face to face with these realities, as the fragility of our grid makes clear year to year. The fatuous promotions of climatistas is indeed depressing, a road to a cold nowhere.
I agree with this analysis, and the description of the "Environmental-istas" is apropos.
I also agree that for every hydro-carbon the West doesn't use, other countries people will gladly take the discounted left-overs.
Thus there's no way out from using more hydro-carbons
Here's what gnaws at me, Co2 levels keep rising in the atmosphere and we do not know what happens to climate as they rise.
We have One Planet , thus we have maximum risk.
How do we minimize our maximum risk ?? (Mini-Max theory)
Correct on all fronts
After listening to Dave Smith for 45 minutes on the recent ZeroHedge debate, reading that piece just undid the lobotomy he inflicted on me (despite the best efforts of Dinesh D'Souza to save my brain cells).
What an amazingly well written article that as usual is an intellectual beacon in the fog of drivel.
"Physics is the law, everything else is a recommendation." - Elon Musk............class dismissed....
Elon Musk couldn't figure his way out of a paper bag. The biggest poser (and luckiest poser) ever.
You are deifying a guy whose entire net worth is a product of the green new scam that if allowed to metastasize will leave us in a situation akin to the Jack London protagonist.
If there is any genius to Musk, it's his ability to create a perception among millions that his becoming the wealthiest guy on earth, by being in the right place and the right time when a bloodless coup is being attempted to turn our country into a neofeudal corporate kleptocracy hell hole, of which musk is one of the major instruments by which to implement this dystopia via this anti life giving shit tech, that he is actually is doing something beneficial for humanity.
That doesn't do much toward preventing us from freezing to death.
I wonder if the genius who ordered the attack on Putin's residence considered the second derivative of the response
It was probably the same genius who decided to freeze Russian assets from being moved through the SWIFT system.
There is a quiet energy war being fought here in the United States and the Democrats are winning hands-down. If you consider party affiliation by Governor, 45% of the Federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEA HP) dollars are spent in 10 Democratic (primarily northeastern) states. What better way to co-op the poorest
of the poor from weighing in on climate change politics that result in high home heating bills. Poverty is never a destination of choice, but it certainly is a target for politicians to silence those who would be most outspoken. Unfortunately, it is just another cold, hard truth.
It is not surprising that a country that exists in a climate that is so cold would have a better grasp of the basic need for energy than countries that have relatively mild and stable weather.
It would seem our post WW2 modern society is getting simultaneously reacquainted with both the unyielding laws of physics and the true international law of political power.
As pointed out by Thucydides at the 416 BC Siege of Melos, when the Athenian general offered the Mileans the option of dishonorable surrender or annihilation and slavery, the Mileans asked for the privilege of, being in danger, to invoke what was right and fair. In words that have been famous ever since, the Athenian general replied: ‘you know as well as we do that right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.’
Of course the Melians were crushed, all the men killed, the women and children sold off into slavery, and their land occupied by Athens. While over time we have become more sophisticated in the application of this political reality, it’s as true today as it was then. In modern societies, energy access is mainly the deciding factor in the outcomes of these human conflicts.
I remember looking at an oil trucks companies name, big bold letters in black along rhe side. RAM ENERGY.
Being much younger and much less informed I said to myself. Energy? Your an oil delivery truck guy. Get over yourself.
Energy.
Doomberg- another terrific fact-based analysis (becoming so rare these days). I think the only way the Russia / Ukraine conflict ends is if Putin decides it’s in his interest to have Russia reconnected with the broad world economy or that he shouldn’t kill more of his troops. As you’ve said, Ukraine isn’t going to win and the EU can’t afford the fight. And the US is rightly focused on other stuff - Trump clearly realizes that there’s no negotiating with Vlad. Unfortunately, these proxy wars don’t end when there’s an evil ruler with nukes. Sadly, Taiwan won’t be any different.
Disappointed to see that even you call carbon dioxide “carbon”
Brilliant piece.
I have the vantage of a homestead where the only energy we use to maintain our body temperature all year consists of putting a heavy blanket on the bed and snuggling all night with my wife, pinned down by two cats, or alternatively getting naked in the afternoon sun from time to time. I see the worldwide political situation as a grand attempt to devolve and destroy the leading cultures, and reduce worldwide human population. It's working well. I remember that jack London story very well, there have been two times in my life where I was threatened by death by cold but Miracles saved me and eventually brought me here. God save you all. Or maybe not....
Sounds like a great life
The passion fruit are coming ripe now, we just go out back and pick them. The trees are setting new oranges, lemons and tangerines, bananas, they will come along later. Our neighbors bring us fresh ground coffee when they come to visit, we give away woodworking and hand made clothing. Ive found that I can withdraw whatever I need whenever I need it from the CME, the only trick is not to try to take more than I need. Its a life of abundance. Unbelievable, but wonderful.
Well said. That England and Germany both have large amounts of available natural gas, which they refuse to extract, is emblematic of the anti-human agenda of the countries’ ruling elites. They have, quite purposefully, restricted the ability of their citizens to improve their conditions, quite like New York (which sits on massive amounts of natural gas beneath its southern tier) and California’s war on hydrocarbons.
That they have been allowed, for so long, to control and decrease the well being of their citizens is nothing less than an outrage. That those same people vote for these clowns is the height of stupidity.
One would think, but in places like NY and CA, the ideologically blinded continue to double down and are, incredibly, in the majority. In England and Germany, one can only hope that the people wake up from their long slumber of hopelessness.
Has to end soon
Love the word “cocksure.” Perfect description of idiotic Western Europe. Putins advisor talked to Tucker and said that European leaders are flat out stupid, Godless numb-nuts. He also said many of Putins cabinet want to take this war nuclear. With the abysmal state Of UK, with its idiotic immigration debacle, energy illiteracy and repression of its citizens… how long do these wastes of skin at the helm have before the Putin red button is pushed and/or Western Europeans rise up? Are we subsidizing their imported energy demands?
We would draw a significant distinction between the average British or European citizen and the elite that are doing all they can (including cheating) to keep the illegitimate grip on power.
Much as I like this piece there is ONE area I wonder at. The Russian attacks on combined heat and power being so clearly against international law. I've posted the link to this before, but before I go into the detail, the 'power' part of plant is a dual target - power drives machines, drives armaments machines as well as others so there is a not unreasonable argument that any power station is a legitimate target. Where this argument becomes MORE potent in the case of this drone war and Russia is actually an article from a very much Pro-Ukrainian source, the BBC. (It will always until it is impossible to do otherwise push Net Zero/Green propaganda AND Ukrainian propaganda - if the BBC were one's sole source of information, you'd think Ukraine was fighting in Moscow's suburbs and the UK Labour Govt's Net Zero insanity was going to save the UK AND the planet!)
IF You make military drones in your apartment/house/garage don't you become a legitimate military target?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g3ydv2ygro
"There are a ton of mom-and-pop shops in Ukraine where people are making drones and assembling them in their apartments, in their garages and donating them to the forces. They've become the go-to weapon for the Ukrainians."
Again I'm repeating a post from a previous Doomberg particle - try watching how drones hunt soldiers like a hound hunts a fox. Though perhaps US readers aren't aware of how the UK once used to hunt foxes? A hunt consisted of a pack of very large dogs followed by a crowd of people on horses, AND IF a fox went to ground I understand (perhaps incorrectly) that it was flushed back to the surface by smaller Terriers for the big hounds to chase down again and eventually tear apart.
Early on in the war, Ukraine's drone teams published hundreds of such 'hunts' AND I never once saw a Russian soldiers given the chance to surrender. I even saw videos of drones finishing off wounded Russians. Your President Trump was right to try and stop that horrifying slaughter. So the question about the legality of attacking CHP is not quite as black and white as this article seems to suggest. At least in my opinion.
The primary purpose of these attacks is to make large cities in Ukraine unlivable for the civilian population. Coming just ahead of the coldest months of the year, it isn't a close call. To be clear, all wars involve war crimes. The US/NATO have done the same in countless countries.
Despite this being one of many in a theme on energy, which is in theory your raison d'ê-tre. I find this one to be probably my favorite in that genre due to its simplicity, succinctness and the underlying implications that go unspoken, yet can’t be ignored by even a dullard such as myself. Great piece IMO.
Green's WILL ignore it.
Thank you so much!