BREAKING: Japan just committed $550 billion to build American energy and industrial infrastructure. Not the Japanese government. Japanese conglomerates, pension funds, and institutional investors operating under a government-to-government framework signed at the Takaichi-Trump

"At some point, honesty must prevail. If Canada truly wants a stronger, more competitive dairy sector, the conversation cannot remain frozen in the politics of the 1970s. Reform is inevitable. The only real question is whether Canada designs the transition itself, or waits for

Hormuz fertiliser block will upend world’s food supply ft.trib.al/pvXGzSC | opinion

Nobody in the Trump administration planned for Iran to shut the Strait of Hormuz. Nobody planned for sustained missile strikes on American bases across the Gulf. Nobody planned for an energy crisis. Nobody planned for Europe to look at Washington, shrug, and walk the other way.

Copper theft continues to be a problem in Canada. I wrote about it 3 years ago in Stealing Copper Cable • Telecom Trends mhgoldberg.com/blog/?p=17262

Few people appear to realize it, but the Manitoba government’s decision to de-tax prepared foods in grocery stores raises serious issues of fairness in taxation, which have not been addressed in its decision. If you zero-rate prepared foods in grocery stores you also have to 1/

Renewables are the only exit strategy: Day 27 update of the structural heart attack currently taking down the fossil fuel system ➡️India: PANIC. Long queues at petrol pumps nationwide, total dry-out risk up. 9 days of reserves left. Restaurants shut in 10 states. Planting season

What does it cost to launch something into orbit? This starts with NASA Apollo Saturn V and projects forward to SpaceX Starship. The exact figures are debatable, but it clearly shows huge progress, especially recently with commercial reusable rockets. Orbital data centres

I would gladly learn *three* foreign languages enough to tape a condolence message in each for a $12.08 million a year salary. Why, I already *pay* to learn to sing in Latin, Italian, and Spanish. This is cretinous poppycock.

A familiar policy tension seeks to promote competition without undermining incentives to invest. #CRTC has to decide whether incenting investment is a talking point, or a fundamental policy objective. Has the CRTC boxed itself in? • Telecom Trends mhgoldberg.com/blog/?p=19693

Some personal news to share. My regular column with La Presse has been suspended indefinitely this week, after 25 years and more than 1,000 columns. This was not my decision. The decision is linked to recent public comments I made on social media regarding the evolving media

ARTEMIS II AS SEEN BY THE OFFICIAL NASA CESSNA THIS IS THE BEST LAUNCH VIDEO AND IT ISN'T CLOSE

Decades of data says the price of storage drops by 19% every time global production doubles. This isn't some marginal gain. It's an unstoppable force of nature You can’t out-compete math this aggressive. This "learning rate" is a one-way street to total electrification - because

Ozempic users are eating less junk food and spending less on groceries. That's a satiety effect. GLP-1 drugs suppress appetite. But so does eating 30g of protein at breakfast. So does fiber. So does choosing whole foods over processed ones. The difference? One costs

900 battery-powered ships and counting: It isn't a test case anymore, it’s a declaration of independence from being fossil fuel hostages: With battery costs down 99% since 1991, the "too expensive" excuse is officially dead for shipping Sovereignty is renewables

JUST IN: On March 24th, I published this: the Strait of Hormuz is no longer closed. It is no longer open. It is something the world has never seen before. A permissioned corridor run by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, priced at $2 million per vessel, payable in yuan. I

A perspective on the war in Iran and food prices with Alfons Weersink theconversation.com/food-prices-ar…

On "surveillance pricing", Avi Lewis is right. Food is not a luxury good. It’s a necessity. Pricing it based on personal data erodes trust, punishes vulnerability, and undermines the very notion of fairness in our food system. Surveillance pricing—what some call “precise

Almost everyone is debating whether AI will replace their job. Nobody is asking whether AI can keep the lights on to do it. Goldman Sachs revised global data center power demand to 1,350 terawatt-hours by 2030, up 220% from 2023. The United States alone needs 750 TWh, 60% of all

China just quietly killed the diesel heavy truck with brutal economics. 2025 data now in: >231,100 electric heavy trucks sold (+182% YoY) >Dec 2025 Market Share: 53.9% (EVs outsold diesel) >Fleet owners saving $170k per truck over a 10-year cycle electrive.com/2026/01/23/yea…