The relative drop in oil prices is, exactly, the reason. In general, oil companies’ profits are spiking up because the ground is running out of oil, so instead of reinvesting in refineries and extraction equipment, they’re able to just keep all the money. I heard it referred to as “the party at the end of the world” - basically that’s why their profits are sky-high compared with what they’ve been historically. On top of that, last year, they had the luxury of super-spiking oil prices as well, but the oil prices have gone back down, so their profits have shrunk back to being merely conventionally obscene.
Average price of gasoline in the US in July of 2019 was about 2.80 per gallon. In July of 2023 it was about 3.60 per gallon. This is about a 27% difference.
Based on official us inflation rates (CPI) in 2020, 2021, 2023, but only through march of 2023 the price would be 3.40 per gallon. That isn’t that far off, especially when my calculation is missing inflation data for 4 full months.
tl;dr This is what inflation does to a mf’er. $3.70 to 3.80 is almost certainly the new normal, it won’t be going down unless the US economy experiences deflation.
Maybe crack is the secret ingredient for The Dome.
For the unititiated, there is a conspiracy theory is that Redstone has a weather control program called the dome and the explosions are them doing their thing to make sure severe weather always misses the arsenal.
Aren't there any laws in the US that threats against a government official are a crime or felony? Make the police earn their pay and send them after the culprits.
That is a problem that should not exist in the first place. But it's America, so one has to deal with it. Maybe it will be necessary to get the professionals in, especially if the crime can be assumed to be crossing state lines in a way.
Yes. And it’s likely that the police and/or FBI are investigating. But, this isn’t a TV show. Investigations take time and there is no magic that let’s the police discover the sender withinthe first 40 minutes to allow another 10 for an overly dramatic court room examination.
Real life is messy, and it’s quite possible that there just isn’t enough evidence to locate the sender. Let alone actually prosecute them. Most crimes in the US have really low closure rates. Honestly, I’d be surprised if they mange to locate the sender.
I'm well aware that they won't catch all, or anyone in the short time frame. But whoever they take off the road is an improvement for society. Even if it takes months.
While this might have severe issues with separation of state and church, those people probably are against the idea that someone might teach an unbiased, analytical approach to religion as such...
The article is about unpaid rent from the covid era. You can only make the landlords take on the debt for so long before larger financial repercussions occur. The right solution would have been for the state to take it on, but that would require *gasp*socialism
I hope some big firm takes up the nonprofit just to be able to counter sue for payment. It’s a research firm. Detailed and thorough is literally their jobs.
The actual AC issue aside, I feel that this is a good argument for some urban redevelopment to plant more area/climate appropriate trees. It would provide shade and provide some offset for the CO2 emissions. Getting shade between the sun and the buildings would help make the heat more tolerable and getting some shade over the roadways and parking lots would help decrease urban heat bubble effects.
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