ASP ICYMI – Iran diplomacy, Helmand challenge, Pakistan crisis – and more

Iran holds considerable cards in its threats to global energy supplies. A war over the Strait of Hormuz would be an asymmetric war.

ASP ICYMI – DOD spending on oil, Iran nuke issues, Afghanistan 1% and more

Tom Murphy, a physics professor at UC San Diego, has an interesting post, “The Energy Mix that will help us Survive without Fossil Fuels” on Oil Price, about what our future energy mix might look like.

ASP ICYMI – Afghanistan cold-snap, Russia on Libya, Pakistan and Fusion energy

Did you know that one of the first attempts at ‘fracking’ for shale gas used a nuclear weapon? In Colorado in 1969, the government tried to release natural gas using a nuclear weapon. That’s weird.