You’d be crazy to buy a car based on its shiny exterior, dazzling instruments and gorgeous leather interior – but without examining the engine or taking a test drive.   And yet that’s how America has handled the metals and minerals that are vital to our defense, medical, communication, automotive, aerospace, lasers, computer/AI/data centers and every other sector of our economy. They’s worth multi-trillions of dollars and are the foundation for jobs, living standards, national security, “green” energy and more.   In the Stone Age, humans relied on flint and obsidian. The Bronze Age utilized copper, tin and lead, plus gold and […]

With a strong push from the Trump White House, the nuclear energy industry in the U.S. is, for the first time since Three Mile Island, bullish about its future. It’s about time, given that the average existing U.S. nuclear power plant was built based on 1980s technology. A major reason for the virtual standstill in

Politicians, celebrities and billionaires who lecture about carbon footprints operate by a separate set of rules. Living in ostentatious opulence, they exude spectacular hypocrisy that is rarely challenged by media outlets amplifying their climate warnings.  Even scientists fly thousands of miles to United Nations climate conferences, adding to emissions of greenhouse gases they claim are destroying

During his address at the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23, President Trump called out UN-promoted climate alarm as the “greatest con job ever perpetrated,” referred to renewable energy policies as a “stupid,” and characterized carbon footprint fetishes as a “hoax.” Trump cited big windmills as a particularly “pathetic” source, emphasizing that they are