US Bombs Somalia for 47th Time This Year

Japan Breaks The 'Debt Causes Inflation' Narrative Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, A dollar today buys nearly twice as many Japanese yen as it did fifteen years ago. Crude oil, in yen terms, is up roughly 70% year to date. Food prices are similarly elevated. Japan imports most of the energy and much of the food it consumes, paying for it in dollars that keep getting more expensive. Those facts alone should lead us to conclude Japan has an inflation problem. As if those factors weren't enough, add their debt overhang,...

"Data Centers Require Reliable And Predictable Energy": Riot Partners With Terrestrial Energy Riot platforms announced a collaboration with Terrestrial Energy to pair future data centers with co-located nuclear reactors. The two companies are evaluating deploying Terrestrial’s Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) plants to existing Riot facilities in Texas and Kentucky, as well as multiple other potential sites.  The headline comes on the same morning as reactor development peer NANO Nuclear announced a strategic MOU with Supermicro… NANO Nuclear Soars On Strategic MOU With Supermicro For Powering AI Data Centers https://t.co/8evwYdhjZC — zerohedge (@zerohedge)...

Drone-Attack Simulation Exposed A Grid Vulnerability By Robert Walton of UtilityDive U.S. electric utilities need new tools and regulatory authorizations to protect the power grid from drone attacks, experts and industry groups say. The issue has taken on new urgency recently. The Department of Homeland Security reportedly urged U.S. energy companies to increase security in response to potential threats from Iran, which has successfully used drones to target American military personnel and assets since the U.S. and Israel launched a war against Iran on Feb. 28. But power grid asset owners and operators...