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2025 18

  1. A Nuclear Fission Regulatory Blank Slate
  2. A Nuclear Fission Regulatory Blank Slate
  3. How Rockefeller and His Partners Built Standard Oil
  4. How Rockefeller and His Partners Built Standard Oil
  5. Building Ultra Cheap Energy Storage for Solar PV
  6. Expanding the Universal Marginal Energy Source
  7. Expanding the Universal Marginal Energy Source
  8. Building Ultra Cheap Energy Storage for Solar PV
  9. Are Volcanoes a Risk to Solar Dominated Grids?
  10. Are Volcanoes a Risk to Solar Dominated Grids?
  11. The Outsize Impact of AI Logistics
  12. The Outsize Impact of AI Logistics
  13. A Review of Massively Scalable Enhanced Rock Weathering
  14. A Review of Massively Scalable Enhanced Rock Weathering
  15. Startup Strategy for Commodity Products
  16. Startup Strategy for Commodity Products
  17. Imagining the Drone Air Force
  18. Imagining the Drone Air Force

2024 10

  1. Integrating AI Agents into Companies
  2. Integrating AI Agents into Companies
  3. Human Driving Increases Transportation Cost 10x
  4. Human Driving Increases Transportation Cost 10x
  5. 2024 Geothermal Update
  6. 2024 Geothermal Update
  7. How to Make Off Grid Data Centers Affordable
  8. How to Make Off Grid Data Centers Affordable
  9. Revitalizing US Navy Shipbuilding
  10. Revitalizing US Navy Shipbuilding

2023 32

  1. Making Hydrogen Affordable
  2. Making Hydrogen Affordable
  3. Evaluating Geothermal Learning Curves
  4. Evaluating Geothermal Learning Curves
  5. In Defense of Electricity Markets
  6. In Defense of Electricity Markets
  7. The Case for Brick Thermal Storage
  8. The Case for Brick Thermal Storage
  9. 2023 Geothermal Update
  10. 2023 Geothermal Update
  11. The Future of Carbon Dioxide Direct Air Capture
  12. The Future of Carbon Dioxide Direct Air Capture
  13. The Minimum Viable Navy
  14. The Minimum Viable Navy
  15. Why Battery Powered Cargo Ships are Compelling
  16. Why Battery Powered Cargo Ships are Compelling
  17. How to Build a House in One Day
  18. How to Build a House in One Day
  19. The Case for Separating Fission from Electricity Production
  20. The Case for Separating Fission from Electricity Production
  21. Nuclear Power's Challenges in less than 1000 Words
  22. Nuclear Power's Challenges in less than 1000 Words
  23. AI Tutors and Education Reform
  24. AI Tutors and Education Reform
  25. Fuel Logistics for a Pacific War
  26. Fuel Logistics for a Pacific War
  27. Are Aircraft Carriers Obsolete?
  28. Are Aircraft Carriers Obsolete?
  29. The Weapons That Win World Wars
  30. The Weapons That Win World Wars
  31. The Future of Industrial Process Heat
  32. The Future of Industrial Process Heat

2022 32

  1. How the US Military is Responding to China
  2. How the US Military is Responding to China
  3. The Decentralization of Atoms is Underrated
  4. The Decentralization of Atoms is Underrated
  5. Electric Trucks are Ready for the Road
  6. Electric Trucks are Ready for the Road
  7. Can Nuclear Power Manage Another Comeback?
  8. Can Nuclear Power Manage Another Comeback?
  9. How to Reduce the Impact of Fossil Fuels on Electricity Prices
  10. How to Reduce the Impact of Fossil Fuels on Electricity Prices
  11. The Nuts and Bolts of Siting and Building Power Lines
  12. The Nuts and Bolts of Siting and Building Power Lines
  13. Geothermal's Path to Relevance: Better Heat Transfer and Heat Engines
  14. Geothermal's Path to Relevance: Better Heat Transfer and Heat Engines
  15. Is the Smart Grid All Hot Air?
  16. Is the Smart Grid All Hot Air?
  17. The Realities of 21st Century Defense Contracting
  18. The Realities of 21st Century Defense Contracting
  19. Simple Solutions Power Solar's Advance
  20. Simple Solutions Power Solar's Advance
  21. SpaceX's Starship: America's Secret Weapon
  22. SpaceX's Starship: America's Secret Weapon
  23. The Electric Car's Shrinking Role in Reducing Oil Demand
  24. The Electric Car's Shrinking Role in Reducing Oil Demand
  25. Russia's Apparent Shortage of Smart Bombs Caused a Cascade of Failures
  26. Russia's Apparent Shortage of Smart Bombs Caused a Cascade of Failures
  27. Ending Russia's Hydrocarbon Windfall
  28. Ending Russia's Hydrocarbon Windfall
  29. Natural Gas is a Fuel of the Future
  30. Natural Gas is a Fuel of the Future
  31. Why is the Nuclear Power Industry Stagnant?
  32. Why is the Nuclear Power Industry Stagnant?

2021 50

  1. The Future of E-Bikes
  2. The Future of E-Bikes
  3. The Three Horseman of Grid Stability
  4. The Three Horseman of Grid Stability
  5. Geothermal's Path to Relevance: Cheap Drilling
  6. Geothermal's Path to Relevance: Cheap Drilling
  7. Energy Prices are Naturally Turbulent
  8. Energy Prices are Naturally Turbulent
  9. Arcane Regulations Slow America's Energy Shift
  10. Arcane Regulations Slow America's Energy Shift
  11. What it Takes to Beat the Market
  12. What it Takes to Beat the Market
  13. Electrify Everything is Slow
  14. Electrify Everything is Slow
  15. America's Aerospace Industry is Regenerating
  16. America's Aerospace Industry is Regenerating
  17. Rural America is Gearing Up For a Generation of Change
  18. Rural America is Gearing Up For a Generation of Change
  19. Air Travel Doesn't Have to be Terrible
  20. Air Travel Doesn't Have to be Terrible
  21. Why Doesn't Software Show Up in Productivity?
  22. Why Doesn't Software Show Up in Productivity?
  23. Tunnels are our Transportation Future
  24. Tunnels are our Transportation Future
  25. Solar PV's Path to Dominance
  26. Estimate Solar + Storage Market Share
  27. Estimate Solar + Storage Market Share
  28. Solar PV's Path to Dominance
  29. Is Geothermal Really Going to be a Thing?
  30. Is Geothermal Really Going to be a Thing?
  31. How to Build a Giant Carmaker
  32. How to Build a Giant Carmaker
  33. So, You Want to Build a House More Efficiently
  34. So, You Want to Build a House More Efficiently
  35. One Way to Value a Cryptocurrency
  36. One Way to Value a Cryptocurrency
  37. Understanding Public-Key Cryptography
  38. Public-Key Cryptography Math and Code Tutorial
  39. Public-Key Cryptography Math and Code Tutorial
  40. Understanding Public-Key Cryptography
  41. Understanding Hash Functions
  42. Hash Functions Code Tutorial
  43. Hash Functions Code Tutorial
  44. Understanding Hash Functions
  45. IPFS Blog Code Tutorial
  46. On the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS)
  47. On the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS)
  48. IPFS Blog Code Tutorial
  49. Faq
  50. Faq