Methane Rising: The Fuel Nobody Saw Coming

Close-up of a weathered cast-iron gas utility cover embedded in rough concrete, marked “GAS”

Apparently, the future was supposed to run on hydrogen, batteries and a generous supply of technological miracles. Reality, having declined the invitation, has instead handed us methane. It powers ships, trucks, grids and rockets while the wonder drugs remain busy explaining why they will work eventually.

The Business Models We Killed Before They Could Win

Mud-covered off-road vehicle struggling through deep, waterlogged terrain

America spent years preparing to import LNG, then inconveniently discovered it had rather a lot of gas of its own. Now it produces so much that industry is returning home, while LNG trucks remain trapped behind regulations designed, apparently, to protect diesel from the terrifying prospect of competition.