Why Gas Prices Are Finally Dropping: The Real Factors Behind the Relief at the Pump

Lately, something unexpected has happened: gas prices have fallen sharply, reaching some of the lowest levels since 2021. And while politicians will happily claim credit for it, the truth has nothing to do with speeches, slogans, or campaign ads. What’s happening is straightforward: the world is drowning in oil.

The World, And The Future, Are Not Powered On Fantasies

Unlike multiple other European nations, France is not experiencing power issues. Germany, after pledging to go all “green,” is reactivated shuttered coal plants (perhaps they should not have relied on Russian natural gas imports). Great Britian is suffering multiple outages (although not back to the 19th century like Spain and Portugal) from lack of stable generation capacity and lack of grid upgrades.

Bad Causes Attract Bad People

This might be more in William Teach’s wheelhouse than mine, but when this article came up in my feeds, I couldn’t resist. From London’s The Telegraph: Gen Z’s hypocrisy on climate change has made Greta Thunberg look a fool If her generation are so worried about the ‘climate emergency’, explain the findings of this new …

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Not Going Back? Why The Hell Not!

 The last three years and nine months have not been “Morning in America.” Hopefully after this Tuesday, our long national nightmare is over. Saturday I was watching South Carolina upset Texas A&M (Aggies, this is a tackle football game, in case you forgot), thinking how many of my A&M alumni friends are likely drinking away …

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Changing the Environment by Attacking the Insurance Industry

Governments trying to find ways to regulate parts of the economy that they don’t like isn’t anything new. Or more common is to find ways to introduce policies they know that aren’t going to be popular in a way most people won’t notice. Regulating by stealth has become something of an artform for many who draft legislation.

More Welfare for the Well-to-Do

Tycoon

If you watch the Weather Channel, whenever one of the bad winter storms hits, or hurricanes, tropical storms, etc, you’ll see that they always have a graphic showing how many “customers” are without power. Customers does not equal people, but residential and commercial units consuming power. As ’empty nesters,’ we count as one customer, but …

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