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BumRushDaShow

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15. Remember that many around the world
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 11:23 AM
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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 Thursday #1
Krasnov wants them forced to go buy Russian oil. Justice matters. Thursday #20
It's already starting. boonecreek Thursday #2
Damn it! EuterpeThelo Thursday #4
Impact on World Cup??? Tiny Tabby Thursday #3
Well, it will give Trump an excuse for people not showing up because Trump is an insane ass. Attilatheblond Thursday #17
Well maybe the SS United States can be restored before it is sunk and used to transport soccer fans 3Hotdogs Friday #32
So where do they get their oil? Isn't their petroleum supply chain diversified? Aren't the UK and Norway oil producers? ChicagoTeamster Thursday #5
You still need refineries for that oil BumRushDaShow Thursday #6
I know, but the nations buying the oil have their own refineries and can do necessary tweaking to handle different crude ChicagoTeamster Thursday #8
"can do necessary tweaking to handle different crude" BumRushDaShow Thursday #9
I have a physics degree but took a year of organic chemistry and yes I know the apparatus are complex ChicagoTeamster Thursday #10
The oil industry likes it this way Miguelito Loveless Thursday #14
Remember that many around the world BumRushDaShow Thursday #15
Catch is everyone is doing just enough to max short term profits IbogaProject Thursday #26
You can't "tweek" a refinery Miguelito Loveless Thursday #12
It takes a lot more than a "tweak" to refine different weights of oil Callie1979 Thursday #19
I was just using tweak as a term, I was implying that if they had to they could reengineer, ChicagoTeamster Thursday #21
Leave it to Donnie Dipshit to FUCK it up for the rest of the world. ProudMNDemocrat Thursday #7
Everything Trump touches! Initech Thursday #13
I think it's deliberate durablend Thursday #22
That's what I think too. Haggard Celine Thursday #28
Hegseth will just order the troops to pray harder at his daily prayer meetings. PSPS Thursday #11
Fatih, the term "Dire Straits" preceded the band. maxsolomon Thursday #16
One of the causes of WWII in the Pacific BidenRocks Thursday #18
Well, maybe the world will be cleaner without all that jet fuel burning. SidneyR Thursday #23
The same goes for all the cars and all the houses heated with oil. maxsolomon Thursday #24
I'd read the warning that airplanes all over were likely to be grounded very soon because of the war. summer_in_TX Thursday #25
Jet fuel comes in different grades pfitz59 Thursday #27
Bio Willie BidenRocks Thursday #31
One of the not unexpected side effects . . . Aussie105 Thursday #29
I've not been back... róisín_dubh Thursday #30
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