$4 gas prices may be one reason people vote one way or the other. Gas prices are based on oil. Oil transport is based on the Middle East. Nations didn’t have large enough reserves. And oil companies saved money by not drilling
Exxon and Mobil will, together, make slightly more than $29 billion in the third quarter of this year. That could be a record. There are two issues. Will the government want to tax part of that because it is tied to oil prices? Will both companies cut back oil exploration because they are making so…
Large AI companies will commit close to $1 trillion to data centers this year. That could rise even higher each year this decade. A primary reason these are being resisted locally is pollution. That means natural gas-powered energy is a problem. Electricity supply is a problem as well. When there is not enough electricity, residential…
That is the total for 2026. It is spread across 66,000 fires. Heat and drought are the reason, and the number is still rising quickly
The US has had 66,000 wildfires this year. That is 50% above the 10-year average. Heat and drought are the primary reasons. Because of global warming, those continued into the fall.
A new research paper shows that the US lost 398 glaciers between the 1950s and the 1980s. The primary cause is rising winter temperatures.
So far this year, the Tesla Model Y is the most recalled EV model with five. It is followed by models from financially troubled EV companies Lucid and Rivian. The data is from the NHTSA. The Model Y is Tesla’s mid-sized SUV.
Just because much of the US is getting colder doesn’t mean wildfires have disappeared. Over 400,000 acres are burning today. Drought, high heat, and high winds haven’t gone away.
The US real estate market has started to buckle. Realtor says prices started to drop in September due to 7% mortgage rates. Some Florida markets are hit hard, and Tampa was hit the hardest. It has faced two major hurricanes in the last two years. People are leaving; home insurance rates are rising fast.
Because of growing conflict in the Middle East and rapidly declining oil reserves worldwide, oil has hit $120. And there is reason to believe it may not drop soon. Green energy was largely driven by environmental concerns for years. Now, it is becoming a very serious financial issue. What worries about the environment could not…
In the northern tier of states, rising oil prices are accounting for as much as 40% of home heating oil. In several states, in an average-sized house, that brings the bill to $1`,500 a month. In many cases, people will have to choose between rent and heat.
A new estimate of the deaths from the summer heatwave in Europe is 50,000. The number is likely to be challenged since it is so extremely high. In the US, heat-related deaths per year are rarely more than a few thousand. However, US experts believe that is underestimated. One reason the Europe heat was so…
Green energy projects have slowed. Some of this is because of Trump’s blocks on offshore wind. Part of it is the end of the $7,500 EV tax credit. Another factor is high interest rates, which make funding green projects less viable. Trump has also given oil and coal companies incentives to expand. Oil has hit…
Drought in Sudan has driven millions of people out of the areas where they live and created a population of refugees. There is some hope that the drought will end, but El Niño threatens to prevent an improvement, which will cause rising famine
Of the major food groups, the price of oranges is up the most in the last 18 months–23%. Part of the reason is stronger hurricanes. The other is insects, which thrive in warm, wet weather.
Executives at huge oil companies want the government, media, Congress, and the public to leave them alone. Their profits are up by billions of dollars this year because of the Middle East. They argue, in return, that they spent billions on exploration to find and pump the oil. However, the idea of taxing their profits…
Data for Progress published a national poll about clean energy: 50 percent of likely voters believe natural gas is a form of clean energy. This is not true at all. Natural gas is primarily methane (CHâ‚„), a potent greenhouse gas that traps roughly 80 times more heat than COâ‚‚ over 20 years. Methane escapes into…
Delhi is one of the world’s largest cities. It has a population of 23 million people. For much of the year, it also has the worst air pollution of any city. The problem is shared with large cities in China and Pakistan. These nations lack the money to address the root causes of air pollution,…
Costco offers a program that lets members get discounts of over $1,000 on vehicles through partnerships with major car companies. The most requested vehicle is the Chevy Silverado full sized pick up, with up to 13,300 lbs. of max available towing and 430 lb.-ft. of standard torque from the TurboMaxTM engine. Very few vehicles have…
A large new study shows that people’s opinions about climate change are often fixed. Better to spend money and time fixing the climate than talking about it.
Politicians of all types and at every level of the ballot say they will block data centers. They will stop your electricity from going higher. However, members of the House and Senate can do little. States and localities will set data center laws.
