Resource Insights

Independent Commentary on Environmental and Natural Resource News
By Kurt Cobb

Sunday, July 13, 2025

The trouble with copper tariffs

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The mainstream news media has already figured out that the Trump administration's proposed tariffs on imported copper of ...
Sunday, July 06, 2025

Denmark takes first step toward owning your own information

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Denmark has decided to take the first step toward protecting Danes' personal information by giving them ownership rights to their ...
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Sunday, June 29, 2025

Bismuth: Another critical metal gets squeezed

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Unless you are a hobbyist or technician who solders things on a regular basis, your only acquaintance with the metallic element bismut...
Sunday, June 22, 2025

The turbulent globe: Resources and climate change in the background

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It should come as no surprise that the two major conflicts raging in the world today involve large energy producers and exporters, na...
Sunday, June 15, 2025

No safety net: Insurance starts to go away

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Ever since the words "insurance premium" began appearing on contracts in the Republic of Venice in 1255, modern global trad...
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Sunday, June 08, 2025

Trade war vise grip: China is squeezing rare earth supply and it's hurting

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China is proving to be a more difficult adversary in the trade war launched by the Trump administration than previously imagined as ...
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Sunday, June 01, 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, June 8.
Sunday, May 25, 2025

The lure of convenience: Why a national digital ID system is a really, really bad idea

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We live in an age of convenience. Anything that makes our complicated lives less complicated and less difficult to navigate seems like...
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Sunday, May 18, 2025

Infrastructure failure in America: Will we find a fix before the unimaginable happens?

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Recent events in America's air transport system suggest that the system is becoming more prone to dangerous failures. Those failur...
Sunday, May 11, 2025

"Better" AI has more "hallucinations"

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Imagine you are a doctor with a patient whose hallucinations keep increasing. Of course, you might try to figure out how to stabil...
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