The US “Clean Cities” initiative: A smart way to reduce both pollutants and propaganda
For several decades the US government has done something intelligent (!) that didn’t cost much money (!!) that is actually having a true positive environmental benefit (!!!). This benefit is the sort of common sense goal that environmental expenditures should be aiming for – the program in question is cleaning the air of US […]
Media manipulation: can’t stop it, but that doesn’t mean you have to fall for it
You might find on this website, if you’re curious enough, some substantial and dare I say unhinged railing at poor media messaging, or manipulated media messaging. It’s pathetic – the railing, not the media – because it is what it is and there’s no use complaining about it. The smart thing to do is […]
Brexit: markets react first, think later; oil caught up in lemming race
The world was blessed to view an unprecedented diplomatic one-act play recently, in the form of the British vote to leave the European Union. Not much of interest in that story from an energy perspective, but since there was an impact on commodity prices it’s worth following the story for a minute. When these […]
Saudi Arabia tries to lessen reliance on oil, as long as the Ferraris don’t have to go
Generally we don’t know much about Saudi Arabia except that it’s hot, it has so much oil you can find it with a shovel, and it has single handedly kept the world’s useless luxury goods industry afloat. As it turns out, things have been changing in the country and we’re all going to be […]
An oil pricing primer: How did we get here and what is the “right” price for gasoline?
For the average consumer, oil prices really don’t mean anything, because the only explanations people get are from the common media outlets who feel obliged to add an explanation to any oil price movement. They of course have no clue, but pretend to, which makes consumers ignore the whole topic as being beyond them. […]
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