Meantime, shale gas is emerging as the king of utility power markets.
And one man, Vichai Raksriaksorn, founder and CEO of King Power, reigns over all of that business.
Much is made of the power play between the King of Jerusalem (a leper in a metal mask), his exotic and plainly loopy sister (Eva Green), his military adviser (Jeremy Irons), and a brace of leering villains (Marton Csokas and Brendan Gleeson).
If the demise of nuclear does mean the return of King Coal to power, it is unlikely to be German coal.
Few monarchs can boast outright power like King Mswati III of Swaziland.
King Abdullah has moved to curb the power of hardline clerics by, amongst other things, limiting the fatwas they can issue.
"Most of the time, a king is the one who has all the executive power to do things, while the queen is mostly in charge of the children's affairs and reporting to the king, " she says.
Of course, the goal had been precisely that--to convey to all visiting ambassadors the power and majesty of the French King.
To try to reach Seoul's numbers, King Power hired airport retail consultants and conducted surveys of passenger behavior.
Mr King will have influence only if he ends up holding the balance of power.
Although Abacha is now dead, 'King Baabu' has lost nothing of its topicality as similar figures remain in power in many countries in Africa and all over the world.
Sir David King, Tony Blair's chief scientist, recently argued that one further generation of nuclear power stations is needed (in Britain at least) to buy time, in order to keep down emissions of carbon dioxide, the chief greenhouse gas, while new carbon-free non-nuclear technologies are developed.
And at his new employer, which tests and repairs power-generation systems world-wide, Mr. King says he applies many of the same electrical skills he used during his 10 years in the Navy.
King Abdullah is unlikely to choose one of his own sons as second in line, even though the power of the Sudairi bloc to resist it has been weakened by the deaths of Sultan and Nayef.
The bulk of the country has been ruled by a monarchist dynasty since the 17th century, with King Mohammed VI holding power since 1999.
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