Enron was bigger than the Theranos scandal, before Theranos existed.

Oh, Enron, I thought—hoped and dreamed?—you were long, long gone, confined to the dustbin of history reserved for seriously fraudulent companies.

But apparently not.

More than two decades after Enron's bankruptcy in December 2001, the company is back. Well, at least an entity using the website Enron.com went public on Monday, announcing Enron's relaunch as "a company dedicated to solving the global energy crisis."

On social media, the company posted a simple message: "We're back. Can we talk?"

I mean, I'd rather not. But you may be wondering—especially if you're under the age of 40—why this is news. Moreover, why is Ars Technica's space editor writing about it? Well, gather round the campfire for a little bit of history, my friends.

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