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04 | Electric World Order | Manufacturing Chimerica

04 | Electric World Order | Manufacturing Chimerica

How US-China rivalry contributed to the new clean energy manufacturing boom

By Tim Sahay, Kate Mackenzie

Cars being repaired in a China workshop. Photo by Winston Chen on Unsplash
Podcasts

03 | Electric World Order | Demand destruction

What does it look like when oil and gas demand just disappears? Ft Helen Thompson and Alex Turnbull

By Kate Mackenzie, Tim Sahay


Photo of Hormuz Island; beautiful bright red rocky formations with a blue sky and feint clouds. By Reza Ghazali
Dispatch

The era of real energy security has arrived

Hydrocarbon demand, but not like that

By Kate Mackenzie, Tim Sahay


War on Iran
Essays

War on Iran

Will the US’s latest military adventure deal a blow to its fossil-fuel hegemony?

By Kate Mackenzie, Tim Sahay


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02 | Electric World Order | Rest of World
Podcasts

02 | Electric World Order | Rest of World

The US dollar and energy access in Africa

By Kate Mackenzie, Tim Sahay


TCL Zhonghuan Industrial Park in Binhai, Tianjin
Podcasts

01 | Electric World Order | The quiet revolution

How a surge of affordable Chinese clean tech is rewiring global energy.

By Kate Mackenzie, Tim Sahay


What a time
Dispatch

What a time

Facing a Long And Regional War instead of the markets' Short And Contained War scenario.

By Tim Sahay, Kate Mackenzie


Dispatch

The next energy crunch, maybe

Just over four years ago Russia invaded Ukraine and everything changed. Enemy oil and gas were restricted and energy suddenly became expensive and scarce.

By Tim Sahay, Kate Mackenzie


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