No, Not The Onion. Wikipedia: 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued warnings prohibiting vessel passage through the strait, leading to an effective halt in shipping traffic, and huge spikes in oil and natural gas prices worldwide. Gasoline is up about 40¢/gal in the US.
The warnings and subsequent attacks on vessels caused a sharp decline in maritime transit, with tanker traffic dropping first by approximately 70% and over 150 ships anchoring outside the strait to avoid risks,[2][3] and soon traffic went to about zero. This disruption affected about 20% of the world's daily oil supply and significant volumes of liquefied natural gas (LNG), prompting major shipping firms to suspend operations in the area.[4][5] Oil and gas prices surged, with Brent crude rising up to US$92 per barrel at its peak, amid fears of prolonged supply shortages that could push prices toward $100 per barrel.[3][6][7]
Of course, the US is also putting itself under sanctions as oil spikes above $100/bbl within the first week of this insane and stupid war.
The Good News
Without a terminally stupid war on, this could have been our top story.
Or this. Yes, we are at Peak Carbon, and past Peak Carbon per Capita, but we have to get below Net Zero for warming to slow down.
Solar PV has seen the same learning curve as semiconductors generally, where your smartphone today is much more powerful than the original Cray 1 supercomputer, at 1/10,000th of the cost.
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Solar PV: $76.67/watt in 1977. Under $0.30 today. A 99.6% decline.
The forecasters keep underestimating it. Every year the actual cost beats the previous year's projection. Manufacturing learning curve, not policy.
thegr0ve.com/blog/the-green-revolution-is-winning
— The Gr0ve (@thegr0vedotcom.bsky.social) March 5, 2026 at 10:05 AM
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The solar boom: from niche to dominant.
Solar capacity has grown 100x since 2005. It's now the fastest-growing energy source in history. The data tells the story.
energtx.com/blog/solar-boom-global-capacity
#Solar #SolarEnergy #CleanEnergy #EnergyTransition #DataViz
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— Energy Data Infrastructure | Global Energy Analytics (@energtx.bsky.social) March 5, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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Global solar generation rankings.
The solar leaderboard is shifting fast. China dominates, but others are scaling up. Full top 15:
energtx.com/rankings/highest-solar-generation
#Solar #SolarEnergy #Rankings #CleanEnergy #DataViz
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— Energy Data Infrastructure | Global Energy Analytics (@energtx.bsky.social) March 5, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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New polling confirms that voters in Trump-carried states, including Trump’s own voters, widely support solar energy.
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Global solar generation rankings.
The solar leaderboard is shifting fast. China dominates, but others are scaling up. Full top 15:
energtx.com/rankings/highest-solar-generation
#Solar #SolarEnergy #Rankings #CleanEnergy #DataViz
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— Energy Data Infrastructure | Global Energy Analytics (@energtx.bsky.social) March 5, 2026 at 12:15 PM
As I pointed out before, China is expanding solar power quickly, as explained in this article: Why China Built 162 Square Miles of Solar Panels on the World’s Highest Plateau by Keith Bradsher from October 2025 from the (failing) New York Times.
China pushed more than one million people out of their homes in west-central China a quarter-century ago and flooded a vast area for the reservoir of the Three Gorges Dam. This year, China has been installing enough solar panels every three weeks to match the power generation capacity of that dam.
Come on, U.S. Try to keep up.
Global Warming Catastrophes
Futurism: Atmospheric CO2 Getting So High That It’s Weakening Human Skeletons
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It's the Environment Stupid... all those bombs aren't making it any better...
#ClimateChange means more drastic weather changes as the planet adjusts it's oceans and atmosphere to higher temps.
Mother Earth doesn't need humans, but humans need Mother Earth...
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— ItsTheEnvironmentStupid (@debmd.bsky.social) March 7, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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#stayinformedcc Current active wildfires in Florida as of 02/28/26: 59 with 4530 acres burned #icefreearctic #climatechange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateReport #ClimateAction #climateemergency #heatwaves #wildfires #drought #floods #blueoceanevent ffs.firesponse.com/public/
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— #stayinformedcc (@stayinformedcc.bsky.social) March 1, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Nothing new here. Ireland was forced to export food during the potato famine.
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#stayinformedcc C02 Daily C02 as of February 14, 2026 is 429.23 ppm. Safe level is at 350. #climatechange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateReport #ClimateAction #climateemergency #heatwaves #wildfires #drought #floods #Hurricane #TropicalStorm #globalwarming #globalboiling www.co2.earth
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— #stayinformedcc (@stayinformedcc.bsky.social) February 15, 2026 at 5:15 PM
No New Nukes
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Lucia Tian says meeting rising power demand from AI will require more than wind, solar, and batteries.
At Google, she’s working to scale geothermal, nuclear, and carbon capture, and use the company’s role as a major power buyer to advance new energy solutions.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4b2fqxi
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— Latitude Media (@latitudemedia.bsky.social) March 5, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Heatmap: Scoop: Energy Department Meeting With Utilities, Developers on Trump’s Nuclear Plans
Of which more below in A Different Level of Idiocy.
In January, New York Governor Kathy Hochul set a goal of building 4 gigawatts of new nuclear power plants in the Empire State.
In his State of the State address, Governor JB Pritzker of Illinois told lawmakers last week that he hopes to see at least 2 gigawatts of new nuclear power capacity operating in his state by 2033.
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CLEAN Announces Cantor as a Gold sponsor of the 1st Annual Nuclear in New Mexico Conference 📢
Don't miss out, register now: https://nuclearinnewmexico.com/
#uranium #newmexico #cleanenergy #association #energy #greenenergy #nuclear #nuclearenergy #conference2026 #insiturecovery
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— The Clean Energy Association of New Mexico (@cleanenergy-nm.bsky.social) March 9, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Gulf states have unparalleled solar resources, but have preferred to waste money on these bogus projects.
Welsh national flag
Denial and Obstruction vs. Resistance and $$Real Money$$™
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Here's a fun article if you're into the @billmckibben.bsky.social things:
www.cnn.com/clean-energy...
Guerrilla Solar.
"People pick up cheap, small solar panels, hang them... plug them into a regular outlet and start generating electricity... a DIY power plant."
By @laurapaddison.bsky.social.
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— 🇨🇦 thimbles.bsky.social 🇨🇦 (@thimbles.bsky.social) March 5, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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Regardless of the sharp U-turn in federal energy policy, solar power is more powerful than ever.
cleantechnica.com/2026/03/05/u...
#solar #solarpower #solarindustry #construction #industry #buildings #sustainable #realestate #solarenergy #renewablenergy #renewables #us #energypolicy #energy
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— Tina Casey (@tinamcasey.bsky.social) March 5, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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One of the main indicators that we are indeed living in the Idiocracy is when they say, "You cant watch tv when the sun goes down" and the crowd explodes in applause. The same is true for wind power. People absolutely love giving their money to billionaires.
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— Jamal... or whateva (@lama-j.bsky.social) March 5, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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This clean energy dream team is ready to lead the nation's largest public utility, Arizona’s Salt River Project! But 𝑻𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑷𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 (yes them) wants to buy these seats for Big Oil. Can we count on your help defeating them? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/jfcp-social-2026-salt_river_project_slate-az
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— Jane Fonda Climate PAC (JanePAC) (@janeclimatepac.bsky.social) March 5, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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Build more solar and wind power and you rely less on oil imports!
Not they should not repair the pipeline, it is Putin's moneybag and not their problem that European countries don't invest in alternative exporters or green energy.
ground.news/article/zele...
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— Evelyn 🏳️⚧️🇺🇦 🇳🇴 (@evelyn89.bsky.social) March 5, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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DOE Launches Nuclear Energy Launch Pad Initiative
https://www.byteseu.com/1859938/
The Department of Energy has introduced the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad, a new initiative to speed up the development and deployment of advanced nuclear technologies. The Idaho National Laboratory said Thursday …
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— BYTESEU (@byteseu.bsky.social) March 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
A Different Level of Idiocy
We have more idiocy than usual this week: Iran war, Artificial Stupidity, bogus nukes.
Heatmap: Scoop: Energy Department Meeting With Utilities, Developers on Trump’s Nuclear Plans
The public-private project aims to help realize the president’s goal of building 10 new reactors by 2030.
The Department of Energy and the Westinghouse Electric Company have begun meeting with utilities and nuclear developers as part of a new project aimed at spurring the country’s largest buildout of new nuclear power plants in more than 30 years, according to two people who have been briefed on the plans.
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The US has demanded that Vanuatu, drop its UN draft resolution that calls on the world to implement a landmark international court of justice (ICJ) ruling from last year that countries could face paying reparations if they fail to stem the climate crisis.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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— bikerlady22k.bsky.social (@bikerlady22k.bsky.social) March 5, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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