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The Washington Post reports that a new company may be able to produce enough rain to eliminate drought in some parts of the West. That means fewer wildfires and more agriculture.

Reuters has noted that Chinese EVs are available for $12,000. In the US, the median EV price is $60,000. This situation is similar to when the Japanese hit the US market with inexpensive cars in the 1970s.

Gas Buddy reported that gas prices rose in 39 states last week. The national average for a gallon of regular is $4.04. The research firm said that, based on oil prices, gas will continue to rise

At a quickening pace, China is shutting down its truck industry to lower fossil fuel emissions. It isn’t quite clear what will take its place.

A study done in Asia showed that higher gas price drove less driving, particularly of trucks. That lowered air pollution.

Wheat production hits cattle feed prices. Drought in the middle of the US is cutting wheat production.

Gas prices are above $4 in the US, sparking fears of inflation. In Europe, the figure is above $9 in some nations.

Teslas are coming off three-year leases. The market is bringing priced down to $20,000. Some experts think EV adoption will rise rapidly once prices drop below $25,000.

The war in the Middle East has cut natural gas production. The US is the largest producer, but it does not have enough to make up the difference. LNG is one of the largest sources of electricity worldwide.

AccuWeather says the center of the nation will continue to get tornadoes and hail the rest of the month. This is already a season of strong storms that has caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.

The AccuWeather forecast is that there could be as many as 80,000 wildfires in the US this year. And, they could burn 8 million acres. One reason is that drought has moved east.

As the Strait of Hormuz shuts off oil supplies, Trump thinks the US can make up the difference. The US is the world’s largest producer. The problem is that we don’t have enough refinery capacity, and it takes a long time for tankers to be loaded and to travel thousands of miles.

Hundreds of thousands of EVs are coming off three-year leases. These will be on the market cheaply. This happens just as gas prices spike

California will sue fossil fuel companies. Some of the damages will be used to help individuals pay their energy bills. However, in other towns and states, these legal actions have not worked.

The Trump Administration knows the US is short on energy for AI data centers. The President plans to do whatever he can to change that. He has turned to decades-old laws to help.

An AccuWeather forecast puts an estimate of 8 million acres destroyed by wildfires this year. That would be a record. Why is the figure so high? Drought.

Demand for solar equipment doubled in March, just as the oil crisis started.

US oil companies are making huge profits on crude at current prices. Exploration for more is very expensive. And, these executives don’t think the intervention will last long.

China has an advantage over almost every nation in the world as global crude supplies are cut. It has 1.4 trillion barrels in reserves, about 4 times what the US has. China is the world’s largest importer of crude. The US is the world’s largest producer.

Low levels of jet fuel due to the Strait of Hormuz oil supply disaster are going lower. It is worst in Asia, which imports a huge amount of oil. And, Europe may only have six weeks of supply left.

After decades during which coal was the primary source of electricity worldwide, renewables took that place last year. In the US, it is a different matter.