New Russia-China Gas Pipeline Fully Operational – Will supply a tenth of China’s gas consumption

New Russia-China Gas Pipeline Fully Operational By Paul Homewood  China’s largest single-pipe natural gas transmission project, the China-Russia east-route natural gas pipeline, officially went into full operation on Monday. From construction to operation, the pipeline’s critical equipment and core control systems have been entirely domestically produced, China Media Group (CMG) reported. With the full operation of […]

BRICS’ Kazan Declaration Trumps COP29’s Climate Blather

BRICS’ Kazan Declaration Trumps COP29 Climate Blather By Vijay Jayaraj Gathering in the Russian city of Kazan and hosted by that country’s “alienated and sanctioned” leader Vladimir Putin, the heads of some of the world’s most powerful nations made clear that the so-called climate emergency was a secondary priority for them. Attendees of the 16th […]

So Much For Sanctions: Russia Surpasses US For Gas Exports To EU

https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/so-much-sanctions-russia-surpasses-us-gas-exports-eu   By Liz Heflin of Rmxnews.com From April to June, the European Union bought more than 12.7 billion cubic meters from Russia and 12.3 billion cubic meters from the United States. Director of the Russian Department of Economic Cooperation of the Foreign Ministry, Dmitri Birichevski, says Russia now supplies 15 percent of the total […]

Net Zero is working! Green Britain returning to its pre-industrial bliss?! UK domestic energy production falls to lowest level on record! Imported a net 41.1% of its energy in 2023

https://twitter.com/NetZeroWatch/status/1773642366718468571   https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/domestic-energy-production-falls-to-lowest-level-on-record-r2vpgfv2t By Emma Powell – UK Telegraph The amount of energy produced domestically in Britain has fallen to its lowest level on record, increasing the country’s dependency on imports from Norway and the United States. North Sea oil production last year fell to the weakest level since records began in 1948 and gas output […]

EU countries now import more natural gas from the U.S. than from Russia

Source: https://t.co/L7nhiXQRkR — Philipp Heimberger (@heimbergecon) January 12, 2023 That you observe in those data. I have to wonder how much energy from other sources originates in Russia. — Stephen Miran (@SteveMiran) January 12, 2023 Pretty unbelievable, and not cost effective at all. Only took a war in Ukraine and 1.5 pipelines to blow up […]

Shellenberger: Biden War On Energy Helps China, Saudi, & Venezuelan Dictators

https://michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/biden-war-on-energy-helps-china-saudi?publication_id=279400&isFreemail=false By Michael Shellenberger President Joe Biden ran for and was elected president in 2020 by promising to stand up for human rights. He attacked President Donald Trump for not doing more to pressure Saudi Arabia. Biden came out for “stronger multilateral sanctions” on Venezuela. And he denounced Chinese Premier Xi Jinping as a “thug” and promised to “unite […]

Goldman Sachs’ Jeff Currie: ‘$3.8 Trillion of Investment in Renewables Moved Fossil Fuels from 82% to 81% of Overall Energy Consumption’ in 10 Years

  "At the end of last year, overall fossil fuels represented 81% of energy consumption. 10 years ago, they were at 82%," says Jeff Currie. "$3.8 trillion of investment in renewables moved fossil fuels from 82% to 81% of the overall energy consumption." pic.twitter.com/VhQN0S9oo9 — Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) October 3, 2022 Transcript:  CNBC’s JOE KERNEN: […]

UN Big Shot: Ukraine War May Be A ‘Blessing’

https://lidblog.com/may-be-blessing/ by Jeff Dunetz | H/T Climate Depot The head of the United Nations weather agency, Petteri Taalas, believes. “From the five- to 10-year timescale, it’s clear that this war in Ukraine will speed up our consumption of fossil energy, and it’s speeding up this green transition.” “So we are going to invest much more in renewable energy, […]