Here’s a faux advertisement for Chevron. It’s not unlike “Exxon Hates Your Kids,” but it’s longer and better.
Category: Fossil Fuels
Celebrating the Defeat of a Bill that Would Have Accelerated the Consumption of Fossil Fuels
Dozens of grassroots environmental groups exerted enough pressure in Congress such that West Virginia senator Joe Manchin was forced to abandon his bill that would have propped up Big Oil for another decade or so. From this: Manchin’s bill would …
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Making It Impossible to Direct the U.S. Economy Away from Fossil Fuels
The Texas fossil fuel companies have been effective in getting the state legislature to pass a law that bans state and local government entities from doing businesses with companies that have environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) focus, or are …
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Windfall Tax on Big Oil
ExxonMobil posted profits of $5.5 billion in Q2, more than twice that of Q1. Some people are calling for a windfall profits tax that would address the high price of gasoline. Unfortunately, the fossil fuel industry, ExxonMobil in particular, is …
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Germany To Cut Ties with Russian Coal and Oil
From this article on Germany’s energy scene: Germany will completely stop buying Russian coal in August and Russian oil by the end of the year, marking a major shift in the source of the country’s energy supply, Joerg Kukies, state …
No New Gas Stations in Northern California Cities
From today’s Los Angeles Times: California cities ban new gas stations Without realizing they were starting a movement in green energy policy, Petaluma leaders did just that when they questioned the approval process for a new gas station — eventually …
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Like Humor, Effective Propaganda Should Contain at Least a Grain of Truth
The meme here is essentially a lie, but it’s not 100% false. It appears that abiotic oil, i.e., oil that derives from sources other than formerly living things, actually could exist, far beneath the Earth’s surface. In any case, it …
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New Ban on Oil and Gas Exploration, But How Consequential Is It?
We are urged not to look a gift horse in the mouth, but this isn’t too great a gift. Quebec contributes essentially zero to Canada’s oil production. The declaration is like Bolivia’s banning lobster fishing, or Kansas’s banning mountain climbing.
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Robert Rapier on the Use of Data
From Energy Analyst Robert Rapier: I never cease to be amazed by people who flatly reject data that are crystal clear. I once had a guy get huffy because he insisted that gasoline prices at the end of Obama’s second …
Tagged with: Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR)
Forbes: “No, Former President Trump Did Not Fill The Strategic Petroleum Reserve”
From Senior Contributor to Forbes Robert Rapier: The announcement (that President Biden is releasing one million barrels of crude oil per day from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to lower gas prices) prompted an odd response from former President Trump. Through …
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