The Trump administration’s decision to rescind student visas from those whose courses are going to be held entirely online have most Americans shaking their heads, in shame and bewilderment Part of this is simple decency. “We are being looked at …
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From: Goya Foods’ Wikipedia page: On July 9, 2020, following a White House roundtable with Hispanic business and political leaders from across the nation, Goya Foods CEO Robert Unanue said the country was “blessed” to have Donald Trump as president. In response, Twitter users including Democratic U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and …
From this piece in InsuranceBusinessMag.com: Subsidiaries of both Talanx and Munich Re were named on Trans Mountain’s certificate of insurance – they are among 11 companies offering $508 million of liability insurance for the 12-month period up to August 31, …
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So begins this article in Forbes: As mask-wearing becomes a political flashpoint—despite coronavirus cases spiking to record levels across the country—new research from Goldman Sachs suggests a national mask mandate would slow the growth rate of new coronavirus infections and …
A National Mask Mandate Could Save The U.S. Economy $1 Trillion, Goldman Sachs Says Read More »
As shown here, ExxonMobil ostensibly wants to keep me up to date on the future of energy in my state, and suggests via the photograph, without the least bit of sincerity, that it may come in the form of algal …
Capacity factor is a percentage, calculated by dividing the unit’s actual electricity output by the maximum possible output, i.e., it’s a measurement of how fully a unit’s capacity is used. Nuclear has a huge CF, because, except for downtime for …
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My stock broker sent me his company’s quarterly report that, as usual, is so bland and noncommittal as to be very difficult to stay awake through. I never put too much faith in this type of forecasting, and especially not …
Some of the short videos on the pros and cons of renewable energy that I made back in 2012 have gotten a decent number of views; the one below has over 166K. Unfortunately, most of these people aren’t exactly the …
From this article: Alabama Power to Increase Fossil Fuel Use, Delays Solar Request: Alabama regulators voted today to give the go-ahead to Alabama Power Company’s request to add almost 2 million megawatts of energy from natural gas sources to its …
As often mentioned here, I heartily recommend the long-running weekly podcast “The Energy Gang” to anyone wishing to keep up with the technological, economic, and political trends in the international energy industry.
