Mathijs was born in Geleen,
The Netherlands, and still lives there. He graduated from Hogeschool Zuyd in
2003 where he studied information technology. Before becoming a writer in 2012,
Mathijs has been independent in all his endeavors, he worked for multinational Philips, communication
technology company Royal KPN,
and pension fund investor APG (3rd
largest in the world) as an IT specialist. Mathijs also owned a business for
four years, again specializing in IT. In 2009 Mathijs started working on a new
scouting method for a professional sports organization, which was based on
defining measurable metrics and statistical analyses, the culmination of which
was a noticeable increase in attendance and overall scoring ability. In 2012, driven
by a keen interest in science and technology, Mathijs decided to switch to
writing about energy and climate change. His prime motivation for writing about these matters comes from a sense of responsibility, to leave this planet a better place than he found it.
Mathijs specializes in
total-sum energy calculations, communicating climate change science, and
writing polemics on energy and science in politics.
In 2015 Mathijs published Highway to Dystopia, in 2016 he
published Science a la Carte and the non-solutions project
Mathijs writes rebuttals to
truth claims regarding renewable and nuclear energy juxtapositions on his blog
"the clouded head's blog"
“Beware the irrational, however seductive.
Shun the 'transcendent' and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate
yourself. Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don't be
afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish. Picture all experts as if they were
mammals. Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and
disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for
silence. Suspect your own motives, and
all excuses. Do not live for others any more than you would expect others to
live for you.”
