New Climate Report Sparks Outrage

Climate sceptics are calling it “organised crime,” a “coup d’état,” and “worse than Climategate.” Their target is a new report from the US National Academies of Sciences about extreme weather attribution. I had a look at it, and I understand why they’re unhappy.

Russia Is Drilling 8 km Down to Prove Oil Never Runs Out

Putin's former thesis advisor is convinced that oil never runs out, and Russia is now drilling 8 kilometres into the ground to prove him right. Is there really infinite oil down there, or is Russia about to end up with a very expensive hole? Let's take a look.

The Truth About China’s Green Energy Industry

Over the past few years, China has invested heavily in its renewable energy sector. In 2025, the country built enough energy capacity to power Germany twice over, with the vast majority of that capacity coming from solar and wind power. But while it’s invested in green energy, Beijing has also continued building coal and nuclear power plants – this dichotomy has led to some people hailing China as a green energy leader, while other accuse the country of “greenwashing.” What’s actually happening? Let’s take a look.

We have given up on climate change and that’s bad

It seems clear that we have given up on trying to stop climate change. It worries me profoundly, not so much because of climate change itself, but because of what it says about our collective ability to make intelligent decisions.

Is it pointless now to fight climate change?

I’d much rather only bring you good news, but I feel like I can’t just be quiet about this unfolding climate disaster. I no longer believe that we are able to keep the damage manageable by reducing emissions, and so all signs point to geoengineering. Remarkably enough, most climate scientists now think the same. Let’s have a look.

What is going on in Europe

In which I air my frustration about how much Europe has fallen behind.

This Is What Happens After A Nuclear War.

The Doomsday clock, which symbolically measures how close the world is to nuclear war, is currently at 89 seconds until midnight – the closest it’s ever been. Over the past few years, we’ve also heard two presidents discuss the “nuclear option.” This is all to say that the world is surprisingly close to nuclear war. We’ve just become numb to that reality. But what happens after the nuclear bombs go off? Let’s take a look.

Trump's Budget Cuts: Is US Science About to Collapse?

We’re more than 100 days into the new Trump administration, and the president has made a lot of changes to federal science funding in the U.S. – budgets have been slashed, people have been fired, and 75% of American scientists are apparently considering leaving the country. What does all this mean for the future of science? Let’s take a look.

Everyone Is Giving Up On Climate Goals

With the Trump administration fully in control of the U.S., it appears that the tides are changing in the climate change discussion. The White House has already withdrawn from the Paris climate agreement, Trump wants to end what he’s calling “the green new scam,” and corporations around the world are abandoning their carbon neutrality pledges. How will this affect the climate change situation? Let’s take a look.

Sam Altman Thinks We Need To Change Our Social Contract

Recently, social media has been circulating a clip of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discussing the idea that we will need to reconfigure society as we continue to improve AI. Is that true? What does it even mean? And how will the emergence of a truly intelligent AI reshape our society? Let’s take a look.

What Everyone Gets Wrong about AI

Most politicians totally misunderstand the trouble that artificial intelligence is going to bring. This isn’t a race for profit, it’s a race for power. And that power will be in the hands of a few very rich people. Does that sound like a good future?

German Techno-Realist vs American Techno-Optimist

Billionaire and Silicon Valley venture capitalist Marc Andreessen released a 5000 word essay coined the “Techno-Optimist Manifesto”, which covers his views of the world from the perspective of a “techno-optimist”. I read it so you don't have to.

Why I'm embarrassed to be German

In this video I want to make a personal statement to explain why I'm unhappy about the way that my country has been developing. Germany is not what it used to be.

Climate Change Violates Human Rights, Court Finds

An increasing number of people and organizations have sued their governments into acting on climate change, a emerging field of law known as "climate litigation". Are their cases successful? What are the potential consequences? Let’s have a look.

Time to get real about climate change

'm tired of both overly optimistic messages from climate activists and scare stories of the impending apocalypse. It's about time we get realistic. "Net zero” by 2050 is not a realistic goal and it's about time we admit it. I am afraid that many plans that are eating up money are fuelled by wishful thinking rather than by rational thought. Let’s have a look.

Scandal over Nuclear Phase-Out in Germany: What We Know

A recent investigation has revealed that the final steps in phasing out nuclear power in Germany was partly based on false information. And doesn’t look like it was a mistake, but a deliberate rewriting of what was originally accurate information. The ministry denies everything. A quick summary of what we know.

I thought Electric Cars Were the Future. I Changed my Mind.

I thought electric vehicles were the future of transportation. Not so much because they're clean, but because many car enthusiasts love them for their powerful acceleration. However, it's becoming increasingly clear that the necessary upgrades to the electric grid aren't going anywhere near fast enough to get the transition done according to plan. This is why I believe now we'll likely see a shift to hybrids in the near future.

Institute for Extinction Risk Shuts Down: What We Know

The Future of Humanity Institute announced last week that they have shut down. Located at the University of Oxford in the UK prior to its demise, the institute was one of the few places worldwide studying the risk of human extinction and a few other controversial research areas. Let’s have a look at the events leading to the institute’s closure.

Sulphur as Energy Storage -- Gamechanger?

For decades we have seen scientists and engineers trying to outdo each other in finding more efficient and cheaper ways of storing energy. A group from the German Aerospace Center now says that sulphur is the way forward. Let’s have a look

Climate Change Mitigation Plans Unrealistic and Potentially Dangerous, New Study Says

Some people have called me a doomer. Others call me a pessimist. Personally, I think I’m a realist. If I look at the plans that most nations have made to limit their contribution to climate change, I think it just isn’t going to happen. The people making these plans are either ill-informed, delusional, or lying, or maybe all of the above.

Now there’s a new publication just out of the University of Melbourne in Australia that, according to the press release has revealed a “huge climate mitigation challenge” and claims that the IPCC has overestimated how much carbon dioxide removal can realistically accomplish. Yes. Let’s have a look.