In transport energy, targets still matter. But the real strategic question is how those targets get adjusted when they meet physical and commercial reality.
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If you wanted to design a moment that should, in theory, accelerate an energy transition in American transport, you would start with something close to what we have right now.
Much of the recent public and media commentary frames hybrid momentum as a total retreat from electrification and total failure of the OEMs. But is it, really?
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Electrification pathways are often presented as if they avoid the constraints that plague liquid fuels. In reality, they simply face a different set of constraints.
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There is a growing disconnect between the “inevitable” EV future many assume and the hard-nosed maneuvers currently playing out in Washington.
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The optimism that often surrounds SAF obscures a basic structural reality. Technology is not the binding constraint. Policy design is.
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After a decade of bold policies and promises, the auto industry is waking up to the limits of policy-driven electrification (or maybe anything). That’s not a bad thing.
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My latest survey of 13 global oil companies, from BP, Shell, and ExxonMobil to ENI, Repsol, Reliance, and Saudi Aramco, shows five clear trends shaping transport-energy strategy.
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Recent moves from the Trump Administration are a mixed bag full of short-term gains for some, long-term risks for others and contradictions that leave every sector facing some level of
Urban thinkers have grand plans for the future and many of those make sense. Then, politicians, local and federal, have to make them a multi-modal reality with CO2 emission reductions
Over the past several months, the shift in U.S. EV policy has attracted increasing attention. But there is a deeper story unfolding: making room for AI on the grid. Lots
An interesting debate is brewing in the EU regarding e-fuels proposed as the unlimited alternative to limited biomass-based solutions…
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The Green Gospel says biofuels are bad, period. Let us just hope our democracies will prove to be more balanced…
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Over the last several years, governments around the world have made bold announcements about phasing out internal combustion engine vehicles and transitioning to electric vehicles. The headlines have been big.
The 2025 geopolitical turmoil and focus on defense spending in Europe may eventually be the trigger for a serious revision in green and grand plans…
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With a new administration in place and a sharp turn in climate and energy policy underway, some are eager to dismantle the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)—piece by piece, credit by
In the EU mobility transition, 2035 has been circled in red on the calendar. In the original version of the Green Deal, a de facto sales ban of Internal Combustion
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is evolving rapidly, moving from pilot projects to large-scale infrastructure as governments and industries ramp up their decarbonization efforts. And yes, that’s still happening around
BRUSSELS — European leaders laid out on Wednesday a much-awaited plan that seeks to resuscitate its ailing industrial base by boosting domestic cleantech manufacturing and alleviating high energy prices. In
In media and politics, using massive figures is a well-known rhetorical trick. But does it still hold sway in an increasingly skeptical 21st-century audience? Every year in France, one trillion
