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BumRushDaShow

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15. Remember that many around the world
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 11:23 AM
22 hrs ago

have been trying to convert AWAY FROM "fossil fuels" so these companies have been looking into the future and whether the expenditures (including uncapping wells, building more oil platforms to drill, and creating more refineries) would have any good ROI when it comes time to bringing that all online, when millions of "cheap" Chinese EVs are starting to proliferate.

That is why the U.S. oil companies have been "meh" about all those leases that 45 snatched from various places and handed to them.

Meanwhile, nuclear has suddenly been resurrecting - NJ just declared the moratorium on new nuke plants there, dead - Gov. Sherrill signs bill to end de facto moratorium on new nuclear plants

Add all the wind and solar and the energy industry is going through disruptions in the flux (physics term - had to take 3 semesters of it )

You do have airlines that have their own refineries for jet fuel. For example, about 15 years ago, Delta Airlines bought a ConocoPhillips refinery just outside of Philly for jet fuel -



So perhaps other airlines may need to consider that since they are the biggest users of a critical fraction of crude being refined. And since there really aren't any commercial "EV" airplanes, that transportation sector is going to continue to need a crude refinery for fuel as long as their tech is predominately designed to use it.

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Meanwhile, DJ is thoroughly loving the chaos he's creating. littlemissmartypants Yesterday #1
Krasnov wants them forced to go buy Russian oil. Justice matters. 20 hrs ago #20
It's already starting. boonecreek Yesterday #2
Damn it! EuterpeThelo Yesterday #4
Impact on World Cup??? Tiny Tabby Yesterday #3
Well, it will give Trump an excuse for people not showing up because Trump is an insane ass. Attilatheblond 21 hrs ago #17
Well maybe the SS United States can be restored before it is sunk and used to transport soccer fans 3Hotdogs 9 hrs ago #32
So where do they get their oil? Isn't their petroleum supply chain diversified? Aren't the UK and Norway oil producers? ChicagoTeamster Yesterday #5
You still need refineries for that oil BumRushDaShow 23 hrs ago #6
I know, but the nations buying the oil have their own refineries and can do necessary tweaking to handle different crude ChicagoTeamster 23 hrs ago #8
"can do necessary tweaking to handle different crude" BumRushDaShow 23 hrs ago #9
I have a physics degree but took a year of organic chemistry and yes I know the apparatus are complex ChicagoTeamster 22 hrs ago #10
The oil industry likes it this way Miguelito Loveless 22 hrs ago #14
Remember that many around the world BumRushDaShow 22 hrs ago #15
Catch is everyone is doing just enough to max short term profits IbogaProject 15 hrs ago #26
You can't "tweek" a refinery Miguelito Loveless 22 hrs ago #12
It takes a lot more than a "tweak" to refine different weights of oil Callie1979 20 hrs ago #19
I was just using tweak as a term, I was implying that if they had to they could reengineer, ChicagoTeamster 19 hrs ago #21
Leave it to Donnie Dipshit to FUCK it up for the rest of the world. ProudMNDemocrat 23 hrs ago #7
Everything Trump touches! Initech 22 hrs ago #13
I think it's deliberate durablend 17 hrs ago #22
That's what I think too. Haggard Celine 13 hrs ago #28
Hegseth will just order the troops to pray harder at his daily prayer meetings. PSPS 22 hrs ago #11
Fatih, the term "Dire Straits" preceded the band. maxsolomon 21 hrs ago #16
One of the causes of WWII in the Pacific BidenRocks 20 hrs ago #18
Well, maybe the world will be cleaner without all that jet fuel burning. SidneyR 17 hrs ago #23
The same goes for all the cars and all the houses heated with oil. maxsolomon 16 hrs ago #24
I'd read the warning that airplanes all over were likely to be grounded very soon because of the war. summer_in_TX 15 hrs ago #25
Jet fuel comes in different grades pfitz59 15 hrs ago #27
Bio Willie BidenRocks 10 hrs ago #31
One of the not unexpected side effects . . . Aussie105 12 hrs ago #29
I've not been back... róisín_dubh 10 hrs ago #30
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