Comments from Tokyo, Japan
Donald Trump is known as a supporter of fossil fuels and an enemy of renewable energy. His administration has been creating roadblocks for wind power while encouraging increased production and use of oil, gas and coal. However, his war of Continue reading
In July 2025, Anno Takahiro, the leader of the new political part Team Mirai, won a seat in the House of Councillors (Upper House) election in Japan. The party has been described as technocratic and focuses on subjects such as Continue reading
Today, after a one week test, I returned the Hyundai Ioniq 5. Yesterday I did an extended test drive to one of my favourite parts of Japan, the Izu peninsula. I often go there for bike rides to take pictures. Continue reading
The economic case for coal is collapsing. The only bid for the right to mine 167 million tons of coal on US federal land came from a Navajo tribe-owned company that bid $186,000, i.e. 1/10 of 1 cent per ton Continue reading
It s time to replace my Prius hybrid with a battery electric vehicle (BEV). Later this month I will be test driving a Hyundai Ioniq 5 for a couple of days to make up my mind. My only experience with Hyundai Continue reading
The city of Fukuoka in Kyushu, Japan has announced a project designed to produce electricity from osmosis, a process involving two liquids with different concentrations of dissolved substances ( Japanese Power Plant Turns Saltwater Into Electricity—and It’s a Glimpse Into the Continue reading
Three years ago I wrote about how Reiwa Shinsengumi, often described as a left-wing populist party, and its leader Yamamoto Tarō refused to condemn Russia s brutal invasion of Ukraine, instead spreading Russian propaganda narratives that perversely blamed the war on Continue reading
Yesterday Donald Trump swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America. On the same day he issued an executive order to deny citizenship rights to children born in America if their parents weren t legally resident Continue reading
The Japanese government is preparing a new energy plan that seeks to grow renewable energy, but its goals fall far short of what other major industrial countries are doing. By the year 2040, fifteen years from now, some 40-50% of Continue reading
Today I came across an article about Altech Batteries Limited s Sodium Chloride Solid State (SCSS) Battery. So I also went to their website and it sounded very interesting until I got to this statement: The battery plant will produce 1,666 Continue reading