Suffer high gas prices a bit longer. It's a small price to pay, says Trump.

RT:  Oil for over $100 a barrel ‘very small price to pay’ for Iran war – Trump. 

The US president has attempted to quell fears that the military operation he launched will exacerbate the global energy crisis.

Talking points out and spread by every Western MSM Jew-controlled media. 

But - but...The Orange Shitgibbon says U.S. oil companies are falling over each other vying for Venezuelan oil. 

RT: US oil companies going to Venezuela – Trump. 

US President Donald Trump has said that American oil companies are going to Venezuela in light of the South American country’s latest push to incentivize foreign investment in its energy sector.

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[No, U.S. oil co's aren't clamoring to obtain Venezeulan oil. - DD]   Exxon CEO Darren Woods has poured cold water on the idea, saying that the South American country is “uninvestable,” given the “commercial constructs and frameworks in place” there at present. He added that “durable investment protections” are the prerequisite to any long-term involvement.

RT: Why American Big Oil isn’t buying the Venezuela ‘victory’. 

Exxon boss Darren Woods described Venezuela as “uninvestable.” Woods said: “We have a very long history in Venezuela… We’ve had our assets seized there twice. You can imagine to re‑enter a third time would require some pretty significant changes from what we’ve historically seen here and what is currently the state.” He added: “If we look at the legal and commercial constructs and frameworks in place today in Venezuela, today it’s uninvestable. And so significant changes have to be made to those commercial frameworks, the legal system, there has to be durable investment protections, and there has to be a change to the hydrocarbon laws in the country.”

The Exxon CEO’s comments were echoed by Conoco’s boss, Ryan Lance, who said: “We need to be also thinking about even restructuring the entire Venezuelan energy system, including PDVSA.”

What that means is that Venezuela is far from under US control.

[.]

From the viewpoint of Big Oil, it’s not mission accomplished. Venezuela is ‘uninvestable’, which is the capitalist way of saying, there was no regime change to give the oil companies what they want – total control over Venezuela’s hydrocarbon wealth.

Bu-bu-but oil prices fell to the $89-$90/barrel today. 

Reuters: US considering selling oil from strategic reserve, US energy chief says.

Yeah, well, oil is one of the volatile commodities one can speculate/trade. One imagined blip or market skepticism can send prices up by $50, $100 or more in a split second. 

TURST THE PLAN! 🤣

Electric regret: Almost half of Australian and US EV owners want to go back to a combustion engine.

JoNova: Electric regret: Almost half of Australian and US EV owners want to go back to a combustion engine.

Nearly half of American owners of electric cars want to switch back to traditional cars powered by internal combustion engines, according to a consumer survey released by McKinsey and Co. earlier this month.
[.]
How much longer can the saviours of the world keep trying to force this dead-horse “transition” upon us?

The car manufacturers surely realize they are being forced into a financial dead end.

October 4 EAS Test or Zombie Apocalypse?

I won't be online or powering my cell phone.

MassLive: FEMA’s Oct. 4 emergency alert test spurs conspiracy theories.

SK POP: "5G activated Zombie apocalypse": October 4th frequency conspiracy theory erupts amid FEMA blackout fears.

Engadget: Your phone will blare a national emergency alert test on October 4 at 2:20PM ET.

[...] in the (extremely unlikely) [sic] event of an actual emergency on Wednesday, the test will take place a week later on the backup date of October 11. 

What? If there's an actual emergency this Wednesday, a "test run" is set for the 11th? 🤣

"Conspiracy Theories." Because the government would never deceive us.

What are you doing on October 4th? This site will be closed that day FYI. Unless the 4th does usher in Armageddon, then I might hop online and join in the festivities.

EPA overestimating range of EVs. They're unreliable.

Kelly Blue Book - Study: EPA-Certified Range Figures for EVs Unreliable.

EPA ratings are optimistic for most electric models.

A new study suggests that the ranges and fuel economy equivalent figures published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are not particularly accurate. [  Shocking! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ - Oh well...DD ]

If the EPA’s numbers are off, we should note, then the rest of the world has it even worse. EPA range figures are famously lower than those published by many other governments.

SAE International, a global association of engineers and related technical experts in the aerospace, automotive, and commercial vehicle industries, used data from tests performed by Car and Driver to study real-world EV ranges.

In a 75 mph highway test, Car and Driver found that “more than 350 internal-combustion vehicles averaged 4.0 percent better fuel economy than what was stated on their labels. But the average range for an EV was 12.5 percent worse than the price sticker numbers.”

Oh noez! Europe is having a Wind Drought. So much for turbine power.

Green Matters: European Wind Turbines at a Standstill Amid an Ongoing "Wind Drought".

But as of recently, barely even a breeze has made its way through the through the winter air.
[.]
"Britain is in the middle of a wind drought — and the timing couldn't have been worse. For several days now, the U.K. and western Europe have been calm, with barely a breeze," Thomas Moore writes for Sky News.

"It is not until Wednesday, or even Thursday, that speeds pick up in Scotland and the North Sea, where most of our wind farms are. That shows in the mix of energy being used in the freezing conditions."

"The risks could increase with global warming," [🤣 - DD] he continues. "Scientists working for the United Nations' intergovernmental panel on climate change have looked at what could happen to wind speeds in future. Even if the world reaches net zero soon after 2050, limiting the rise in temperature, winds will weaken significantly in the northern hemisphere." ["Even if." FFS. Retardicus Maximus. - DD]
[.]
According to Yale Environment 360, the phrase "wind drought" is exactly what it sounds like — it refers to an extended period of time that an area lacks wind, or experiences slower-than-usual wind speeds. In 2021, wind speeds were 15 percent slower than in previous years, making for one of the least windy periods in the U.K. in nearly 60 years.

What are "usual wind speeds"?

Git yer fans out folks, them turbhans ain't gonna spin themselves!

Story Archived

RINO Mitch stopped from pulling a fast one.

Breitbart: Exclusive — Mitch McConnell Blocked from Moving Media Cartel Bill JCPA via Hotline.

Make SURE to read the story comments.

Mitch McWorthless is the guy the Never-Trumpers and the New-Never-Trumpers-Who-Used-To-Support-Trump wanted. Your wish was granted.

UK's National Grid retracts panic alert on blackouts and running out of energy.

The Mirror (November 22): National Grid sparks panic after warning of blackouts in alert before cancelling.

National Grid sparked panic this evening after an automated alert said the firm's capacity was "tight" and warned of blackouts - before cancelling it.

The firm put out a warning that homes could experience power issues tonight causing panic at 7pm this evening.

The alert was later cancelled.. [sic] It had originally said there was would be a tight margin when consumption would naturally increase as people come home from work and school.

On Twitter National Grid ESO wrote: "The ESO has now withdrawn the Capacity Market Notice issued at 2:33pm today."

Earlier it wrote: "The ESO is confident that electricity margins are sufficient for this evening. However, a capacity market notice (CMN) has been triggered by the automated system.
[.]
The National Grid issues warnings when supplies are likely to be under pressure. This comes when insufficient power is being generated to supply the demand across the country.

The National Grid website says: "The notices are intended to be a signal that the risk of a System Stress Event in the GB electricity network is higher than under normal circumstances."

One worried person on Twitter wrote: "National grid has apparently announced that its struggling to cope with the amount of energy being used in the UK and we could have a blackout from 7pm tonight. Let’s hope it’s a bunch of b****t and doesn’t happen."

Another added: "So, the National Grid warns about possible blackouts tonight and then cancels the alert...we haven't even had a frost yet."

It comes as National Grid had previously issued a warning to UK households that blackouts could become a reality as winter hits its peak and icy weather bites.

A Panic Test Run? World Governments and Agencies have learned to push that panic button and watch too many freak out and it doesn't take much. "A respiratory virus that has a 99.8% change of survival? Shut down the world, wear a mask, stay six-feet apart from other and WARSHHHHA YOUR HANDS!"

Who Is The National Grid: 

We move electricity round Great Britain’s system to keep homes and businesses supplied with the energy they need 24/7, 365 days a year.

Everything wrong that's happening everywhere is all by design. No one person and no group of people could possibly be so grossly incompetent.

A Constant State of Panic. Not playing along.

Death of the PetroDollar?

Energy Intelligence: Oil Pricing Without Dollars: Is It Possible?

How much does it matter whether oil is priced in dollars? What are the alternatives, and how vulnerable is dollar pricing?  Who would suffer — or gain — most if dollars ceased to be the automatic medium for oil exchange? Those aren’t questions people have thought about much since the so-called “petrodollar” agreements of the mid-1970s. But with Russia already off dollar pricing and relations strained between Washington and Riyadh, they now demand consideration. Such “de-dollarization” of oil may never happen; the world may abandon oil before oil abandons the dollar. But then again it may. A unified replacement, such as the Chinese yuan, isn’t feasible. [OH, I'm not so sure about that! See the RT story at the end of this post. - DD] Market fragmentation — another assault on the globalized world oil did so much to help create — is a more likely result.

Market fragmentation? Maybe. Or maybe, instead, an intentional plan by globalists to destabilize and crush the dollar? They've been working on this for decades. What better commodity to leverage and accomplish this? Petrol, of course! The only other would be the food supply, but the Elites don't care if others starve as long as their HVAC works, they have food and their private jets run.

Trusted Broker: Why is the U.S. Dollar being the world currency?

China and Russia requested a new world currency in March 2009.

RT: Russia and China to abandon dollar in energy trade – Moscow.

The two nations have been promoting settlements in their national currencies.

Energy trade between Russia and China has been steadily growing and is up 64% in monetary terms so far this year, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Novak told the Rossiya 24 TV channel on Friday.

His comments followed a meeting of the intergovernmental Russian-Chinese commission on energy cooperation.

“China is our strategic partner in the Asia-Pacific region and generally in trade,” he said, noting that in physical terms the increase was about 10% in supplies of oil, gas, coal, and electricity.

The deputy PM explained that the two countries aim to further develop trade relations, and in particular are working on expanding the share of national currencies in energy transactions.

“We are switching to settlements in rubles and yuan for the energy resources supplied,” Novak said.

"...and the Yuan." Uh-huh. There it is and here we are. But - hey, look over there! Russia and Ukraine! "We" have to stop Russian aggression and give Billions to Ukraine Nazis because..."reasons..."

Long line of cars wait to charge their EVs.

Errol Webber@ErrolWebber

“Get an EV,” they said. “It’ll be fun,” they said.

This is at an EV charging station in California.

LINK and Thread

In the Thread a comment claims: 

"That video is one or two years old. (REEEEE! - DD) Things have improved!"

"Things have improved." So...there are more lines like this now than when that video was taken? Progress! 👍 👍

Climate Expert asked, what should we do with petrochemicals. Expert can't answer so... "You Racist!"

LINK and Thread

He's Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA). She's Raya Salter, a clean energy advocate.

Higgins asked her a perfectly reasonable question. She didn't have an answer. What's the usual response when Liberals can't answer a question? Accuse the other person of being racist, sexist, misogynistic...they default to their favorite "ist", "ism" or "tic".

 

There are no answers because we haven't yet reached technology, with something economical and viable, that allows us to replace petro-based products. Some day, maybe, but not now or in the foreseeable future.

The Former Bronx Bartender and rooftop dancer who pretends she's a relevant member of Congress chimed in with her grandstanding response. She's part of the same committee. When it was her time, she REE'ed about Higgins because she too can't answer his question so..."He Racist! And a Big Meanie!" Scroll down the Twitter link under the above video and somewhere you'll find her "I'm ready for my close-up,"  moment.

The Left conveniently forgets Liberal Senators condescending behavior and derisive treatment when they questioned Amy Coney Barrett.

Oh, No...Nordstrom's is closed!

NY Post: Karine Jean-Pierre mocked after calling Nord Stream 1 pipeline ‘Nordstrom’.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre received social media scorn Tuesday after she accidentally called Russia’s Nord Stream 1 pipeline “Nordstrom” — as in the department store.

She had a 35% off coupon! Oh, the humanity!

Finland March 2020, "No we'll NOT run out of toilet paper." Finald August 2022, "We're RUNNING OUT of toilet paper."

August 2022:

AW Journal (Archived): Finland warns of toilet paper shortage.

The Finnish company Metsä Tissue, one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of sanitary and hygiene products, has announced the threat of a shortage of toilet paper due to the energy crisis. The company announced this in a press release published on Friday, August 26.

“In recent weeks, Metsä Tissue has been forced to reduce production for several days at its factories in Zilina (Slovakia) and Kreuzau (Germany) due to high electricity prices,” the report says.

March 2020:

Forest.fi (Archived): Five facts about toilet paper – no, we’ll not run out of it.

If ever anything is certain, it is that stockpiling toilet paper in Finland or in most other Western countries is pointless. There will not be a shortage of toilet paper.

Two mills in Finland make tissue paper: the Metsä Tissue mill in Mänttä and the Essity mill in Nokia. Both are producing toilet paper at full capacity. Maintenance shutdowns at many mills have also been postponed until later.

A story at Europe Says (Archived) simply states, "Finnish firm warns of toilet paper shortage as energy costs wipe out production." That firm is...you guessed it, Metsä Tissue who, as we can see from above, in the span of a little over two years said, "There will be no toilet paper shortage," to, "There's a toilet paper shortage." 

The comments at the Europe Says story are interesting.

Here's a select few, hit the link for the rest:

ShortRound89 says:
August 26, 2022 at 6:28 pm

Water is the way.

Key_Proposal_1715 says:
August 26, 2022 at 5:08 pm

About time people stop using paper and use water instead
^ [Water...until water restrictions hit, which is already happening. - DD]

asdwarrior2 says:
August 26, 2022 at 7:53 pm

Time to learn to wash your ass and have a dedicated ass towel
^ [A "dedicated ass towel." Yeah, that sounds sanitary. No pathogenic issues there! - DD]

TP Shortages! Coming soon to the U.S., only a matter of time. Either real or because of panic/hoarding buying. Biden has his diaper stash and a Caregiver who changes it and wipes his butt so he doesn't care. He's unaware of this TP existential threat as he is everything else.

Heck, with all the money we'll be making under Biden's YUGE tax cut for the middle class, we'll all be able to afford our own Groom of The Stool!  

I'll pass and take a different path to being rich and influential.

 

* This story may be dated as the Draft version of this was written before my taking a week off from updating.

Germany faces TP shortage.

ScoopTrade: Germany faces toilet paper shortage due to soaring gas prices.

RT: Germans warned of toilet paper shortage.

Alahed News: Germans Warned of Toilet Paper Shortage.

The crisis on the European gas market could lead to reduced production of toilet paper in Germany, according to Martin Krengel, chairman of the nation’s paper industry association, Die Papierindustrie.

“We are particularly dependent on gas for the production of tissue paper. Without it, we will no longer be able to provide security of supply,” Krengel said in a statement published on Thursday.

According to data provided by Die Papierindustrie, each German citizen uses an average of 134 rolls of toilet paper per year. “In the current energy crisis, our top priority is to provide people with this important commodity,” Krengel stressed.

Last month, the Bavarian Paper Association warned that operating paper plants may become unprofitable if they are forced to work at reduced capacity due to natural gas shortages.

This cautionary tale from 1978's Teh Science aged badly.

 LINK and Thread

🤣

 

Trudeau installing weapons armouries, interrogation rooms for Ministry of Climate Change.

Counter Signal - EXCLUSIVE LEAK: Trudeau installing weapons armouries, interrogation rooms for Ministry of Climate Change.

The Ministry of Environment & Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is building a new facility in Winnipeg that will be home to a firearms armoury, interrogation rooms, biological labs, media relations offices, “controlled quiet rooms,” and intelligence facilities.

The plans, which were drawn up by a firm in Winnipeg, open a window into Trudeau’s future plans for Climate Enforcement.

Down the hall from the proposed “Firearms Storage” rooms are several evidence rooms, interrogation suites, and adjacent recording rooms.

According to a recently posted Indeed.com ad, the Ministry is searching to recruit a battalion of Climate “Pollution” Officers, a unit within the coldly named “Environmental Enforcement Directorate.”

If you emit too much carbon or use too much fertilizer, you may just be on the Climate Communists’ hit list.

The entire facility that was leaked to The Counter Signal is sketched to be over 50,000 square feet, will house hundreds of ECCC staff, and will also be home to weather forecasting staff.

Hit the link, it's an incredible story.

Castro would be proud of his boy. Any visitors from Canada that want to drop a comment on this?

Counter Signal Archived.

ADDED - Trudeau's Convoy. They're all EVs, right?

U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Falls To 35-Year Low.

Oil Price.com (Archived): U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Falls To 35-Year Low.

The United States’ Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) now has only 453.1 million barrels in its inventory, following another significant drop in the past week that puts the emergency reserve at a low not seen in three and a half decades, Reuters reports, citing the Department of Energy.

In the week ending August 19th, the SPR saw another draw of 8.1 million barrels, following smaller releases in the weeks leading up to that. 

Same issue, different coverage at Climate DePot.

Hit the links for full coverage. 

Home heating costs for winter states will be off the charts.

This is all by design and it's not Biden. He's an empty vessel. He doesn't know what day it is unless he's amp'ed up. This is all orchestrated by his handlers and the globalists behind the curtain. Their goal is breaking the American economy. No one can be this inept. It is pure evil, control and avarice that drives them.

If you're cheering on a "Red Wave" this November election thinking that will really change things, well - - - good luck. I wish you well. You maybe haven't lived long enough to underestimate RINOs and the UniParty to the degree you should. I'm not a pessimist, but Mitch McConnell isn't interested in changing course all that much.

Mitch McConnell already cheerleading for a November Republican loss.

FOX News (Archived): McConnell makes grim prediction about Republicans in Senate races, references 'candidate quality'.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, thinks that Republicans have a lukewarm chance of flipping the Senate in November, citing "candidate quality" as a factor.

The senator made the honest prediction at the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Thursday afternoon.

"I think there's probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate," the minority leader anticipated. "Senate races are just different, they're statewide. Candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome."

"Right now, we have a 50-50 Senate and a 50-50 country, but I think when all is said and done this fall, we’re likely to have an extremely close Senate. Either our side up slightly or their side up slightly," McConnell explained.

"Candidate quality"? Mitch just wants more UniParty members with a flaccid "R" behind their name. It doesn't have to be this way, but Mitch wants RINOs. Political Longevity before Country. Got it, Mitch...a looooooooooong time ago.

Give a Silver Platter to Republicans and they always find a way to f#ck it up. Every Single Time.

HEY! Mitch! LOOK! LOOK OVER HERE: AP (Yahoo Archived): Pro-Trump wins in blue states threaten GOP hopes in November.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Republicans have found success in Democratic strongholds like Maryland and Massachusetts when they have fielded moderate candidates who could appeal to voters in both parties. With Democrats facing headwinds this year, Republicans had hoped that strategy could pay off yet again.

But Republican voters have nominated loyalists of former President Donald Trump in several Democratic states, including Maryland and Connecticut, making the GOP’s odds of winning those general election races even longer. Massachusetts will face its own test next month as GOP voters decide between a Trump-backed conservative and a more moderate Republican for the party's gubernatorial nominee.

A "moderate Republican" is Democrat Lite...or, a RINO. Mitch doesn't want Republicans who are endorsed by Trump.

Mitch is happy throwing in the towel months before the election. He doesn't care.

Germany turns off the hot water.

Daily Mail: Germany turns off the hot water: Hanover becomes first big city to ban hot water in public buildings in response to Russian gas crisis.

Hanover first big city to ban hot water and central heating in public buildings.

Lights to be switched off at night on major buildings like museums and town hall.

Germans told to expect higher electricity bills and sweeping gas rationing.

Move is a response to Vladimir Putin's gas squeeze which has Europe panicking.

Russian state energy giant Gazprom cut gas supplies to Germany to 20 per cent.

Hey, German UN Delegation, is what Trump said in 2018 still funny? Drop a comment.

What's happening in Germany with their energy problems isn't funny. This is coming to the U.S. under Biden and his Handlers. Not having hot water is nowhere near how bad things will be.

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typo fix Handlers. fucking typos

I have my own strategic gasoline reserve.

Removed everything from the basement and filled it up with gasoline. Still have a ways to go to top it off. I'm working on it.

Please...no smoking or open flames. Thanks.

Looks like a job for Brave Pete Buttigieg!

Show us how it works, Pete.