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Bill Spindle
@billspindle.bsky.social
The Energy Adventure(r) on Substack. Ex-senior global correspondent for Cipher News. Former WSJ Japan bureau, global energy, Mideast bureau chief and South Asia bureau chief.
Of AI and Elvis
The Data Center Tour, 2026.
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January 7, 2026 at 2:21 AM
A renewed look at the cost of adapting to the climate fallout from a long and slow transition may eventually lead to a reckoning — and ultimately accelerat the move away from fossil fuels. Read the whole series at The Energy Adventure(r).

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Looking back, looking ahead.
Climate change could cost us. But it doesn’t have to.
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September 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I’ve been taking a hard look at where the energy transition stands, and where it’s going. Here’s the penultimate post on my Substack, The Energy Adventure(r). It’s my suggestions going forward. billspindle.substack.com/p/looking-ba... billspindle.substack.com/p/looking-ba...
Looking back, looking ahead.
Thoughts on the way forward. Sixth in a series.
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September 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Economics are the biggest driver of the #energytransition. #Security is not far behind. At The Energy Adventure(r) I’m looking at where the transition stands, and where it’s going.

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Looking back, looking ahead.
In a rough-and-tumble world, energy transition equals security. Fourth in a series.
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August 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Two things are driving the energy transition. Neither is concern about climate change. That should make you optimistic. Part of my “Looking back, Looking ahead” Substack series after years of traveling around the world to report on energy and climate: billspindle.substack.com/p/looking-ba...
Looking back, looking ahead.
Clean energy put money where its mouth is. The world wants more. Third in a series.
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August 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The second installment of a series of posts at The Energy Adventure(r) looks at the ultimately unstoppable momentum behind the shift away from fossil fuels and towards clean energy. The world isn’t reversing course. It’s adjusting to the inevitable.

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The energy transition is not dead. Second in a series.
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August 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
After 2+ years reporting on the energy transition for @cipherclimate.bsky.social, I’m looking at the state of play.

Lots to cheer, and plenty to worry about.

I’ll post thoughts here.

To get the whole series, subscribe to The Energy Adventure(r).
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Where is the energy transition today? Where is it headed? First in a series.
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August 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM