The Intellectual Yet Idiot

If you don't read anything - read this today. A true Taleb and…

Russian gas will not stop China’s air pollution

Don't hold your breath for any change any time soon in China.…

The Green New Deal Would Cause a ‘Yellow Vest’ Movement in the US

I know I just posted on this subject but its really important.…

California plans a 100% zero-emission public transport by 2040

Maybe we should brace for things like the yellow vest movement…

The Truth About These Climate Change Numbers

Commitments that a given company is going to do something in…

Science Is Not Fake News

No, science is not fake news. If its real science we are faced…

NOx lenience for RDE illegal, 80 mg/km limit perfectly feasible for diesel

Is this the death of diesel? NO. I will be very old when diesel…

Is the science settled?

I like narrowing of uncertainty". The question is what level…

Paris Is Burning Over Climate Change Taxes — Is America Next?

This will spread - into Europe and potentially beyond. People…

Trump Has Officially Ruined Climate Change Diplomacy for Everyone

Not so quick. The world has never been serious about this. But…

LNG Project Sanctions Set to Surge in 2019

220 mtpa of new FID's in 2019? That would be colossal. Not that…

The World Should Follow The U.S. Energy Model

If only the US would develop a working ans sensible nuclear policy,…

China Accuses Rich Nations of ‘Backsliding’ on Climate Pledges

China does not tire to tell the world how great it is - and how…

Swapping coal for natural gas not a solution, warns Ecology Action Centre

Greens want civil society to disintegrate so they can use the…

A new era of hostility in the U.S.-China fight

China knows that backing down would be smart, but it cannot sell…

Opposition to Nord Stream 2 Gathers Steam on Both Sides of the Atlantic

I have an open wager running on NS2 - I bet it will not come…

The American energy strategic advantage

The US will likely slip into the next phase of the energy transition…

Climate Deal Emerging Shows More Friction Between U.S. and China

Just a moment, China signed up to this lofty paper and emits…

Europe: first test of LNG multimodal transport successfully completed

Who knows, maybe one day an oversized Amazon drone might deliver…

Is nuclear energy the key to saving the planet?

Humanities handling of nuclear power has been dreadfully unprofessional…

China’s reliance on coal: Pivot to green energy difficult

China likes to portray itself as the global good boy. Reality…

The United States isn’t the only country downplaying climate change

Thats not something new. Many countries decision makers which…

What’s Another Way to Say ‘We’re F-cked’?

About 3200 years ago, the world entered a destructive cycle called…

Infographic: Russia natural gas, LNG landscape

Look at the map. See those two big blobs called Urengoy and Yamburg?…

Primed-to-pump shale will take OPEC cut but no longer needs it

I would not know but I have a feeling that shale needs higher…

How Asia Fell Out of Love With China’s Belt and Road Initiative

This is the best sign of China being on its last legs. Imagine…

Electric-Car Era Threatens Firefighters With New Road Risks

This is way more serious than most like to consider. Just imagine…

LNG Terminal on Krk Is Unnecessary, Say Environmental NGOs

Lets see - oh yes. Lets assume that Croatian leaders listen to…

TRUCKS THE OPTION FOR LNG IMPORT TRANSPORTATION IN CHINA

I wonder how much better they would do with LNG by rail? Read…

Energy Affordability Must Be a Top Concern for Newly Elected

Strangely, newly elected go through a very quick process of mental…

FPT Industrial displays natural gas engine prototype for heavy trucks

Take a good hard look. This beauty is the future of truck logistics…

California: first world scale liquid H2 production plant under construction

150 Million in order to build a 10K tpa plant? Thats steep. Thats…

India Seen Emulating China Growth in LNG Use to Fight Pollution

India is not China. Its a lot more clogged up in red-tape. China…

Why Italian Populists Are Abandoning Green Energy

Clean energy has always been a scheme that was profitable to…

Why Qatar left OPEC

Qatar knows that OPEC is a spent force. Squeezed between shale,…

America, the global energy superpower

The only slight credit that Obama deserves is that he did not…

Straight Talk On Electric Vehicles

Just combine the fact that EV subsidies are a giant wealth transfer…

European consortium to spur uptake of LNG as transport fuel

Thats a very good thing. LNG goes from being an oddity to become…

Carbon Farmers Work to Clean Up the World’s Mess

Thats a promising beginning - but we can go a whole lot further…

France’s Macron learns the hard way: green taxes carry political risks

It goes deeper. People feel the price of so called green policies…

LNG buyers try to ditch U.S. gas commitments

LNG is a long shot. You will see all kinds of market turns and…

U.S. coal consumption in 2018 expected to be the lowest in 39 years

Its not renewable, its not Al Gore, its not climate activism…

World still depends on coal, cheap, plentiful — and dirty

All those coal addicts are sitting in Katowice right now making…

When Burning Cars in Paris Gets You a Tax Freeze

When I was in my teens, a man could feed his family and put some…

Israel plans to be powered by natural gas

They could go a step further and convert their heavy transport…

Renewables investment falls short of lofty ambitions

Why do we need public money for this? The renewable folks never…

Merkel protege suggests reducing gas flow through Nord Stream 2 pipeline

Years ago I said that NS2 wont happen. I have stood my prediction…

Qatar pulls out of OPEC to focus on natural gas

In terms of volume it wont matter to OPEC. Bt in terms of message…

Natural gas prices are at highest levels in four years

Some prospective LNG customers from prospective US projects might…

Indisputable Facts On Climate Change

Its also a fact that everything we have done so far in order…

More Americans and most Republicans now believe in climate change

Come on - thats not a religion. There is nothing to believe in.…

A Worldwide Debt Default Is Coming

I did not see the solution. Maybe because whats really going…

France fuel protests: Tear gas fired in clashes in Paris

Europe has gone from one madness to the next. The great renewable…

Trump’s Right About California’s Fires: It Wasn’t Climate Change; Two New California Laws Prove It

In August 2002, the Lower Austrian region where my parents live…

PEGAS to launch LNG contracts in February 2019

Its a very humble beginning. North Western Europe is a natural…

EU’s Cañete warns gas pipelines risk becoming ‘stranded assets’

This commission has an expiry date and its coming soon. This…

The End of Snap and Tesla

To all the Tesla fanboys (and girls) - don't bother reading.…

The Real China Challenge: Managing Its Decline

In my own short 50 years on this planet I have seen my fair share…