Category: Fossil Fuels

As shown in the video below, submitted by Gary Tulie, Harvard University reports that coal dust and the exhaust from coal-fired power plants killed at least 460,000 people over the last 20 years. Where we tend to think of coal-powered …

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I’m not privy to the strategic planning that goes on in the executive suite of the world’s oil giants, but it appears obvious: a) Use price gouging to make as much profit as possible in the short-term. b) Invest in …

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This cartoon by “Stines” reminds us that, when they grow up, naughty kids turn into bad adults who have no compunction about destroying the planet’s capacity to support life, if that’s what’s required to make them rich.

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Reader Marv Werlinger writes: I like reliable power. Coal and nuclear. Hydro-electric, very good. Limit wind and solar because they are reliably unreliable when you need them most. Keep oil and gas. We can’t afford not to keep our energy …

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Here’s a cool pic of a defunct gas station. Perhaps it’s also a visual metaphor for our civilization’s phasing out of fossil fuels in favor of renewable energy.

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From the American Energy Society:  US supermajor Chevron acquired Hess for $53 billion two weeks after Exxon Mobil purchased Pioneer Natural Resources for $60 billion and while BP doubled its YOY profits ($27B). Note: Many SMEs believe the sector’s historic performance is far …

One Cost Item No Longer Necessary for Big Oil: Public Relations Read More »

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Warren Buffett still buys oil and gas companies. His rationale, as he explains here by means of a comparison, is that he owns positions in Walmart, even though they sell cigarettes. In other words, he laughs off the moral aspect …

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You may be wondering about the latest propaganda coming out of the American Petroleum Institute, one of the major lobbying groups for Big Oil. Well, it’s this attempt to convince us that government is forcing us away from fossil fuels, …

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Most people in developed countries today disbelieve in the concept of hell, i.e., a place of everlasting punishment to which the souls of unrepentant evil-doers descend after death, even though Christ clearly believed in it, as inferred from his detailed …

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From this ad:  Attention Accredited Investors: Have you ever considered investing in Oil & Gas? Yes, I did.  In fact, in the early 1980s, I was a consultant to a company that owned Chevron stations all over Northern California. That …

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