Energy and Capital Archives

We’re Now Drilling for Watts, NOT Oil

Written by Keith Kohl
Posted February 9, 2026

Traditional geothermal is more like mining a naturally occurring reservoir. You go where the hot water already wants to flow. However, enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) are flipping this model...

Gold Crash? Think Again

Written by Keith Kohl
Posted February 8, 2026

Gold Crash? Think Again

Tapping into the AI Superhighway

Written by Keith Kohl
Posted February 4, 2026

You don’t need me to tell you that Project Genesis will create plenty of obvious beneficiaries. However, the real winners tend to be the ones that become mandatory for success — the ones that...

Trump Takes On China’s Critical Mineral Dominance (And He’s Not Alone!)

Written by Keith Kohl
Posted February 4, 2026

The February 2026 alignment between President Trump and the EU feels less like a press event and more like a new Cold War had ignited. So what happened?

Trump Launches His Manhattan Project 2.0

Written by Keith Kohl
Posted February 2, 2026

Formally launched as the Genesis Mission, it’s designed to turn American science into a system that runs at machine speed. 

The Real Gold Story: Corrections Or Collapse?

Written by Keith Kohl
Posted February 1, 2026

Gold isn’t some tech moonshot stock, nor is it a speculative novelty; it’s the undisputed safe haven asset that people flock to in times of trouble...

A Drilling Boom Nobody Sees Coming (Not Oil!)

Written by Keith Kohl
Posted January 29, 2026

Instead of chasing hydrocarbons, soon those drillers will be harvesting temperature. That's the core bulish case for EGS. Let me explain...

The Oil Stocks to Own When the Permian Peaks

Written by Keith Kohl
Posted January 28, 2026

The real hidden Permian gems — the ones people tend to ignore until the narrative breaks — look different on paper. They’re the quieter operators with large blocks of contiguous acreage...

$100 Silver Is Screaming, But $10,000 Gold Will Be King

Written by Keith Kohl
Posted January 26, 2026

The easiest way to understand the gold setup for 2026 is to forget the romance for a moment and look at the buyer base.

Trump’s Great Reactor Revival

Written by Keith Kohl
Posted January 25, 2026

Trump bluntly admitted that the U.S. needs an absurd amount of new electricity to feed the AI economy, and that the grid is too old to carry the weight.

Twilight Comes to the U.S. Shale Patch

Written by Keith Kohl
Posted January 22, 2026

If you’ve been waiting for a sign that oil is too cheap for our drillers, this is it. Hamm recently announced that Continental is officially halting Bakken drilling for the first time in about 30...

The Inevitable Push to $5,000 Gold

Written by Keith Kohl
Posted January 21, 2026

Given gold’s historic run over the last two years, you don’t need me to tell you that when the world starts getting cautious over governments turning their money printers on high, the smart...