Archive for the 'Energy' Category
QATAR CEASES LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION
March 2nd, 2026Via: OilPrice: Qatar’s state-owned energy giant QatarEnergy has stopped all liquefied natural gas (LNG) production, shutting down the country’s entire LNG output after Iranian drone strikes hit its major facilities at Ras Laffan and Mesaieed. The shutdown removes roughly 20% of the world’s LNG supply from the market and sends ripples through already volatile global […]
Donut Lab Starts to Release Independent Test Results of Their Solid State Battery
February 23rd, 2026Donut Lab only released charge rate information so far, along with a countdown to the next release of test results. While they appear to want the controversy to drag on for as long as possible, at least they are moving in the right direction with the release of some information. VTT Test Report I was […]
U.S. Air Force Transports Compact Nuclear Reactor Aboard C-17
February 22nd, 2026Via: The Defense Post: The US Department of Defense has airlifted a compact nuclear reactor from California to Utah, marking the first time a C-17 military transport aircraft has transported a nuclear microreactor. In partnership with Hawthorne-based Valar Atomics and the Department of Energy, officials flew the unfueled Ward 250 reactor from March Air Reserve […]
Iran (So Far Away)
February 22nd, 2026The RAMpocalypse. No hard drives. GPU and SSD prices through the roof? Worth it. Via: Dr Phoxotic: In case you don’t know what inspired the AI slop above: A Flock Of Seagulls – I Ran (So Far Away):
Donut Lab Claims They Will Release Proof Their Solid State Battery Is Real
February 18th, 2026Donut Lab posted a link to idonutbelieve.com on their LinkedIn page. “The Journey Begins. 20th of Feb 2026, 8:00AM CET” pic.twitter.com/ZBRMEJNKPK — cryptogon (@cryptogon) February 19, 2026
As Refineries Close, California Needs to Get Gasoline Transhipped Through the Bahamas
February 16th, 2026This is so painfully retarded that I struggled to read all of it. Via: Bloomberg: US supplies of gasoline are being shipped out of the country to travel thousands of miles via the Bahamas before finally ending up in California, a state battling shrinking fuelmaking capacity and high pump prices. Shipments on the circuitous route […]
Langley Plants The Flag: CIA Takes Point In Post-Maduro Venezuela
January 28th, 2026Via: ZeroHedge: The CIA is “quietly working” to establish a permanent footprint inside Venezuela to shape the country’s post-Maduro trajectory, according to a CNN report Tuesday – or rather it’s not-so-quietly, with sources saying Washington intends to run Caracas much the way it penetrated Ukraine after 2014. While the State Department is planning an eventual […]
Trump Speech at World Economic Forum
January 21st, 2026Via: AP: More: Bullet Points of Speech
First U.S. Sale of Venezuelan Oil Goes to Vitol: Its Trader Donated $6 Million to Trump’s Re-Election Campaign
January 17th, 2026Via: First Post: The first US sale of the Venezuelan crude oil was to a company whose senior member had donated to US President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign. The sale was conducted last week to a company called Vitol, The Financial Times reported. Interestingly, John Addison, a senior trader at Vitol, donated $6 million to […]
Piecing Together A Theory On How Donut Lab’s Solid State Battery Could Be Real
January 15th, 2026Via: Miss GoElectric: Related: “Either this battery changes the world within the next 3 months, or it will make the CEO look like a fool” — ESOX Group Using Donut Lab Solid State Batteries for Military EVs
