The developed countries have materialistic lifestyles, not available before the 1800’s, that support higher standards of living than poorer nations with all the products made from crude oil petrochemicals. We’ve become a very materialistic society over the last 200 years, and the world has populated from 1 to 8 billion because of more than 6,000 […]
Study: Liquid Natural Gas Causes Up to THREE TIMES More Emissions Than Coal
Let us review some recent history: In 2021, Germany owed 27% of its total energy supply to natural gas. We imported over 40% of this natural gas from Russia. Then the Ukraine war happened, and by September the gas had slowed to a trickle. To compensate, we increased imports from the Netherlands and Belgium, but neither land […]
Imagine No Jets, Ships, Defense, or Space Program!
Over the last 200 years when the world populated from 1 to 8 billion, we learned that crude oil is virtually useless, unless it’s manufactured (refineries) into oil derivatives that are the basis of the fuels to move the heavy-weight and long-range needs of more than 50,000 jets moving people and products, and more than […]
The “Energy Conundrum”- “Renewables” Only Generate Electricity, But Oil is the Basis of All Products
Originally published on CFact Wind and solar can only generate intermittent electricity, while oil is the basis for all the products in society. Summary: From the proverb “you can’t have your cake and eat it too” tells us that you can’t rid the world of crude oil and continue to enjoy the products and fuels […]
China Seeks Military Dominance Through Fossil Fuels
Originally published on CFACT As the world watches, China has been aggressively building its fleet of ships and aircraft, in anticipation of a potential attack on Taiwan by the Chinese. To support that military domination, China is also aggressively building its fossil fuels refining capabilities to power those ships and aircraft. Meanwhile, President Joe […]
CITIZENS’ CORNER: [OPINION]- Elimination of crude oil is like jumping out of an airplane without a parachute
Elimination of crude oil is like jumping out of an airplane without a parachute–Without a safety net to replace all the products and fuels manufactured from crude oil, efforts to cease the use of oil could be the greatest threat to civilization, as “clean electricity” from breezes and sunshine cannot manufacture anything, as they just […]