by Isaac Cubillos | Aug 25, 2026 | Energy
There is an old rule in journalism: when everybody is staring at the shiny thing, look behind it. The shiny thing these days is artificial intelligence. AI apps write. Generators make pictures. Computers create video, write software and answer questions. Wall Street...
by Isaac Cubillos | Aug 24, 2026 | Energy
I didn’t realize it at the time, but I was looking at a water crisis. I was in Colorado in June, driving through the Rockies, looking up at mountains that ought to have been wearing considerably more white. There was snow up there. Just not much of it. I took a...
by Isaac Cubillos | Jul 10, 2026 | Energy
There are two kinds of people in this country. The first kind can tell you the horsepower of a 1969 Camaro, the caliber of the rifle their grandfather carried in World War II, and probably the batting average of the Yankees’ cleanup hitter. The second kind knows...
by Isaac Cubillos | May 13, 2026 | Energy
Gas prices are like rattlesnakes in the Southwest. You usually hear them before they bite you. Oil crossed back above $100 a barrel this week, and while Wall Street traders may shrug and CNBC talking heads may holler about “market stabilization,” regular Americans are...
by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 14, 2026 | Energy
April 15, 2026 Update: at 9:30 a.m. Eastern, Rich Starry and other Chinese-owned ships reversed course and are now in Iranian water back inside the Persian Gulf. U.S. Central Command says all ships have now either stopped or reversed courses. Update: At 11 a.m....
by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 9, 2026 | Energy
Ceasefire headlines sent oil plunging. Reality sent it roaring back. Welcome to the new war—fought in shipping lanes, not just battlefields. There’s trouble in River City. Not the kind with pool halls and marching bands—this one runs through the Strait of Hormuz,...
