In poor countries, Net Zero isn’t the goal—it’s the problem

Silly rhetoric about curbing carbon emissions won’t give humanity the power it needs. Our best strategy is greater use of natural gas now leading to nuclear power in the near future

By M.H. WARD, Times Colonist, June 13, 2025

The last thing the world needs is more ill-informed amateur dramatics from unruly mobs of self-styled activists.

In his June 5 opinion article, “Our only hope is to become environmental activists,” Frants Attorp tells us that “global temperatures keep rising in tandem with greenhouse gases,” but fails to present a solution other than that we must “adjust our lifestyle choices.”

He would do well to remember another tandem relationship: per capita GDP is tightly correlated with per capita energy consumption (Figure 1).… Read more

Texas is hosting the energy of the future—and it isn’t wind and solar

Next-generation power is coming from smaller, cheaper, and much faster to build ‘new nuclear’ reactors

By Stephen McBride, The Rational Optimist Substack, June 1, 2025

Imagine a nuclear reactor the size of a shipping container quietly powering your local hospital. It pumps out energy that’s cleaner than natural gas, more reliable than solar, and safer than any other energy source.… Read more