The multifaceted consequences of man-made climate change are real,
they are growing in scope and scale,
they can be remediated if we really choose to do so,
and fixing planetary warming will actually cost less financially than living (and dying) with the current path.

That's the point of this website. One person making small efforts isn't enough.
Why not save yourself some money, and make the planet better for your future?

As time permits, I'm going to put the esoterica I encounter related to climate change here rather than trying to update the various pages. So this will be in reverse chronological rather than logically organized within the structure of the rest of this website. Please don't rely on this as a consistent and current source for climate change information updates. Sadly, we cannot rely on our corporate-controlled mass media for good information on this, and my time is limited.

Past blog pages:
2019: May    June    July    August    September    October    November    December   
2020: January    February    March    April    May    June    July [COVID gap]
2021: [COVID gap] October-December
2022: January-February    March    April    May-August    September    October    November-December
2023: January    February    March-April    May-July    August-September    October-November    December
2024: January    February    March    April    May    June    July    August    September    October    November    December   
2025: January    February    March-May    June-July    August-September    October    November-December   
2026: January    February    March    April    May   

2026.04.30 Aussies are awake on energy costs. Carney Canada is going back into hibernation.

Australians will pay more if Albanese prioritises fossil fuel projects, former oil and gas leaders warn (The Guardian)

2026.04.30 A greed-based ideology doesn't allow room for facts.

Democrats say EPA head's budget cut proposal 'reads like climate change deniers' manifesto' (The Guardian)

2026.04.29 Even MIT recognizes nobody has a plan for nuclear waste disposal. The U.S. doesn't even have a plan for storage.

It’s time to make a plan for nuclear waste (MIT TEchnology Review)
How can you claim an energy technology is zero emissions, when you can't even define the end of the fuel cycle?
It's time to stop pretending nuclear fission is renewable or zero-GHG emissions. The upstream process to build the plants (lots of cement/concrete) and use of fossil fuels for uranium exploration, extraction, refining and processing have to disqualify it from being in the 'green' energy list alongside wind and solar energy.

2026.04.28 Will the rich acknowledge climate change is real when even the rich can't afford to eat?

Harvest apocalypse: How war, chemistry, and a Super El Nino are converging to break world's food system (Znews)

2026.04.27 Curious, Canada doesn't really finance anyone shifting off fossil fuels,

but it does provide billions annually in direct funding for expanding fossil fuels productions, more billions in industry subsidies, and fully guarantees loans from big financial institutions for all kinds of fossil fuels development. And in 2026, it has created a federal government Major Projects Office which is located, not in Ottawa, the seat of the federal government, but in Calgary, the heart of Canada's oil patch. They even appointed an oil industry senior exectuite to head up the new MPO, and it appears to be falling all over itself to fund anything the fossil foolers want from the public trough.
Colombia climate conference highlights lack of financing for shift from fossil fuels (AP News)

2026.04.27 Confirmed: The Alberta Energy 'Regulator' is a captured apologist and liar for the oil industry

New Study Nails Industry as the Cause of Record Quake (The Tyee)

2026.04.27 If Canada was on this list, it would show 68% in 2015 and 80% in 2023. Not bad.

How Much Clean Energy Have Countries Added Since 2015? (Visual Capitalist) 2024 data is not yet available from Canadian government figures, but it's a safe bet the 2024 number won't be worse than in 2023.
Canadian GHG emissions from electricity generation have fallen from 128 Mt to 79 Mt from 2000 to 2023 (62%), while total generation has increased. Again, that's a pretty good story.
So, it's time the anti-EV crowd in Canada stopped whining about pollution from EVs, plugged into the real clean transportation solution, and supported reducing the remaining electricity emissions so there's a chance our grandkids can survive on this planet.
You can also help reduce emissions by charging your EV at low demand times when fossil fuel peaker plants are in use (at least until we can replace them with storage like pumped and compressed air reservoirs, and grid-scale batteries.

2026.04.26 Your probably don't care this can make battery production cleaner. However, it can also make it cheaper.

Australia to trial electric kiln technology that could make cleaner EV batteries (The Driven)

2026.04.24 An intelligent approach to cleaner, cheaper energy in Ontario, obviously not a provincial government plan.

ANALYSIS: How Ontario can fight rising power costs with a battery in your home
My addition: if you are going to install a lithium-ion house battery, please put it in a fire-vault enclosure outside any building structure. IMO, these should be installed at neighbourhood electric utility substations to benefit from economies of scale and 'time-sharing' as different households will have different use schedules, and reduce daily cycle loading on the transmission and distribution system components like big transformers and high tension wires. However, I recognize that many local electric distribution companies (LDCs) are sufficiently forward-looking to embrace this approach which would make their systems more resilient and reduce local power outages. Also, have the main connection wiring done by a licensed electrician who will ensure the battery is isolated from the grid connection when the main service panel is 'off', and an additional switch is installed to completely isolate the battery when servicing is required. Respect the energy content of the battery like it's 250 litres of gasoline.

2026.04.24 With the dropping prices of wind, solar and storage, why not just require new data centres to provide their own clean power?

Officials hugely underestimated impact of AI datacentres on UK carbon emissions (The Guardian)

2026.04.23 Disagree. There are a range of solutions to decarbonize shipping. Biofuels is one; a good one.

Why Biofuels Are Not The Answer To Decarbonizing Shipping (Oilprice.com)
Biofuels can be done intelligently or stupidly. Why not choose intelligently?
For example, Canada produces a lot of wood waste. Methanol's early name was wood alcohol. Note: WOOD. Methanol can be used as a combustion engine fuel.
Alcohol from crop waste can be blended into gasoline up to 85% E85 for use in car and truck engines, and the remaining solids can be composted for fertilizer.
Biodiesel can be made from a wide variety of organic materials, including used cooking oil, animal fats, silage ...
None of that requires repurposing farm land from food production for livestock or people. In fact, clearing land after forest clear cutting to make toilet paper, the land could be properly cleared for soil amendments and farming. Stumps and roots can be removed, chipped and used as methanol feedstock.
A lot of cooking oil is used for frying foods, and then discarded as waste. Reusing that wastecooking oil doesn't divert any 'food' from anyone. Also, some cooking oil simply goes rancid from long or improper storage. It can be made into fuel.
In some cases, land that is not suitable for conventional food production can support plants that produce oil (e.g. jatropha) while breaking up clay soils and improving the soil for future use of higher value crops.

2026.04.23 For trucking in North America, the most cost-effective replacement for diesel is shifting to electric trucks.

Why Diesel Has Become a Much Bigger Economic Problem Than Gasoline (NYT)

2026.04.23 The powers that be derail climate change action at every turn in every way possible.

How the Supreme Court's Shadow Docket Upended Climate Policy (NYT)

2026.04.22 An unexpected Earth Day conversion in Australia

Gina Rinehart-backed miner achieves remarkable 95.7 pct renewable share in March quarter, slashing diesel costs (Renew Economy)
The ultimate anti-renewables person in Australia embraces clean energy when it saves her money.

2026.04.22 Not such a great Earth Day story - how AI's data centres could massively increased GHG emissions - doesn't seem intelligent to me.

New Gas-Powered Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Entire Nations (Wired)
If the AI barons were smart, wouldn't they figure out a way to power data centres that was less expensive, more reliable and less likely to kill off their client base?

2026.04.22 Amazon U.S. checks in on Earth Day to announce it's shift to electric with 75 tractor-trailers

Amazon taps Einride to scale electric semi truck fleet capacity, NOW
I'm sure Amazon is well aware of the fuel cost and maintenance savings it will reap from this shift, probably based on diesel fuel costs from 2025 (remember $3.50 a gallon?)
If they want to shave a few more dollars off the fuel bill, they could put solar panels on the roofs of their logistics and distribution centre buildings along with a storage battery and chargers for their trucks.

2026.04.22 Enbridge does have problems with 30 day deadlines

Supreme Court Rejects Oil Company Argument in Fight Over Great Lakes Pipeline (NYT)
Ok, in my case it only took them 90 days to make a payment to me, but I did send five follow-ups in the following 60 days to finally get them to admit they had all the correct information on Day 1.
I think this one may take a bit longer to sort out. Sarnia may want to start looking for a new source of oil for its petrochemical complex. I have an idea for a source of renewable methane from Lake St. Clair, Lake Simcoe and possibly other places in the area. If that's of interest, let's talk.

2026.04.22 Happy Earth Day!

Check in with EarthDay.ca for news and tips - ANY day. (earthday.ca)

2026.04.21 If only someone in Europe could make a drop-in biofuel replacement for jet fuel. If only ...

EU eyes options as Iran conflict threatens jet fuel shortages (Aljazerra)
Hey EU, who ya gonna call? How 'bout: Neste, Enilive, SkyNRG, TotalEnergies, Global Bioenergies, Ineratec, Metafuels ...

2026.04.21 Meanwhile, in Canada, Coke goes better with electric drive - they timed that well relative to jumpy diesel prices.

Volvo electric semi scores another real-world win with Coca-Cola (electrek)
Naturally, not reported in any mainstream Canadian media channel

2026.04.21 The hidden costs - including higher electricity prices for everyone - dwarf the construction and operating costs

Data centers are dealing hidden damage to environmental and public health - costing the economy $25 billion every year (Fortune)

2026.04.21 Oil prices are going to ride the roller coaster for a while.

Norway Pumps Near Capacity as Spare Output Buffer Disappears (Oilprice.com)

2026.04.21 Once again western governments demonstrate that climate change and human survival don't matter, but energy prices do.

UK Unveils 10GW Clean Power Push to Break Gas Grip on Electricity Bills (Oilprice.com)
The oil industry's big mistake now is not eating the price surge, because now they are seen as unstable and unreliable (weak), not just greedy and manipulative.

2026.04.21 Another agency reaches same conclusion on solar electricity. Offer still not available in AB, SK, ON, QC, NB

Global Electricity Review 2026 (Ember)

2026.04.21 Yes, I know, the EV haters will still say it takes too long to charge the vehicles

CATL's new LFP battery can charge from 10 to 98% in less than 7 minutes (ars technica)
For those of you who still get impatient waiting for the charge to finish after going to the washroom, grabbing a snack, checking your email and making a couple of phone calls in less than 7 minutes, the good news is that electrified highways are coming next, so you'll never even have to stop to charge again on your regular coast-to-coast non-stop 62-hour drives.
As for battery life, 1,000 fast charges (retaining better than 90% of full capacity) and 500 km per charge will give you half-a-million kilometres

2026.04.20 We're going to have to change how we produce food, or starve. IMO, it's now too late for climate change mitigation.

Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma Winter Wheat Hit Hard by Drought (Successful Farming)

2026.04.20 Analyst sees plummeting crude oil inventories worldwide, and a long time to recover damaged production after a peace deal.

Why a research firm says oil is at a 'breaking point,' and prices aren't coming back down soon (Business Insider)

2026.04.20 Diesel fuel production destruction (courtesy 2026 middle east conflict), meet demand destruction.

Hot and ready: Mercedes is taking orders for its new eArocs 400 vocational truck (electrek)

2026.04.20 The supply line for sunlight and wind is pretty short most places, taking a big risk factor out of the equation

Solar and wind outpace coal as energy crisis fails to spark fossil fuel revival (euronews)
Because renewables are less expensive except in the Petrostates that block renewables and subsidized fossils, like Canada.

2026.04.20 Would you like some negative electricity prices on your bill?

Negative power prices reach all-time high on the Iberian Peninsula in Q1 (pv magazine)

2026.04.20 You know EVs have won the fight when Canadian mainstream media writes a balanced article on EVs, like this one

Lorraine Explains: EV sales are heading up, the numbers prove it (Driving.ca)
And yes, do shop around for your automotive insurance; there is a premium for 'performance' EVs.

2026.04.20 One way to ensure we don't succeed is to ensure we don't even try. If we tried, it definitely could be done.

Powerful states are trying to sabotage decarbonisation of shipping (Aljazeera)

2026.04.20 Grid defection is getting bigger - not just household scale anymore

Community-scale solar offers $6.5 billion in savings, bypassing California gridlocks (pv magazine)

2026.04.19 Finally, somebody else sees the big story of the attacks in the middle east around Strait of Hormuz.

Opening Hormuz is the easy part. Restoring oil flows isn't (Reuters)
The damaged and destroyed infrastructure isn't coming back online so long as Israel is conducting war crimes in the region. That means oil prices aren't going to come down or stabilize any time soon. US is plundering its oil reserves now, so it will get more exciting - for those dependent on gasoline and diesel - when that starts making a sucking sound. Ukraine's agenda is not about giving Russia a financial lifeline to continue funding its invasion. And the media currently talking about future 'demand destruction' for oil lowering prices aren't reading the room; this is about PRODUCTION and SUPPLY destruction. Proudly brought to you by Israel and the US.

2026.04.19 It's a radical idea; acting as though we wanted our species to survive.

This fuel crisis could last for a while. It’s time for a new approach to fuel use – end it (The Conversation)

2026.04.19 Offer not available in AB, SK, ON, QC, NB

IEA: Solar overtakes all energy sources in a major global first (electrek)

2026.04.19 High oil prices won't be the trigger for EVs to take the market. That requires de-risking and stability.

Survey Sunday: how much pain at the pump will it take to switch to EV? (electrek)

Gas, diesel and electric vehicles are a major expenditure for most consumers; typically either the biggest or second biggest cost they will undertake in their lives. The idea that their vehicle will become useless because they can't get fuel (hello, hydrogen?), or it won't be affordable (hello, Strait of Hormuz minor, short-term constriction of oil, diesel and gasoline) are a big deal. The oil industry continues to make a big deal of 'you won't be able to charge your EV on long trips', 'EVs can't do long trips' and other disinformation feed into those fears about buying EVs. What nobody mentions in the corporate mainstream media is that many people could charge their cars at home with solar panels and a house battery. (Yes, it's a big upfront investment - but so is the vehicle.) It's worth noting the costs of solar panels and house energy storage are falling - and once in place, the fuel is free, forever. And it is also true that some people don't have the capability to install solar panels - just as it's true that some people don't own road vehicles.

However, so long as big governments use taxpayer money to keep subsidizing the oil industry (billions annually), then the hidden costs of oil will remain the fist on the scale of properly evaluating the risk levels of the various energy sources. Canada's recent removal of the 'carbon tax' and the excise tax on motor fuels is just more financial support for the oil industry.

2026.04.19 It's a time-of-day glut; in other words, a load-shifting problem solved by adding short-term storage

Britain's Renewable Energy Glut (Oilprice.com)
It's like Christmas morning childhood disappointment when the big gift is unwrapped and it doesn't work because the required batteries didn't come in the box. Yes, some planning and assembly is required to make a grid that can run reliably on locally harvested sunlight and wind instead of oil and gas stuck in the Strait of Hormuz.

2026.04.19 Why is this problem being repeated (NS, Wales, U.S.) so frequently? The answer is storage and create local demand.

Millions paid out to keep Shetland windfarm idle - even in a gale (Observer)
The AI barons are looking to build data centres everywhere, but they lack an electricity supply and cooling water. These AI 'data centres' are actually more 'computer centres; their big power suck is computing, not moving data. So a capable data link would be less expensive than a gigantic electric transmission line.
Last I checked, Wales, Shetland Islands, NS are sitting on oceans of water, and apparently have more wind power than they know what to do with. If only there was a solution ... think, think. Hint: storage doesn't have to be a battery (though that's pretty cheap, easy and efficient). Submerged compressed air storage is a thing.
If you need additional hints, get in touch.

2026.04.18 There is one path to emissions reductions that has a good track record: not making them in the first place.

Australia's coalmine emissions are increasing. Is this how a major policy to cut climate pollution is meant to work? (The Guardian)

2026.04.18 Yesterday, I was told by an acquaintance that oil prices would drop back to "normal"

based on Trump's announcement (market manipulation) that a ceasefire with Iran was in effect.
And it took a few hours after U.S. financial markets closed for the weekend for the actual truth to start leaking out.
Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz again because Trump didn't live up the terms of the ceasefire.
"Tehran says the continued U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports -- which Trump vowed to maintain until a nuclear deal is reached -- constitutes a violation of the ceasefire and amounts to 'piracy.'"
That's the reality of 'dealing' with Trump. No agreement is ever final; he just uses what he wants from the 'deal' to leverage his next demand, and ignores the obligations he made as soon as their inconvenient.
(e.g. Trump signed the CUSMA deal when he was President the first time, and unilaterally ripped it up in his second term by imposing the illegal IEEPA tariffs which he 'justified' with trumped up fictions about fentanyl being pushed into the U.S., when it is the U.S. government's responsibility to secure its own borders against those kinds of threats. Actual amount of fentanyl from Canada into U.S. in a month per U.S. border security: l.4 kg.)
Then, Trump issues an 'order' to Netanyahu / Israel to end attacks on Lebanon, which apparently 'shocked' Netanyahu.
So, there is supposedly a ceasefire and the Strait of Hormuz is open, per Trump. Tehran says, that wasn't the deal, Israel says, what? that's not what we agreed to. And because apparently nobody ever writes anything down or signs it when Trump is part of the 'negotiations', nobody outside the room knows what was actually said or agreed. Maybe even the people in the room don't know.
It might be hard to tell who is telling the truth about these things, but at this point, based on the historical record, Trump isn't telling the truth. That's why the U.S. media calls him TACO.
It's early on Saturday morning as I write this, and as I scan the reported spot market oil prices, they generally seem to be going up by 2% to 4% worldwide so far today, except U.S. products, where the price is still drifting down.

There is something worse than higher oil prices which will bring recessions to economies heavily dependent on oil. That's erratic prices, confusion and chaos which stop investors from moving their capital away from risk and into safe havens like cash and precious metals. Layer on global political instability, and the global econonmy could get buffeted, with further targeting of long supply lines which are critical to a global economy.

2026.04.17 Full restoration of oil, gasoline, diesel, jet fuel output and infrastructure could take years, analysts warn

How 50 days of the Iran war led to the loss of $50 billion worth of oil (Reuters)

2026.04.17 Nope. Not gonna happen. The key phrase is in the subtitle is "and give it back to the grid".

If there is money to be made in storing electricity in batteries for grid use (and there is), the utilities will buy their own batteries (which they are) at much lower prices than buying EVs, and save on the set-up costs of paying EV owners trivial amounts of money.
Electric vehicle owners could earn thousands by supporting power grid (New Scientist)

2026.04.17 Good news for the U.S. "SMR vendor" (with no demonstrated product or fuel supply;

Doug Ford is locked in on the more expenisve foreign owned nuclear option - no escape for Ontario taxpayers.
New metric shows renewables are 53% cheaper than nuclear power (pv magazine)

2026.04.17 Ontario taxpayers and electricity ratepayers take note.

After 2 years, ratepayer pain and political fallout from Georgia's nuclear plant Vogtle (Utility Dive)>BR> Georgia's current lessons are the real legacy of the nuclear power industry. Plus still no disposal solution for nuclear waste after 80 years. Ontario and Europe have chosen deep geologic storage, not disposal, leaving the problem to future generations (assuming we have many more of those).

2026.04.17 Malaysia, too? Saving money by moving off fossil fuels and going to renewables

Malaysia pushes rooftop solar to cushion impact of global energy crisis (Renewable Economy)

2026.04.17 Australia shows that more renewables electricity generation means lower energy bills by passing on gas

Renewable generation records fall across the UK, as imported gas consumption tumbles (Renewable Economy)

2026.04.17 Agrivoltaics: clean electricity, shading for leafy crops (and workers), reduced evaporation / need for irrigation

'We're harvesting the sun and producing electricity': Farmers find their newest crop (TCD)

2026.04.16 Don't buy an EV because of high gasoline and diesel prices; do it because they're better vehicles.

EVs no longer make a statement, they're just better cars (Auto Express)

2026.04.15 Let's see, oil and gas are expensive, so fix your 'grid constraint' with local grid-scale storage

RWE drops 99.9 MW solar project in Wales on grid constraints (Auto Express)

2026.04.14 The IEA needs to get off hallucinogens and using AI to write its copy.

IEA warns Iran war oil shock will cut supply, cause demand to shrink (Reuters)
It's not demand destruction in the short term, it's customers that simply can't or won't pay the current peaking prices. The world's just-in-time fossil fuel energy system simply can't change its primary energy currency that fast. The world has been through this a dozen times or so since 1973. Everybody panics, the oil industry pockets the windfall profits, supply increases due to the higher market price, and despite some token adjustments (U.S. suddenly embracing fuel efficient Japanese cars in the mid-70s and 80's), the great majority adjust their budgets and suck up the petrol again at the new higher price.

How do I know? Because I own a 1976 EVA Metro electric car made in Cleveland Ohio in response to the 1973-4 oil price shocks. Never heard of the U.S. automaker EVA? Exactly. Long story short: there's plenty of proven reserves of crappy or difficult-to-access crude oil. With world crude prices at higher levels, some of them will become financially viable to exploit. Supply will go up. People will pay the higher price and go back to sleep.

If you're just regular poor(er) folks trying to get by, it's the same old recipe for you: work more, eat less, travel less, pay more taxes to ensure the oil company profits don't drop. I mean, you could try some other things, like actually using less fossil fuels, or grow some food with home-made compost instead of fossil fuel ammonia fertilizer made from fossil fuels, but it's all so much extra effort, right? Easier to relax, right? It's cool, Exxon's got you. Right where they want you.

If you're looking to actually make some long-term changes, but a bit at a time on a tight budget, to save money on your energy bills, I've got a book for you. [Shameless plug for my benefit follows.] I have been there. I did the research, I did the analysis, I wrote the book and got it published - about 20 years ago. Frightening how most of it is still relevant and true. Crazy thing, way back then, I thought the e-book fad might take off, despite being told by multiple publishers to forget about it, nobody wanted a book you would read on a computer. I did it anyway, so you can choose from a traditional paper version or a dated looking black and white PDF. Here's my offer, buy the e-book, pick one or two easy things from what it suggests as money-savers, and I'm pretty sure you'll save more than you spent on the book (US$6). I know, reading, right? It's so hard, and on a computer screen, or tablet, or smart phone - really, who DOES that, right?]
Where to buy the award-winning ebook, The Emperor's New Hydrogen Economy, or at your favourite bookstore or ebook site.
OK, it's safe to start reading here again for free.

2026.04.13 Solar power project in Australia deemed financially unviable ... wait for it ....

"Not economically viable:" Global funds giant drops plans for solar farm, (Renew Economy)
The photovoltaic project isn't financially attractive, because the market for cheap solar generation is saturated.
What do you do when you have more solar generation than your peak demand? Why, build storage of course, so you can have 24-hour a day electricity with zero fuel costs, and export it to neighbours without your intelligence for big profits. Hence the pivot to a bigger battery instead.

2026.04.13 The Israel- US- Iran dust-up over the Strait of Hormuz is making my typing muscles sore

Explainer: Why oil prices aren't what you think - and what it means for global supply (Al Jazeera)
Why the Israel-US oil disruption is worse that you think.

The real price of physical oil is over US $140 per barrel as I type this. Not $103 as reported on the oil futures (paper) market which assumes things will go back to 'normal' in 2-4 months, as that has happened before, but on the spot market where oil is being bought and sold for real, right now.

However, it may not be so simple this time.

• Iran (and other producers) have learned they have an effective lever in disrupting supply lines. That's different from past OPEC pressure which only slightly turned down their supply rates.
• Due to Trump's past manipulations, the U.S. is once again a net crude oil importer. Trump is lying about this now. For accurate data, check US EIA and international IEA data, noting that "all petrochemical products" is not the same as "crude oil". That's really important for the U.S., because it is a net refined oil products exporter. It's a big profit area for the US, but it collapses without enough cheap crude oil to keep the refineries humming. This is why Maduro was illegally kidnapped and removed from Venezuela, so a more pliable Venezuela government would ship more oil to the US.
• Once military activity by Israel and the US ends in the middle east, crude oil and refined products won't just resume at previous levels, because real long-term damage has already been done to oil products production and transport which will take years to repair. Israel and US haven't stopped their attacks, so Iran is going to continue responding.
• The US doesn't mind the damage to refineries in the middle east. The US plan is to take that market share for its own future profits.
• So far, Iran has chosen not to attack U.S. targets which are not directly involved in the current attacks. You should not assume that will remain the case into the indefinite future. The rules of engagement now allow for illegal attacks.
• Ukraine is successfully targeting Russian crude oil production and transport capacity as Russia was planning on windfall profits from higher prices and removal of sanctions (so far only by Trump). That takes another source of crude oil production off the board, and further weakens Russia's economy and ability to feed it's attrition and looting based war strategy.
• U.S. action has been questionable so far. No advance notification of the attacks to allies. Assumption of a quick, easy win a la Putin in Ukraine (it's been a bit more than 3 weeks now, right? More than 4 years and it appears Ukraine is now on the offensive).
• "Decapitating" (Trump's word) the Iranian leadership as a starting point has had 3 key impacts so far. Trump has proved he can't be trusted to follow international protocols or keep hls word. It has cemented the grip of a new Iranian leadership team, even more opposed to the U.S., and cut off the earlier internal opposition to the IRGC control at the knees. Now that the U.S. has not achieved a quick win, it's unclear who they can 'negotiate' with, as the Iranians see 'US negotiations' as a sham, particularly now that Israel has repudiated the supposed outcomes as reported by Trump on social media.
• What is becoming clear is that Trump has not achieved his stated objectives
  (destroying Iran's missile capabilities; annihilating Iran's navy; preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons; and, ensuring the regime can't continue to arm, fund or direct "terrorist armies" outside its borders [per CBS News] ) to justify unilateral US military action against Iran, and the war has not been concluded within the 5-week duration Trump set out (ended on April 9th).

2026.04.13 This foreseeable Pacific LNG glut is what Canadians are going to get fleeced for because the private sector knows better.

Australia's LNG export window is closing, new report suggests (ABC - Australia)

2026.04.13 That's 2025 data - before Israel and the US chose to attack Iran and close the Strait of Hormuz

Solar leads global additions in 2025 as wind growth accelerates (pv magazine)
I have to imagine that those numbers will grow in 2026 in the wake of stories like Global Oil Shortage Sends Spot Prices Above $140 as Supply Race Intensifies 2026.04.12)

2026.04.12 IMO, this is a great article, stronger grids with a smart plan using old EV batteries

Some Weird Things Are Happening And The Grid May Never Be The Same (CleanTechnica)

2026.04.12 Hunh, put the price of petrol up by 50% in a week, and EVs start looking better. Wait for the next price jump.

Interest in EVs surges in Europe as fuel prices jump after Iran war (The Guardian)

2026.04.12 There is no short term fix for damage already done. Think 3-5 years of higher oil prices.

Why reopening the Strait of Hormuz won't be enough to solve shipping woes and high oil prices (CNN)
Again, there is no short term fix for high oil prices for at least a couple of years. That's gasoline, diesel, heating oil, jet fuel, HFO, LNG or other products based on oil and gas, like industrial fertilizer and ammonia, and electricity generation.
I suggest you start planting gardens focused on foods you like, figuring out food preservation methods that don't require freezing, making compost, and getting an inexpensive but reliable bicycle and a couple of good locks. If you live in a metropolitan area, ensure your city officials are focused on reliable, usable mass transit and finding ways to reduce commuting traffic (like working from home and car pooling). If they didn't already have a program for buying electric vehicles, it's probably already too late to get any at reasonable prices in North America. This is going to get expensive for the next five years or so.

And remember, none of the U.S., Israel or Iran are finished destroying stuff yet.

2026.04.12 A panic spanning a few weeks is a terrible frame of reference for long-term investment decisions

A Panicked Race for Barrels Is Gripping the Global Oil Market (Bloomberg)

What's the real problem to be solved? Reliable access to affordable energy of the right kind where it is needed.

Note: the word 'oil' did not appear in that sentence. Neither did LNG. It's hard to run a data centre on wood fuel. It's easy to run a data centre on electricity produced from photovoltaics with battery storage. It takes about a decade to bring major oil production online and set up the logistics to move it to refineries. For the easy stuff. It takes 5-7 years to bring a new LNG liquefaction plant online from the time the plan passes environmental assessment. By then, the world won't be interested in big new supplies of oil. It will have moved onto reliable, affordable energy sources.

2026.04.12 Please be smart about the installation. Li-Ion batteries should be in a fire vault, not in your house.

Backup power is the LEAST interesting thing your home battery can do (electrek)

2026.04.12 I know, I know, you can't use an EV because they just aren't big enough for your needs.

The Project Vision cruiseliner - all electric - seats/sleeps 1,856 passengers plus crew (CSeatradeCruiseNews)
Will probably have lower fuel costs and a quieter sailing experience.

2026.04.11 Apparently a carbon tax could have sparked a shift to clean energy ... if it had been 50% in one shot.

Now we know what it would have taken to get the attention of consumers and politicians to try real climate change mitigation (The Guardian)
Octopus Energy, the biggest GB energy supplier, shared figures with the Guardian showing its heat pump orders had more than doubled in March compared with February, while sales of solar power systems were up almost 80% and new leases of electric vehicles rose by more than 85%.

2026.04.10 Can you imagine if YIMBY (Yes, In My Back Yard) took hold in Alberta or Saskatchewan?

Independent panel approves another big battery sent for review by long-distance haters (Renew Economy)

2026.04.10 While most oceans are warming, the North Atlantic is cooling as the AMOC collapses. Not good for northern Europe.

Atlantic exceptionalism in the twentieth century (Nature - Climate Change)

2026.04.08 Regular readers here know I have been beating the methane emissions drum for a long time

The underappreciated importance of small wetlands in global methane emissions (Nature - Climate Change)
This aligns with my research going back to 2020 on the methane contribution from algal blooms creating eutrophic lakes and anaerobic decomposition of the seasonal algal bloom die-off creating methane (and a proposal on how to remedy that)

2026.04.06 Researchers utilized computer simulations to predict the species' future in warming oceans

Scientists warn that Arctic Ocean may lose key food source: 'No basis for ... populations of fish' (TCD)

2026.04.03 If you still think oil and gas prices are going back to February 2024 prices ...

Why thousands of New Yorkers swap gas for induction stoves in clean energy push: 'It makes sense' (The Guardian)

2026.04.02 I have never met anyone who actually wants a gas stove. People want a cooking appliance that works well and is affordable.

Why Losing the Iran War May Be the Best Outcome for the Global Economy (OilPrice.com)

2026.04.01 Perhaps it's time for renewables generators to prank the unresponsive grid operators

Grid bottlenecks threaten 120 GW of planned renewables in Europe (pv magazine)
If the wires monopoly is the barrier to your success, it's time to exploit its weaknesses and create new markets.
The grids were designed to accommodate 'normal peak' demand and big fossil generators. So, they're oversized for average demand, and way oversized for 'baseload' demand. Right now, the illegal attacks on Iran (not a war, because neither aggressor has legally declared war via their legitimate governments, just their rogue leadership), but the cost of fossil fuel generation via LNG and oil is going up and is going to be there for years ahead because real infrastructure is being destroyed and Iran has secured the Strait of Hormuz, and will be charging tariffs on passage of ships allied with those who are still illegally attacking Iran. That presents renewable electricity operators with some options. Remember, most corporate customers for electricity don't care if it's 'green' or 'pitch-black'; they want the lowest price. With rising fossil fuel prices for legacy generators and zero fuel costs for renewables generators, the margin is going to increase in favour of renewables generation, especially if its available reliably 24/7.

Invest in on-site battery storage, so you can make your electricity fully dispatchable, and based on your energy storage, bid on the peak demand time auctions at a price that undercuts the fossil fuel generators. You will be awarded the sales, and the ROI business model for the fossil fuel generators collapses.

Invest in battery storage near major demand points. Then, when the grid is relatively unloaded, move electricity from your generation point(s) to storage at customer premises, to sell to those customers at times when the daily cycle prices are higher. (You can also do time arbitrage by buying grid power from the big generators at off-peak periods where the price is low, even occasionally negative, because its hard and expensive to shut down and restart big nukes and coal plants multiple times a day. Take those big customers away from the utilities, which will upset their business model. They'll respond by making electricity more expensive for small customers, which will encourage households to put up PV and storage batteries and defect from the grid.

Encourage major power users to locate near your generation & storage sites, like data centres. Running data connections is cheap compared to increasing long-haul electric transmission capacity.

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