The reader who sent me this asks, “Why don’t pictures like this ever trend?” It’s because everyone who has even a basic understanding of the world oil market knows that this is pure stupidity, aimed at the most uneducated Americans …
Category: Fossil Fuels
Why “Drill, Baby, Drill” Isn’t Taking Us Anywhere
In his latest article in Forbes, energy analyst Robert Rapier explains why “Drill, Baby, Drill” is unlikely to have a substantial impact on oil production. “There’s a total disconnect between Trump’s desire to lower gasoline prices and any incentive for …
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Texas?
Most Americans’ perceptions of Texas are fairly negative, insofar as the state is known for Big Oil, cruelty to immigrants, and its status as the death penalty capital of the United States. But what about Austin, the south’s Mecca of …
Tagged with: Big Oil
Litigation Aimed at Environmental Protection
The environmental action group One5c.com points out that Trump’s efforts to trash our planet so as to benefit the fossil fuel industry are often unsuccessful. They write: The good news is that climate and public health advocates have been keeping a …
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How Much Environmental Damage Can We Inflict Over the Next Four Years?
Actually, there is no way to answer that question with any real accuracy, though here is a data point: If confirmed by the senate, Doug “Drill Baby Drill” Burgum will be serving as the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, overseeing …
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Biden Should Pardon Steven Donziger, Incarcerated for Defending the People of Ecuador Against Chevron
Please see this, and donate if you care to. More details on his Wikipedia page. If I were to run out of gas, I’d rather push my car to the next gas station than fill it at Chevron.
Gasoline
The United States, at 13.4 million barrels/day, is by far the largest supplier of crude in the world. Saudi Arabia is second at 10.8 million barrels/day.
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Disinformation on Domestic Oil Production
Apparently, there are people who don’t understand that the United States produces more crude oil than any country on Earth, at any time in world history.
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The Cost of Coal
Here at 2GreenEnergy we’ve discussed the externalities of fossil fuel consumption hundreds of times since our inception in 2009. An externality is a term in economics, meaning the costs associated with transactions that are shifted off to unwary third parties. …
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What It Means to Be “Pro-Natural Gas”
I had to laugh when a reader sent me the meme here, because I spent most of my career in marketing, writing statements intended to win people over. I hope my own weren’t this ludicrous, however. What does it mean …
Tagged with: natural gas
