The world is on fire, and not in the way climate alarmists would have you believe. For years, governments of wealthy democracies sold the fantasy that wind turbines and solar panels could replace coal, oil and natural gas. Now, with war in Eastern Europe, explosions in the Middle East, and the global oil market once […]
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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 following is a guest article by Charles Rotter. Abstract Rivers and streams are an important pathway in the global carbon cycle, releasing carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) from their water surfaces to the atmosphere1,2. Until now, CO2 and CH4 emitted from rivers were thought to be predominantly derived from recent (sub-decadal) biomass production and, thus,
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You wake up to an alarm, flick on the light, brew coffee, and drive to work. Every step requires energy – the stuff that shares the coin of physical reality with matter, the E in E = MC2. It keeps homes warm, food fresh and economies running. Supplying 80% of the world’s primary energy, coal,
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The Trump administration’s effort to cut federal spending has raised alarms at Meals on Wheels America, which says that funding through the Older Americans Act (OAA) was already not keeping pace with the rapid growth in the senior population — and with costs that rose dramatically in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Meals on Wheels America
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The Yuxi Circle holds 4.3 billion people and no illusions about how modern life works. Fossil fuels still power the path out of poverty. The ruling class trades in carbon outrage like it’s gold. Sanctimony fuels its crusade against oil, gas, and coal — never mind that those very fuels built the modern world. The
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Less than two weeks after President Trump signed a series of executive orders intended to “usher in a nuclear energy renaissance” in the United States, major nuclear energy projects have suddenly moved forward. The bureaucracies at the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, long known for stalling nuclear projects, seem to have undergone
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As a boy growing up beside India’s railway lines, I found magic in the metallic thunder of passing trains. Now and then, freight cars piled high with black coal would roll by. That same evening, our lights would flicker out. There, I’d sit still in the hush of a powerless night, staring into the warm
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This week the United States experienced the first major heat wave of 2025. Over 160 million people in the Midwest, the South, and the East Coast experienced temperatures approaching 100oF. Many in the media claim that the soaring temperatures are due to human-caused global warming. But a look at history shows that such high temperatures
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A decade ago, I was able to get away from a terrible flood that killed more than 500 people in the southern India city of Chennai (formerly known as Madras). The bus taking me from the city barely managed to avoid rising water slowly but inexorably engulfing the roads. My escape was only possible because
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