How Low Oil Prices Can Be Good for the Environment
Santa delivered Americans a holiday gift of lower oil prices. Environmentalists can enjoy this gift as well. Here's why:
View ArticleCheap Gas Prices: Good or Bad?
Or could it maybe possibly be a little of both? My local gas station is selling gas for $1.89 a gallon, which is incredibly cheap. Here's a superficial analysis -- off the top of my head -- of why...
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oil and gasoline stores at record high; why usage is falling...& a...
a number of on again, off again, stories that Russia was planning to meet with the members of the OPEC cartel to negotiate production cuts drove oil prices higher this week, but even now it's still not...
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new record for oil and gasoline stores, a record drop in the US rig count,...
it seems we set a number of records, or encountered some unusual outliers, this week...first, we have new highs in both the amount of crude oil and the amount gasoline in storage, which isn't too...
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oil bounces off 13 year low, the coming Chesapeake bankruptcy, another record...
it was yet another volatile week for oil prices, as the price swings we saw last week continued in heavy trading that saw an average of 1.5 million thousand barrel contracts change hands daily on the...
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Russian-OPEC deal, Deloitte on bankruptcies, why our oil output has held up,...
an agreement between Russia and a handful of OPEC countries to freeze oil production pretty much dominated most of the news out of the oil patch this week...in a well publicized secret meeting between...
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oil rallies despite record glut, oil imports at a two year high; natural gas...
oil prices have been moving up over the past few weeks and added another 10% to their prior gains this week, as traders are apparently looking past news of record inventories that would normally send...
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US rig count at a record low while US oil stores at a record high; global...
well, we've finally done it:never before in the history of the US oil and gas industry was there so little drilling going on as there was in the week just ended...the graph above, from an article on...
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US oil supplies down 1st time in 8 weeks, oil+products glut at a record high,...
US oil prices rose more than 10% over the last three days of this week after the EIA reported that US crude oil supplies fell for the first time in 8 weeks, and after the on again / off again OPEC -...
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Ignore McKibben
Bill McKibben, noted environmental activist, has a post up in politico where he appears to be stirring the pot for Bernie Sanders again.The Clinton Campaign Is Obstructing Change to the Democratic...
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IAN: Saturday, 4th of March, 2017: Should we ask for money?
And if I do, which way should I do it?This is the Itzl Alert Network.(Itzl is the name of the dog in the picture.)We publish a diary here every day,just before midnight.This group is here for us to...
View ArticleTrump Gaslights America about Gas prices to celebrate 4th of July
FACT UPFRONTGas prices were lower than today’s prices several times in the past decade.Amid the mania of Trump tweeting, this one passed millions of computer screens on the 4th of JulyxGas prices are...
View ArticleHow America Reduced Violent Crime - The Untold Story
If you listen to Republicans, there’s more crime than ever; we need to take the handcuffs off our police (except the FBI!!!), control our borders, ramp up the war on drugs, and start throwing people...
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Good Politics Trump Good Policy? (What did you pay at the pump?)
When it comes to energy prices, gasoline has been and remains the most visceral touch point for Americans (and, well, likely drivers around the world). Few really connect the turning on of a light bulb...
View ArticleElectric Beats Gas
An electric car beat all gas cars in a race. The Volkswagen ID R, a custom built electric race car, set the new record for the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, beating not only all of the...
View ArticleWho Loves Oil? We All Love Oil!
"It's like saying, 'I'm a big old fat guy, and food prices have dropped — it's time to start eating again,'"I drive a 4-cyl SUV, which gets about 32-34 mpg under most conditions. It’s great for me...
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15 million gallons of gas made from Saudi crude are sold in the US every day
What ever happened to “energy independence?”When gasoline prices spiked to over $4.00 a gallon in 2008 and 2012, “energy independence”was Big Oil’s favorite political marketing slogan Americans were...
View ArticleFrench roads blocked by 'yellow-vest' anti-fuel-tax protesters. One dead....
Demonstrators in neon yellow vests, like the kind worn by French roadway workers, blocked major autoroutes and intersections across the country, on Saturday, to protest a new climate-change carbon tax...
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The Case for Deploying Underwater Nuclear Reactors to Remote Exclusive...
by Marcel F. Williams Centrally mass produced underwater commercial nuclear reactors could be safely deployed to remote US territorial waters in order to provide all of America's energy, fertilizer,...
View ArticleAnalysis: Oil market glut will lead to declining prices through 2020 by Dr....
With the OPEC-Russia meeting ahead, the price of oil is at a crossroad.The full article is here→www.daily-times.com/… “President Trump wants lower prices for gasoline at the pump and the Democratic...
View Article7/17 Open Thread: The Willful Poisoning of a Generation
I somewhat cribbed that title from a vaguely remembered piece abut how the USA's fascination with chemical based farming and food preservation as well as chemically enhanced foods was, in essence, a...
View ArticleGood news for the environment as auto manufacturers start to see gas as a...
The last few years have been quite good for electric car manufacturer Tesla. Rising in popularity and sales, the electric vehicle has received solid reviews from end-users and has become both a hot new...
View ArticleIdiots at the pumps: Panic gasoline buying in the Southeast
Short-term price gouging and shortages prompt panic gas buying and hoarding as a result of the Russian gang ransomware attack on one pipeline.xGas stations in several states are out of fuel and AAA...
View ArticleThe Great Gasoline Panic
Gasoline prices have reached upwards of $2.80 a gallon here in the South, in part due to fears surrounding a cyber attack, meaning that Costcos and Sam’s Clubs lanes have become virtual parking lots....
View ArticleWhite House looks to reassure gasoline panic buyers as Colonial Pipeline...
As panic buying empties some East Coast gas stations due to consumer worry over the multi-day closure of the Colonial Pipeline, the Biden administration is feeling compelled to reassure the public that...
View ArticleDe Santis causes gasoline panic in Florida by declaring "State of Emergency"
Ron De Satan (damn auto correct) has again created pandemonium in paradise by declaring a “state of emergency” in Florida, creating the kind of chaos we have become accustomed to in this weird, wild...
View ArticleThe media worries about how Biden will survive a 'crisis' that is completely...
On Thursday morning, gas stations throughout the Southeast are … pretty normal. Overnight, lines and shortages seem to have evaporated. Even though regional supplier Colonial Pipeline says that it will...
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The Definitive Guide to Addressing High Gas Prices
I wrote this for my conservative friends on Facebook who insist that Joe Biden is responsible for the sharp increase in gasoline prices. As a bit of background, I have conservative friends because I...
View ArticleGOP policies cause inflation: how to message it (monopolies, investor housing...
We know we’re not the only ones to be outraged by the way the media have been painting Democrats as the culprits of the recent inflationary spiral in 2021, but the question is what do we do about it?...
View ArticleElectricity Rules the Road
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View ArticleGasoline Prices. How much more are you willing to pay to try to hurt Putin?
There’s certainly plenty of talk from the punditry about the really big sanction against Putin.Cease imports of Russian oil.Just read that Joe Manchin is willing to pay 10 cents/gallon more, because...
View ArticleToday in NEWS THEY WON'T HEAR ON FOX: 1970's Gas Crisis Throwback Edition
I recently started posting little blurbs in the comments of Facebook posts of The White House and a number of other Democratic people and organizations.I figured that most of the RWNJ comments have...
View ArticleWhy gasoline prices are a fraud on us all, and here is the solution that will...
Reputable and unreputable outlets instill in us that oil shortages justifying gasoline price hikes are justified. The price hikes are a fraud.Gasoline fraudxxYouTube VideoWatch Politics Done Right T.V....
View ArticleMY ODE TO UKRAINE
AN ODE TO UKRAINEi cannot complain (about my life)when I considerthe hell of U-kraine.my pain or suffering is nothing up against theirs.So… some prayers & some dollars I proffer, in the hope, that...
View ArticleCartoon: Supplying (sort of) our demand
xVimeo VideoWith the horrific war in Ukraine and tough sanctions on Russia, there is a lot of talk of increasing the oil supply. The only trouble is, oil companies don’t particularly want to ramp up...
View ArticleGot some time? Find out who/what controls gas prices. (Hint-not the President...
It’s no secret.America is going to send Democrats down to defeat in the midterms because Biden has caused gas prices to spike and inflation to explode. He’s President after all, so it must be his...
View ArticleJust a reminder, gas cost $5.61 a gallon back in 2008
The media is all aflutter that gas prices are now over $5.00 a gallon. But, if you factor in inflation, the price of a regular gallon of gasoline in 2008, $4.144 in 2008, would cost you $5.61 in...
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How to cut gas prices: Burn less
One part of the high US gas prices is the big increase in the crack spread — the profit refiners take as compared with their input costs — has increased sharply. As a result, refiners are taking just...
View ArticleRepublican strategists are frustrated that gas prices are falling so quickly
According to our entire press corps, the price of gas is a political story. Not a story of world-bending pandemic instabilities, or one of the few sacrifices toward maintaining democracy that the vast...
View ArticleClaims that a significant part of inflation is corporate greed confirmed by...
There is no doubt that prices have increased because of Vladimir Putin’s illegal, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has caused damage to both energy and food markets. And there’s no doubt that prices have...
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Why Is America Still Buying Saudi Oil When We Could Be Self Sufficient?
It’s not even winter yet, and America’s Northeastern states are already experiencing both shortages and price shocks on heating oil. The headline at Bloomberg this week says it all: “New York, New...
View ArticleChevron Doubles Third Quarter Refining Profit to $2.5 Billion
Los Angeles, CA—Chevron, infamous for causing environmental devastation from the Amazon to California, posted refining profits of $2.5 billion dollars in the third quarter of 2022.That almost doubles...
View ArticleGas prices are down, oil production is up, and Russia's threat to energy...
As Russia began positioning forces for an unprovoked invasion of Ukraine at the end of 2021, oil speculators did what oil speculators do in every potentially difficult situation: They drove oil future...
View ArticleMore Good U.S. Economic News Yesterday and Today
The latest economic reports for the U.S. continue to be good. Yesterday, economic growth (real GDP) was revised up to a 2.9% (annual rate) in the third quarter (2nd estimate). Today, the monthly...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest - Science - Youth Activists, Henrietta Lacks, Steven...
Topics in tonight’s diary include:Montana youth take state to court re: climateProposal to award Henrietta Lacks the Congressional Gold Medal“Our Planet II” reviewStephen Hawking — the universe is...
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CA Anti-Gouging Law Has Led To Lower Gasoline Prices, Consumer Watchdog Finds
Los Angeles, CA—California gasoline prices have dropped significantly and stabilized relative to national gas prices in the wake of the Governor’s call, and enactment of, California’s anti-gouging law,...
View ArticleMoney is fungible
Those of you who read conservative/Christian news sources may know what my title is referencing. Within hours of the initial news reports of the Hamas attacks in Southern Israel, the good Christians...
View ArticleLawn Care Goes Electric: Why it’s time to switch to a new generation of...
Environment America, U.S. PIRG, and Frontier Group released a report: Lawn Care Goes Electric: Why it’s time to switch to a new generation of clean, quiet electric lawn equipmentYou may have seen news...
View ArticleIs Trump planning an underhanded October surprise?
It’s been established that Donald Trump stole dozens of boxes filled with classified documents and stored them in his suite at Mar-a-Lago. And it’s been credibly speculated that Trump may have given...
View ArticleDK Preppers: Wednesday, 3rd of April, 2024: What I Am Really Prepping For
Okay, let’s start with this: www.ready.gov/…Hazard Information Sheets: Download the Full Suite or download individual sheets for Active Shooter, Avalanche, Cyberattack, Earthquake, Extreme Heat,...
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