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The Economics of Moving Oil Through Hormuz Now Resemble Cocaine Smuggling
What does moving over 10 million barrels per day at a freight cost of nearly $40/barrel mean strategically? Syndicated from: Gabriel Collins, “The Economics of Moving Oil Through Hormuz Now Resemble Cocaine Smuggling: What Does Moving Over 10 Million Barrels per Day at a Freight Cost of Nearly $40/Barrel Mean Strategically?,” The Sinews of Civilization: Fire, Food, Water, Force (Substack), November 9, 2026, https://gabrielcollins.substack.com/p/hormuz-oil-shipping-cocaine-smuggling. Periodic…
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Electricity Powers National Security—Can America’s Grid Meet the Moment?
Game manager quarterbacks will have to learn the “no huddle” offense Syndicated from Gabriel Collins, “Electricity Powers National Security—Can America’s Grid Meet the Moment?,” The Sinews of Civilization, Substack, 2 November 2026, https://gabrielcollins.substack.com/p/electricity-powers-national-security What is the most underappreciated physical enabler of national power? These days, electricity sits near the top of the list. When it’s abundant and reliable, climate control works, factories hum, and water…
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Slower Starlink Equals Longer War in Ukraine
Want escalation, accelerated deployment of autonomous AI weapons, and erosion of US defense sales? Throttling Starlink is a way to get there. The recent manipulation of Starlink service used by the Ukrainian military is consequential. At the global strategic level, it raises serious questions about the risks of single-point dependence on a company run by a capricious individual. For Ukraine, it poses multiple very immediate…
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The Cost of Chaos
Gabriel Collins examines how unpredictable foreign policy erodes trust, weakens US alliances, and undermines the enduring power of shared strategic purpose.
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The Data Center Industry Needs Its Own FracFocus-Style Transparency Initiative
Introducing ComputeFocus, a proposal for facility-level data center disclosure of electricity demand, water consumption, cooling methods, and water sources, inspired by FracFocus.
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What China and India Learned From the Last Global Energy Crisis
Explore what China and India learned from the last global energy crisis—and how those lessons shape energy security, resilience, and policy today.
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