The message is now to resume normal activities even though ‘civil society’ has spent years trying to crush the industry The love/hate relationship between oil companies and the world’s billions of customers is unique in the world of commerce.  ...
The pre-COVID climate playbook and energy transition are in big trouble. Not among climate crusaders. For them, the crisis continues. It is the ordinary people who have more pressing issues.  War. Energy. Food. Inflation. Interest rates.  The cost and...
With energy costs rising globally and the western world trying to stop buying fossil fuels from Russia, accelerating the switch to renewables continues to be pitched by some as the best solution. Prior to 2021, there was great excitement about the falling costs of...
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, global energy markets have been turned upside down. Oil prices have skyrocketed. This will increase the price of everything everywhere for everyone, just as it has in the past. The biggest international...
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the world has been plenty crazy in the past two years. Governments have borrowed enormous amounts of money to keep the economy functioning as it was legislated into lockdown to halt the spread of the COVID-19 virus. And as...