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Saudi Arabia Is Playing the Long Game

  Saudi Arabia is doing precisely what governments do when they understand that the world is no longer stable: buying protection, influence, and time....

Price Controls Never Solve a Crisis

Governments never seem to learn from history. Every time energy prices surge, politicians rush to impose price controls as if markets can be commanded to obey...

The Fantasy of “Short-Term” War

One of the most dangerous illusions in Washington is the belief that war and energy shocks are temporary. Politicians always assume that prices will spike briefly...

PRIVATE BLOG – Does the Computer See a Long-Term Bull Market in Gasoline Prices?

PRIVATE BLOG – Does the Computer See a Long-Term Bull Market in Gasoline Prices? Private blog posts are exclusively available to Socrates subscribers. To sign-up...

PRIVATE BLOG – Crude Oil is Warning This Does NOT End Nicely

PRIVATE BLOG – Crude Oil is Warning This Does NOT End Nicely Private blog posts are exclusively available to Socrates subscribers. To sign-up for Socrates or to...

Canada Completes Construction of Nuclear Power Plant

What you are looking at with Canada completing the roughly $9.4 billion Darlington nuclear refurbishment early and under budget is something that completely...

Strait of Hormuz

QUESTION: Will oil go crazy if Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz? Sam ANSWER: It is questionable if Iran would do that, for we get only about 3% of our oil through...

EU Officially Votes to Ban Russian Gas

The EU has now given its final approval to a legally binding ban on Russian gas imports, pretending this is some grand moral victory. Reuters is reporting that the...

Germany’s Merz Admits to “Serious Strategic Mistake”

?? Germany's Chancellor Merz says it was a 'serious strategic mistake to phase out nuclear energy'. pic.twitter.com/sUilOpSpCs — The Spectator...

China Loses Access to Venezuelan Oil

China became Venezuela’s largest oil purchaser through oil-for-debt deals. Socialism failed, and the nation was desperate for funds, especially after being...