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[SalesServiceGuy]

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So is that why hunter's ccp oil Co just got 100millions of gallons from OUR reserve?

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... more fake outrage from the far right.

Buried in the Free Beacon story was the fact that Hunter Biden, the president’s son, had once had business dealings with Sinopec. Rosemont Seneca Bohai, a private equity firm where Biden was principal, invested in a fund generally known as BHR Partners. In 2015, that fund bought a stake in Sinopec Marketing, a Sinopec subsidiary that sells oil products. A Hunter Biden lawyer in 2021 said he “no longer holds any interest, directly or indirectly,” in BHR, though the Washington Examiner reported in March that Chinese records do not yet show that.

Then on Friday, the Federalist, an influential right-wing publication, posted an article headlined with a snappy talking point: “Biden Sold Oil From Emergency Reserves To Chinese Gas Giant Tied To His Scandal-Plagued Son.”

That spurred the congressional tweets. “Hunter is still business partners w/ the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] & they are buying our oil,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) tweeted, linking to the Federalist article. “Can we impeach Joe Biden now???”

You can see how a months-old news release was used to churn up the outrage machine. But here’s why that outrage is misplaced.

Crude oil is an international commodity. Its price is determined by global supply and demand. The Biden administration is trying to increase the supply of oil to help bring down prices that have soared as the United States and its allies have tried to stem purchases of Russian energy products.

[copiertec]

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TX Wind Turbine Struck by Lighting, Turns Into Spinning Wheel of Fire as It Disintegrates

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A wind turbine, is it a form of green energy? Let's think about what is involved in the manufacture and maintenance of a wind turbine
1) A 2- megawatt wind turbine is made up of approximately 260 tons of steel and aluminum that required 300 tons of iron ore and 170 tons of coking coal, all mined, transported and produced by hydrocarbons.

2) Wind turbines hold up to but not limited to700 gallons of oil and hydraulic fluid that will need to be changed on a regular basis

You see all these things exist because of and operate on fossil fuels. Most gullible uneducated people might fall for the idea that we can basically run off of sunshine and breezes alone, but with a few trillion dollars worth of mega- batteries providing back up for a FEW minutes, the windmill could spin until it falls apart over and over again, AND WILL NEVER GENERATE AS MUCH ENERGY AS WAS INVESTED IN BUILDING IT.

do wind turbines contain hydraulic fluid - Google Search
How much cost is involved in building a wind turbine - Google Search

[SalesServiceGuy]

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A wind turbine, is it a form of green energy? Let's think about what is involved in the manufacture and maintenance of a wind turbine
1) A 2- megawatt wind turbine is made up of approximately 260 tons of steel and aluminum that required 300 tons of iron ore and 170 tons of coking coal, all mined, transported and produced by hydrocarbons.

2) Wind turbines hold up to but not limited to700 gallons of oil and hydraulic fluid that will need to be changed on a regular basis

You see all these things exist because of and operate on fossil fuels. Most gullible uneducated people might fall for the idea that we can basically run off of sunshine and breezes alone, but with a few trillion dollars worth of mega- batteries providing back up for a FEW minutes, the windmill could spin until it falls apart over and over again, AND WILL NEVER GENERATE AS MUCH ENERGY AS WAS INVESTED IN BUILDING IT.

do wind turbines contain hydraulic fluid - Google Search
How much cost is involved in building a wind turbine - Google Search

... the direction is set and the world is all in on wind power. Green offshore wind power along the US coastline employees 1,000s of highly paid tradespeople.

On May 8th of this year, California did actually operate for a time on 100% free, renewable energy, selling the excess energy to other nearby states.

[slimslob]

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Fox News Anchor Roasts Stephen Colbert For Being An 'Elitist A**' With Joke About Gas Prices - Analyzing America

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Gas prices hit two-month low in US

[Technocripple]

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A wind turbine, is it a form of green energy? Let's think about what is involved in the manufacture and maintenance of a wind turbine
1) A 2- megawatt wind turbine is made up of approximately 260 tons of steel and aluminum that required 300 tons of iron ore and 170 tons of coking coal, all mined, transported and produced by hydrocarbons.

2) Wind turbines hold up to but not limited to700 gallons of oil and hydraulic fluid that will need to be changed on a regular basis

You see all these things exist because of and operate on fossil fuels. Most gullible uneducated people might fall for the idea that we can basically run off of sunshine and breezes alone, but with a few trillion dollars worth of mega- batteries providing back up for a FEW minutes, the windmill could spin until it falls apart over and over again, AND WILL NEVER GENERATE AS MUCH ENERGY AS WAS INVESTED IN BUILDING IT.

do wind turbines contain hydraulic fluid - Google Search
How much cost is involved in building a wind turbine - Google Search

And not only that, but there is not enough square inches of area on this planet to generate today's usage demands by solar panels, never mind future expansion. How about just engineering chimney scrubbers that clean the exhaust to breathable air and let it go at that?

[SalesServiceGuy]

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And not only that, but there is not enough square inches of area on this planet to generate today's usage demands by solar panels, never mind future expansion. How about just engineering chimney scrubbers that clean the exhaust to breathable air and let it go at that?

... do you have a better plan to create clean renewable energy that can be deployed this year? Scrubbers that can be deployed on industrial smoke stacks have been around for decades.

[Massimo Italy]

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I think this whole ecological transition thing is just a big deal for multinational corporations that need to recoup their investments in these technologies which, as others have observed, are just smoke in the eyes.
politicians around the world want to be remembered in history for those who will save the planet.
but how can you believe that in 15 years things can have changed.
this is an absolutely necessary process but it will take at least 50 years and the technologies that will allow it have yet to be created, or perhaps they already exist but not yet available to the world.
I have no illusions, I observe the facts and they do not convince me.
just to go back to the topic, the price of gasoline in Italy today is 1.91 euros per liter (7,26$ per gallon), and it is a price favored by the government which contributes about 30/50 cents per liter (who will pay them?)
not to mention gas and electricity ..

have a nice day.

Massimo

[Technocripple]

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... do you have a better plan to create clean renewable energy that can be deployed this year? Scrubbers that can be deployed on industrial smoke stacks have been around for decades.

I really don't think there is a better plan. It seems to me that cleaning up the exhaust is a truly great way to go. All other proposals are falsely advertised as immediate and clean options, but all we have to do is look at the covid vaccine sales pitch to know that the whole truth is seldom made known.

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Average US gasoline price falls 32 cents in two weeks

[slimslob]

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And not only that, but there is not enough square inches of area on this planet to generate today's usage demands by solar panels, never mind future expansion. How about just engineering chimney scrubbers that clean the exhaust to breathable air and let it go at that?

Two good example are the Monolith cement plant east of Tehachapi, CA and Cal Portland cement plant southwest of Mojave, CA. At one time they were the nations #1 and #2 particulate polluters. Decades ago they installed scrubbers on their crusher stacks and were able to remove over 99.9% of their PM 2.5 emissions.

For those who don't know, cement, as mentioned here, is the very fine powder used as a binder in concrete. It is made by pulverizing a certain type of shale.

[tsbservice]

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Two good example are the Monolith cement plant east of Tehachapi, CA and Cal Portland cement plant southwest of Mojave, CA. At one time they were the nations #1 and #2 particulate polluters. Decades ago they installed scrubbers on their crusher stacks and were able to remove over 99.9% of their PM 2.5 emissions.

For those who don't know, cement, as mentioned here, is the very fine powder used as a binder in concrete. It is made by pulverizing a certain type of shale.

Off topic:
Thanks reminding me. We still hand make concrete here using cement, sand, balastrra and water.
We did one room floor last summer with my father... still holding on strong

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Gas prices continue summertime slide amid declines in demand, oil price

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Nouriel Roubini Says Predictions for a Mild Recession Are 'Delusional'

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