Resource Insights

Independent Commentary on Environmental and Natural Resource News
By Kurt Cobb

Sunday, January 25, 2026

World oil and natural gas consumption vs discoveries: Diverging trends mean trouble

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Herbert Stein was an American economist who served in both the Nixon and Ford administrations. He is probably most famous for form...
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Sunday, January 18, 2026

Venezuela's goo-in-the-ground isn't usable oil at current prices (and may never be)

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In the wake of Trump administration's prosecution of a war and blockade against Venezuela and the administration's promise to...
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Sunday, January 11, 2026

Venezuela and Greenland: 'Smash-and-grab' diplomacy in the age of scarcity

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The United States is now engaged in what I am calling "smash-and-grab" diplomacy in Venezuela, and it will perhaps soon do t...
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Sunday, January 04, 2026

Autonomous vehicles: Is necessity really the mother of invention?

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Aesop's Fables date back to the 7th century BCE and may be the first known written expression of an often repeated proverb, namely...
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Sunday, December 28, 2025

Taking a holiday break - no post this week

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I am taking a holiday break this week and plan to post again on Sunday, January 4.
Sunday, December 21, 2025

The fusion future that may never arrive

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With the supposed need for vast new electricity generation to fuel the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, AI companies are pus...
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Sunday, December 14, 2025

Informers: The new drive to get Americans to spy on one another

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It should come as no surprise that governments throughout history have enlisted their citizens to spy on one another. Some publicly s...
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Sunday, December 07, 2025

Some key metals are byproducts of mining other metals; that's a problem

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When we hear the word "byproduct," it often designates something unwanted or even negative coming out of a decision or proc...
Sunday, November 30, 2025

Proposed East Texas water pipeline and the growing thirst for distant water

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One of the ways you can claim rights to water sources is to own land next to them or over them. It seems intuitive that you should be ...
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Sunday, November 23, 2025

Taking a break - no post this week

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I am taking a break this week and plan to post again on Sunday, November 30.
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