Archive - Robert Bryce

How LBJ Wired The Texas Hill Country

This excerpt from my book, A Question of Power, recounts Lyndon Johnson’s pivotal role in the creation of what is now the world’s largest electric…

Nov 14

Uranium Unchained

SMR Intelligence Update #2: A primer on nuclear fuels, from LEU to TRISO; Plus another IPO in the works & the SMR company count keeps climbing.

Nov 10

Facebook Takes A Page From Enron's Playbook

From Chewco to Beignet: Almost exactly 24 years after Enron imploded, Meta/Facebook is using a super-complex bond deal to finance its AI buildout. Have…

Nov 7

A Tale Of Two Bills

Bill Gates’ rebuke to climate catastrophism has thrown the NGO-corporate-industrial-media-academic-climate complex into a sphincter-puckered snit. Why…

Nov 3 •

October 2025

The Alt-Energy Rumble Down Under

The IPA’s new database shows 150 instances of community opposition to alt-energy projects in Australia. Plus, global solar rejections hit a record, and…

Oct 30

SMR Sector Continues Red-Hot Streak With 5 IPOs

Here’s the first edition of SMR Intelligence Update, with IPO news, additions to SMR Intelligence US, & the latest on China's ACP100.

Oct 23

Five Quick Interviews From The Texas Nuclear Summit

Plus, two media hits, a graphic that illustrates China's dominance of rare earths, and why the nuclear sector needs REEs.

Oct 17 •

And Now, SMR Intelligence Global

Last month, we published an in-depth guide to the US companies vying to deploy small modular reactors. Here’s the first comprehensive compendium of the…

Oct 16

China Inc. Tightens The Rare-Earth Noose

The new restrictions directly target US defense, AI, and semiconductors.

Oct 10

Shrinking Fission

The competition to deploy small modular reactors is fierce and it’s global. My new mini-documentary gives a fast-paced tour of the promise and…

Oct 7 •

AI Hype Is Jumping The (Virtual) Shark

Fermi’s $14.8 billion IPO and Sam Altman’s absurd claims about OpenAI’s future power needs are proof that the AI era has entered the silly season.

Oct 3

Forget the government shutdown. America's biggest problem is Washington’s refusal to address our $37.3 trillion debt. Ferguson’s Law is poised to exact…

Oct 1

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