Supply chain slowdown hits at key pillars of economy and will likely get worse: Dan Yergin
Supply chain slowdown hits at key pillars of economy and will likely get worse: Dan Yergin KEY POINTS The pressures on supply chains are increasing and global disruptions are likely to only get worse as summer approaches and the economy booms. Disruptions have converged at the same time in three important pillars of the global […]
Gen IV SMR nuclear reactors
Gen IV SMR nuclear reactors Preface. Peak conventional oil, which supplies over 95% of our oil, may have peaked in 2008 (IEA 2018) or 2018 (EIA 2020). We are running out of time. And is it really worth building these small modular reactors (SMR) given that peak uranium is coming soon? And until nuclear waste disposal exists, they should […]
Inflation, real interest rates revisited
Inflation, real interest rates revisited Gold prices ticked higher on Tuesday after inflation data showed US consumer prices rose in March for the fourth straight month and inflation hit its highest level in 2.5 years. Gold for June delivery climbed $8.50, or half a percent, to $1,741.20 an ounce, and spot gold at time of […]
U.S. Oil Bankruptcies Shoot Up In Q1 2021
U.S. Oil Bankruptcies Shoot Up In Q1 2021 The number of North American producers that filed for bankruptcy protection in the first quarter of 2021 reached the highest number for a first quarter since 2016, yet the wave of bankruptcies has significantly slowed since the peaks in the second and third quarter of 2020, law […]
New Study: Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure Critical To U.S.-Canada Energy Trade, Benefits Consumers On Both Sides Of The Border
New Study: Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure Critical To U.S.-Canada Energy Trade, Benefits Consumers On Both Sides Of The Border WASHINGTON, April 6, 2021 – The American Petroleum Institute (API) today released a new report examining how growth in cross-border petroleum trade between the United States and Canada has led to the further integration of North American […]
If You Don’t See Any Risk, Ask Who Will “Buy the Dip” in a Freefall?
If You Don’t See Any Risk, Ask Who Will “Buy the Dip” in a Freefall? Nobody thinks a euphoric rally could ever go bidless, but as Greenspan belatedly admitted, liquidity is not guaranteed. The current market melt-up is taken as nearly risk-free because the Fed has our back, i.e. the Federal Reserve will intervene long […]
Unwelcome Inflation Heats Up in Mexico, Brazil, and as Always in Argentina
Unwelcome Inflation Heats Up in Mexico, Brazil, and as Always in Argentina Brazil’s central bank struck back with shock-and-awe rate hike. Mexico’s central bank faces tough spot after big hit to economy. Argentina’s inflation exceeds 42%. Around the world, there has been massive fiscal and monetary stimulus, an unprecedented growth in government-guaranteed lending, an explosion […]
Journalists, Learning They Spread a CIA Fraud About Russia, Instantly Embrace a New One
Journalists, Learning They Spread a CIA Fraud About Russia, Instantly Embrace a New One The most significant Trump-era alliance is between corporate outlets and security state agencies, whose evidence-free claims they unquestioningly disseminate. A US soldier in Afghanistan CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES That Russia placed “bounties” on the heads of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan was one of […]
Shell To Exhaust Dwindling Oil & Gas Reserves By 2040
Shell To Exhaust Dwindling Oil & Gas Reserves By 2040 Shell expects to have produced 75 percent of its current proved oil and gas reserves by 2030, and only around 3 percent after 2040, the supermajor said in its Energy Transition Strategy that it will put to a non-binding shareholder vote next month. Discussing the […]
Is China Preparing A Gold-Backed Yuan: Beijing Greenlights Purchases Of Billions In Bullion
Is China Preparing A Gold-Backed Yuan: Beijing Greenlights Purchases Of Billions In Bullion In 2018, the Chinese launched a gold-backed, yuan-denominated oil futures contract. These contracts were priced in yuan, but convertible to gold, raising the prospect that “the rise of the petroyuan could be the death blow for the dollar.” Two weeks ago, The IMF reported that […]
Fauci Preaching Total World Control is Necessary
Fauci Preaching Total World Control is Necessary Fauci is now pushing Bill Gates’ agenda that the ENTIRE WORLD must be vaccinated against a virus that is no more deadly than the flu. Yet, the vaccines have unknown problems. What will messing with our DNA do to future generations? The conflict of interest is overwhelming when […]
Heat Wave!
Heat Wave! Find your sunglasses. Stock up on sunscreen. And get your shorts and tee shirts out. You will need them. A Northwest spring heatwave is about to begin. The start to spring has been chilly and damp, but that will be a distant memory by this week. Consider the latest ensemble forecast (running the […]
CNN’s Blatant Disinformation About Russia-Ukraine Activity
CNN’s Blatant Disinformation About Russia-Ukraine Activity Confrontation with Russia is in line with a sensationalist media, influenced by neocons, neolibs and flat-out Russia-haters. MSNBC host Joe Scarborough’s belittling comments against fair and balanced Russia related journalism relate to an April 12-13 CNN airing on recent matters concerning Russia and Ukraine. The segment at issue begins […]
