Will’s Substack

The muddled science of MAHA

Don't count on RFK Jr. to make Make America Healthy Again

Aug 31 • 

Will Bates

5

July 2025

Rolls-Royce's small modular reactor

Could the UK company once famous for a luxury car now hold the keys to the SMR conundrum?

Jul 30 • 

Will Bates

12

June 2025

The first official Spanish blackout report

It tries, but can't hide, that renewables were to blame.

Jun 20 • 

Will Bates

5

May 2025

Fragile grids

The exact cause of the Spanish blackout doesn't matter

May 20 • 

Will Bates

12

April 2025

Sleuthing Spanish Solar

Monday's blackout was an accident waiting to happen

Apr 30 • 

Will Bates

26

Coal 2025

The 'War on Coal' was all but over. And then…

Apr 10 • 

Will Bates

4

February 2025

CO₂ goes into rehab

'Dangerous pollutant' for the EPA no more?

Feb 24 • 

Will Bates

7

January 2025

A smog of ineptitude still hovers over L.A.

Some unanswered questions about the fires

Jan 20 • 

Will Bates

6

The Fire This Time

A few quick thoughts about Los Angeles

Jan 10 • 

Will Bates

2

The strange economics of solar

The market has a message for California: Enough, already!

Jan 3 • 

Will Bates

98

November 2024

Hamilton's Start-Up

Inventing industrial policy.

Nov 9, 2024 • 

Will Bates

1

August 2024

Semiconductor Chinoiseries

Part 1. Trade wars are hard to win

Aug 29, 2024 • 

Will Bates

2