As CO₂ concentrations increase in the atmosphere due to fossil fuel consumption, the effect on the planet’s climate might turn irreversible, even if no more oil,...
Tracking The Right Global Warming MetricWhen it comes to climate change induced by greenhouse gases, most of the public’s attention is on CO2, as this is...
Moving an object in space is very energy-consuming, even once a spacecraft has escaped the gravity well of a planet. This is in part because the...
On April 1st, the Artemis II mission is launching with 4 astronauts to orbit the Moon for 10 days. It follows the Artemis I mission, which...
Nuclear fusion could become the long-awaited perfect energy source: no carbon emission, unlimited fuel supply, not producing any significant pollution, and massively powerful.And contrary to classical...
Industrial civilization has an almost unlimited hunger for metals, limited only by their availability and the cost of extraction. This has been especially true for metals...
It is not uncommon for countries to want to relocate their capital in modern times, especially when there is a perception that the city currently used...
The world is turning to renewables for power generation, at the same time as traditionally fossil-fuel-powered activities like transportation, heating, and heavy industries are electrifying. In...
Intel’s Role In American Chip MakingA Tense Global ContextIn its competition with China, the USA has been using semiconductor and chip manufacturing as a weapon to...
In the world of renewable energy, solar has definitely taken the lead, thanks to its ease of deployment, constantly declining costs, and overall improvements in photovoltaic...
Western automakers, and especially US auto manufacturers, have struggled to adapt to the EV revolution initially brought globally by Tesla, then by Chinese brands, and then...
North America and the USA have not been very favorable to high-speed railroad projects, which makes it somewhat of an exception among developed countries, with Europe...
Even though global warming made the headlines less often lately, in part due to political instability and geopolitical turmoil, the effort to reduce carbon emissions is...
International trade relies on good infrastructure to ensure the smooth and efficient movement of both goods and people. This is often done through rail or harbors,...
NEOM Between Reduced Ambitions And ProgressWhen it comes to state-funded megaprojects, skepticism is in order, as more often than not, the ambitions of politicians, dictators, or...
