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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: “The AI Power Trip”

The AI Power Trip When it all comes crashing down: The aftermath of the AI boom On November 18, 2025, the Dow was down nearly 500 points in morning trading as investors became increasingly concerned about AI stocks and the possibility of … Continue reading

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The Deep View: AI could cause a power shortfall. Comment: Ireland and UK need to be alert to shortage of fossil fuels and gas. We need to follow Hungary.

ENERGY AI could cause a power shortfall AI firms continue planning astronomical AI infrastructure. But can the US power supply hack it?  Anthropic has joined the slew of AI firms investing billions in massive data centers throughout the US. On … Continue reading

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New Atlas: Ireland, on the shoulders of Giants planning to action urgently.

Amazon goes nuclear with new modular reactor plant By David Szondy October 20, 2025 Render of the new Amazon nuclear plan in Washington State Amazon View 6 ImagesView gallery – 6 images In the shadow of a service outage that affected … Continue reading

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Electricity through osmosis: Japan opens landmark osmotic power plant

Energy Electricity through osmosis: Japan opens landmark osmotic power plant By Chelsea Haney September 16, 2025 A desalination plant in Fukuoka has been connected to a new kind of osmotic electricity generator. Fukuoka Area Waterworks Imagine generating power not from sunlight … Continue reading

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Facing cold winter. Kept this article from 11th September 2022. John Horgan writes for Independent “Sleep-walking into an energy crisis worse than the 1970’s. Who foretold the changes in world markets since 2022 and supplies of oil and gas. Grok 4 could not break the paywall but this synopsis is worth reading especially before the Budget

See new posts Home Opinion Comment We’re sleep-walking into an energy crisis worse than in the 1970s, but we can still avert the danger if we wake up Oil and gas firms should be allowed to explore deeper gas horizons … Continue reading

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GZERO Everything is political Big Oil is getting mad at Trump. Comment: If you have access to Irish Independent archives, I have a paper copy of article by David Horgan dated 11th September 2022. It should be republished and if people have access read it. Ireland is in choppy waters but as we face winter Oil / Gas will be our weakness. “Sleep-walking into an energy crisis worse than the 1970’s”

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New Atlas: Norway and World’s Largest Sand Battery

Energy The world’s largest sand battery just went live in Finland By Abhimanyu Ghoshal August 27, 2025 With its 100-MWh capacity, Pornainen’s sand battery is the largest in the world Polar Night Energy View 3 Images View gallery – 3 images … Continue reading

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The Deep View: Google goes nuclear (again)

Google goes nuclear (again) Source: ChatGPT 4o Image Generation Google announced that it’s bankrolling Elementl Power, a two-year old company with LinkedIn listing under 20 staff, to identify and permit three U.S. reactor sites, each slated for ≥ 600 MW. One block that … Continue reading

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Deep View: How AI will shape the future of energy

Report: How AI will shape the future of energy Source: Unsplash The International Energy Agency (IEA) today published an extensive (300-page!) report on the complex relationship between artificial intelligence and energy.  The work aims to inject data-based projections into a landscape that … Continue reading

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Lord Bebo on X: “Europe in the Grips of Gas Imperialists.

LMAO: Lord Bebo @MyLordBebo Europe is considering increasing imports of Russian gas amid increasingly tense relations with Trump. Because now the White House has a president who “also wants to blackmail the world with his gas.” and Europe is at … Continue reading

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