German Chancellor Merz flies 9,000 km to COP30 to defend German taxpayers’ role in global climate subsidies, while domestic industry collapses: a first-hand look at the climate club’s economic illusions.

Germany’s economic crisis is accelerating. Sky-high energy costs, relentless competition from China and India, and the EU’s absurd push for “green steel” are pushing companies either into insolvency or out of the country.

The challenge for the West is to choose between bringing those costs down and suffering defeat in AI as it remains focused on net zero ambitions...

U.S. shale producers are not embracing the "drill, baby, drill" mantra because current oil prices, which hover near or below their breakeven point, do not justify accelerating production.

Exactly...

... despite rig counts being flat.

Net0 posits that “the global scientific community agrees that to mitigate the most severe impacts of climate change

“I’m hopeful that many of these hyperscalers are sincere when they talk about the desire to have low emission facilities, because certainly in the near to medium term we’re probably the only realistic game in town to accomplish that”

Look at what the Amry has done already to secure domestic resources. Ship building (from surface drones, to larger attack ships) and the ability to repair and maintain our existing fleet will be its own category of growth.

Tanker at the port also set ablaze...

Europe’s power grids faced a surge in voltage problems last year, with 8,645 over-voltage incidents reported in 2024.

These numbers should hardly be surprising...

Confirms authorities haven't ruled out the possibility of an external attack.

"No green project relying on taxpayer subsidies has ever made any economic or environmental sense..."

As the October-through-March winter “heating season” unfolds, a spate of forecasts indicates that the cost of electricity will double, if not triple, the projected 2–3 percent overall 2026 inflation rate and, regardless of fuel source, make it more expensive to stay warm this winter.

"This is a serious transparency concern..."

...crude and gasoline stocks plunged last week.

Economy Minister Katherina Reiche confirms "letter of comfort" from Washington.

... vows to work with Hungarian authorities and neighboring countries to help Budapest wean off Russian supply...

The Nature paper is a wake-up call about the increasing damage that is being inflicted on natural habitats by wind turbines that are steadily increasing in size and destructive potential...