On 3/28/2026 6:11 PM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:
On Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:23:10 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
DidnrCOt your Government have to release some emergency reserves to
keep things at that level? They canrCOt keep doing that indefinitely.
Call me when the price hit $5.
Stay tuned.
It will take months to get those reserves out. And Biden sold off
2/3rds of the reserves already.
On 3/28/26 12:03, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 3/28/2026 2:43 AM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:
-a-a-a-a MAGA:
-a-a-a-a-a-a -- rCLSolar doesnrCOt work if the sun isnrCOt shining.rCY
-a-a-a-a-a-a -- rCLWind turbines donrCOt work if the wind isnrCOt blowing.rCY
-a-a-a-a Me:
-a-a-a-a-a-a -- rCLOil doesnrCOt work if the Strait of Hormuz isnrCOt Hormuzing.rCY
<https://bsky.app/profile/germanusa.bsky.social/post/3mi3ss2if2c2o>
The crude oil works just fine in the USA as we are around net zero crude
imports / distilled fluids exports.-a The Middle East crude oil goes to
China, Europe, Japan, etc. with a little going to California.
The number one crude oil producing nation is the USA at 14 million US
barrels/day.-a Number two is still Saudi Arabia but they are dropping
fast from their peak of 9 million US barrels/day in the 1990s.-a Russia
is number 3, Iran or Venezuela or Iraq are 4, 5, and 6.
All of the old crude oil super giant reservoirs are past their peak.
Venezuela, China South, Saudi Arabia Ghawar (the only super super
giant), Alaska North Slope, UK North Sea, Denmark North Sea, Norway
North Sea, etc, etc, etc.-a The four new super giants in the USA (Eagle
Ford and Permian Basin in Texas, one in North Dakota, one in
Pennsylvania), are pumping 75 to 80% of the USA crude oil.
Most of these are SWAGs.
Lynn
But oil is traded on the world's marketplace not on the
national marketplace. So shortages in European supply mean
that our prices will be higher. Asian prices again will climb
and the cost of producing all that nice microchip stuff will
climb along with the cost of shipping it back across the
Pacific and to Europe.
On 2026-03-29, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:50:06 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 3/28/2026 6:11 PM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:
On Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:23:10 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
DidnrCOt your Government have to release some emergency reserves to
keep things at that level? They canrCOt keep doing that indefinitely.
Call me when the price hit $5.
Stay tuned.
It will take months to get those reserves out. And Biden sold off
2/3rds of the reserves already.
So it *would have* taken months to use up those reserves, if Biden
hadnrCOt already got rid of most of them?
National Average price (per the AAA) went above $4 on April 2.
By today, April 4, it was already at $4.11.
You can try to blame the last guy, but everyone knows *why* those prices
at the pump are where they are, and it ain't coz he sold off the
reserves.
Daniel Goldsmith <dgold@dgold.invalid> wrote:
On 2026-03-29, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:50:06 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 3/28/2026 6:11 PM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:
On Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:23:10 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
DidnrCOt your Government have to release some emergency reserves to
keep things at that level? They canrCOt keep doing that indefinitely. >>>>>
Call me when the price hit $5.
Stay tuned.
It will take months to get those reserves out. And Biden sold off
2/3rds of the reserves already.
So it *would have* taken months to use up those reserves, if Biden
hadnrCOt already got rid of most of them?
National Average price (per the AAA) went above $4 on April 2.
By today, April 4, it was already at $4.11.
You can try to blame the last guy, but everyone knows *why* those prices
at the pump are where they are, and it ain't coz he sold off the
reserves.
Everybody knows ...
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3LpLaWIrXQ>
Danke,
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On 4/5/26 17:20, Don wrote:
Daniel Goldsmith <dgold@dgold.invalid> wrote:
On 2026-03-29, Lawrence DAOliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:50:06 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 3/28/2026 6:11 PM, Lawrence DAOliveiro wrote:
On Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:23:10 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
DidnAt your Government have to release some emergency reserves to
keep things at that level? They canAt keep doing that indefinitely. >>>>>>
Call me when the price hit $5.
Stay tuned.
It will take months to get those reserves out. And Biden sold off
2/3rds of the reserves already.
So it *would have* taken months to use up those reserves, if Biden
hadnAt already got rid of most of them?
National Average price (per the AAA) went above $4 on April 2.
By today, April 4, it was already at $4.11.
In California the price of Gas is over $6.00/gallon. People are buying
used
electric vehicles and people with hybrids are congratulating themselves and >getting later models.
You can try to blame the last guy, but everyone knows *why* those prices >>> at the pump are where they are, and it ain't coz he sold off the
reserves.
I wonder where there is a reference to the alleged Biden sale. Trump
blames
Biden for all the problems caused by Trump (usually.)
On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 21:24:05 -0700, Bobbie Sellers ><bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:
I wonder where there is a reference to the alleged Biden sale. Trump=20=20
blames
Biden for all the problems caused by Trump (usually.)
And last year I would have agreed with him.
It generally takes a mosf of a year for the new guy's policies to take >effect.
On 4/5/26 17:20, Don wrote:
Daniel Goldsmith <dgold@dgold.invalid> wrote:
On 2026-03-29, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:50:06 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 3/28/2026 6:11 PM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:
On Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:23:10 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
DidnrCOt your Government have to release some emergency reserves to >>>>>> keep things at that level? They canrCOt keep doing that indefinitely. >>>>>>
Call me when the price hit $5.
Stay tuned.
It will take months to get those reserves out. And Biden sold off
2/3rds of the reserves already.
So it *would have* taken months to use up those reserves, if Biden
hadnrCOt already got rid of most of them?
National Average price (per the AAA) went above $4 on April 2.
By today, April 4, it was already at $4.11.
-a-a-a-aIn California the price of Gas is over $6.00/gallon.-a People are buying used
electric vehicles and people with hybrids are congratulating themselves and getting later models.
You can try to blame the last guy, but everyone knows *why* those prices >>> at the pump are where they are, and it ain't coz he sold off the
reserves.
-a-a-a-aI wonder where there is a reference to the alleged Biden sale. Trump blames
Biden for all the problems caused by Trump (usually.)
Everybody knows ...
On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 21:24:05 -0700, Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:
On 4/5/26 17:20, Don wrote:
Daniel Goldsmith <dgold@dgold.invalid> wrote:
On 2026-03-29, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:50:06 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 3/28/2026 6:11 PM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:
On Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:23:10 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
DidnrCOt your Government have to release some emergency reserves to >>>>>>> keep things at that level? They canrCOt keep doing that indefinitely. >>>>>>>
Call me when the price hit $5.
Stay tuned.
It will take months to get those reserves out. And Biden sold off
2/3rds of the reserves already.
So it *would have* taken months to use up those reserves, if Biden
hadnrCOt already got rid of most of them?
National Average price (per the AAA) went above $4 on April 2.
By today, April 4, it was already at $4.11.
In California the price of Gas is over $6.00/gallon. People are buying >> used
electric vehicles and people with hybrids are congratulating themselves and >> getting later models.
You can try to blame the last guy, but everyone knows *why* those prices >>>> at the pump are where they are, and it ain't coz he sold off the
reserves.
I wonder where there is a reference to the alleged Biden sale. Trump >> blames
Biden for all the problems caused by Trump (usually.)
And last year I would have agreed with him.
It generally takes a mosf of a year for the new guy's policies to take effect.
But it isn't the first year any more ...
On 4/6/2026 12:24 AM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
On 4/5/26 17:20, Don wrote:
Daniel Goldsmith <dgold@dgold.invalid> wrote:
On 2026-03-29, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:50:06 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 3/28/2026 6:11 PM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:
On Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:23:10 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
DidnrCOt your Government have to release some emergency reserves to >>>>>>> keep things at that level? They canrCOt keep doing that indefinitely. >>>>>>>
Call me when the price hit $5.
Stay tuned.
It will take months to get those reserves out. And Biden sold off
2/3rds of the reserves already.
So it *would have* taken months to use up those reserves, if Biden
hadnrCOt already got rid of most of them?
National Average price (per the AAA) went above $4 on April 2.
By today, April 4, it was already at $4.11.
-a-a-a-a-aIn California the price of Gas is over $6.00/gallon.-a People are >> buying used
electric vehicles and people with hybrids are congratulating
themselves and
getting later models.
You can try to blame the last guy, but everyone knows *why* those
prices
at the pump are where they are, and it ain't coz he sold off the
reserves.
-a-a-a-a-aI wonder where there is a reference to the alleged Biden sale.
Trump blames
Biden for all the problems caused by Trump (usually.)
Everybody knows ...
There's a chart here:
https://ycharts.com/indicators/ us_ending_stocks_of_crude_oil_in_the_strategic_petroleum_reserve
It started to be drawn down at the end of 21', so yes, Biden.
Lowest point was August 2023.
pt
Daniel Goldsmith <dgold@dgold.invalid> wrote:
On 2026-03-29, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:50:06 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 3/28/2026 6:11 PM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:
On Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:23:10 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
DidnrCOt your Government have to release some emergency reserves to
keep things at that level? They canrCOt keep doing that indefinitely. >>>>>
Call me when the price hit $5.
Stay tuned.
It will take months to get those reserves out. And Biden sold off
2/3rds of the reserves already.
So it *would have* taken months to use up those reserves, if Biden
hadnrCOt already got rid of most of them?
National Average price (per the AAA) went above $4 on April 2.
By today, April 4, it was already at $4.11.
You can try to blame the last guy, but everyone knows *why* those prices
at the pump are where they are, and it ain't coz he sold off the
reserves.
Everybody knows ...
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3LpLaWIrXQ>
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:
On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 21:24:05 -0700, Bobbie Sellers
<bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:
I wonder where there is a reference to the alleged Biden sale. Trump=20=20
blames
Biden for all the problems caused by Trump (usually.)
And last year I would have agreed with him.
It generally takes a mosf of a year for the new guy's policies to take
effect.
Past history is no guarantee of future results. No president has
ripped apart everything like the orange clown has done.
On 4/6/26 09:54, Scott Lurndal wrote:You are missing the point: Biden's policies continued on until Trump
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:
On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 21:24:05 -0700, Bobbie Sellers
<bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:
I wonder where there is a reference to the alleged Biden sale. Trump=20=20
blames
Biden for all the problems caused by Trump (usually.)
And last year I would have agreed with him.
It generally takes a mosf of a year for the new guy's policies to take
effect.
Trump ain't a new guy.
On Mon, 6 Apr 2026 18:22:07 -0700, Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:
On 4/6/26 09:54, Scott Lurndal wrote:
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:
On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 21:24:05 -0700, Bobbie Sellers
<bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:
I wonder where there is a reference to the alleged Biden sale. Trump=20=20
blames
Biden for all the problems caused by Trump (usually.)
And last year I would have agreed with him.
It generally takes a mosf of a year for the new guy's policies to take >>>> effect.
Trump ain't a new guy.
You are missing the point: Biden's policies continued on until Trump
changed them.
Granted, it didn't take nearly as long as it usually does.
That's why I said "generally".
On 4/7/26 08:29, Paul S Person wrote:And you are still missing the point: I'm not talking about any old
On Mon, 6 Apr 2026 18:22:07 -0700, Bobbie Sellers
<bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:
On 4/6/26 09:54, Scott Lurndal wrote:
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:
On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 21:24:05 -0700, Bobbie Sellers
<bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:
I wonder where there is a reference to the alleged Biden sale. Trump=20=20
blames
Biden for all the problems caused by Trump (usually.)
And last year I would have agreed with him.
It generally takes a mosf of a year for the new guy's policies to take >>>>> effect.
Trump ain't a new guy.
You are missing the point: Biden's policies continued on until Trump
changed them.
Granted, it didn't take nearly as long as it usually does.
That's why I said "generally".
The USAIDs was not a Biden policy and Trump with Musk's DOGE
eviserated it. Many of the Agencies attacked were there long before
Biden and will be restored even before Trump leaves office because he
had no authority over those agencies like the VOA.
Trump's name will be removed from everything but Toxic
waste dumps. IMESHO.
[2] Loud-mouthed people with well-known names and reputations
supporting conspiracies and MAGA are demanding that Trump be curbed.
MTG is now the Voice of Reason, which as appalling as it is amazing.
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
[2] Loud-mouthed people with well-known names and reputations
supporting conspiracies and MAGA are demanding that Trump be curbed.
MTG is now the Voice of Reason, which as appalling as it is amazing.
I can't figure out MTG. She seemed to be a very opinionated person with no education but who thought she knew how things worked and who sincerely wanted to fix problems
During her campaign she made a number of statements which made it clear that she didn't have a high-school understanding of history or diplomacy. She repeatedly talked about WWI while confusing it with WWII and then talking about
how the US was never in WWI.
It took her a while to realize that history wasn't what she thought it was and
that the world didn't work the way her conspiracy-theory friends had told her.
Once something like that happens, what can you do? It's a hell of a spot to be in.
I blame all of these problems on poor elementary education. Because she is certainly not the only one whose understanding of history never reached the fifth-grade level.
Scott Dorsey wrote:
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
[2] Loud-mouthed people with well-known names and reputations
supporting conspiracies and MAGA are demanding that Trump be curbed.
MTG is now the Voice of Reason, which as appalling as it is amazing.
I can't figure out MTG. She seemed to be a very opinionated person with no >> education but who thought she knew how things worked and who sincerely wanted
to fix problems
During her campaign she made a number of statements which made it clear that >> she didn't have a high-school understanding of history or diplomacy. She
repeatedly talked about WWI while confusing it with WWII and then talking about
how the US was never in WWI.
It took her a while to realize that history wasn't what she thought it was and
that the world didn't work the way her conspiracy-theory friends had told her.
Once something like that happens, what can you do? It's a hell of a spot to >> be in.
Growing up in an environment where only one point of view is respected,
all else regarded as evil propaganda, will result in silly assertions
made with great confidence. But as you say, reality intervened, and she >seems to be re-assessing some of her views.
My guess is that the Epstein case was critical. She believed Trump's >promise to release the full files and begin prosecution of the
offenders, who she probably felt would mostly be her political opponents.
But it became clear that Trump would move heaven and earth to keep the
key parts of the files from public view, and that he had been lying, to
her, all along. She had to wonder who he was protecting.
Perhaps, once she knew that he had lied about this, she began to wonder
what else he had lied about.
I blame all of these problems on poor elementary education. Because she is >> certainly not the only one whose understanding of history never reached the >> fifth-grade level.
I was having drinks with two intelligent friends in the US. Both went
to good schools, and both were doing doctorates, but were about ten
years apart in age. The subject of WWII came up, and the younger asked
me "What did Canada do in WWII?". The other found it funny that anyone >could ask such a question.
Perhaps somewhere in that ten year period (68-78) things changed for the >worse.
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:IIRC, she relied on QAnon a lot for her "facts" and attitudes.
[2] Loud-mouthed people with well-known names and reputations
supporting conspiracies and MAGA are demanding that Trump be curbed.
MTG is now the Voice of Reason, which as appalling as it is amazing.
I can't figure out MTG. She seemed to be a very opinionated person with no >education but who thought she knew how things worked and who sincerely wanted >to fix problems.
During her campaign she made a number of statements which made it clear that >she didn't have a high-school understanding of history or diplomacy. She >repeatedly talked about WWI while confusing it with WWII and then talking about
how the US was never in WWI.
It took her a while to realize that history wasn't what she thought it was and >that the world didn't work the way her conspiracy-theory friends had told her. >Once something like that happens, what can you do? It's a hell of a spot to >be in.
I blame all of these problems on poor elementary education. Because she is >certainly not the only one whose understanding of history never reached the >fifth-grade level.
As to education, she apparently made it out of High School alive and
earned a BBA from the University of Georgia.
William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> writes:
Scott Dorsey wrote:
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
[2] Loud-mouthed people with well-known names and reputations
supporting conspiracies and MAGA are demanding that Trump be curbed.
MTG is now the Voice of Reason, which as appalling as it is amazing.
I can't figure out MTG. She seemed to be a very opinionated person with no >>> education but who thought she knew how things worked and who sincerely wanted
to fix problems
During her campaign she made a number of statements which made it clear that
she didn't have a high-school understanding of history or diplomacy. She >>> repeatedly talked about WWI while confusing it with WWII and then talking about
how the US was never in WWI.
It took her a while to realize that history wasn't what she thought it was and
that the world didn't work the way her conspiracy-theory friends had told her.
Once something like that happens, what can you do? It's a hell of a spot to
be in.
Growing up in an environment where only one point of view is respected,
all else regarded as evil propaganda, will result in silly assertions
made with great confidence. But as you say, reality intervened, and she
seems to be re-assessing some of her views.
My guess is that the Epstein case was critical. She believed Trump's
promise to release the full files and begin prosecution of the
offenders, who she probably felt would mostly be her political opponents.
But it became clear that Trump would move heaven and earth to keep the
key parts of the files from public view, and that he had been lying, to
her, all along. She had to wonder who he was protecting.
Perhaps, once she knew that he had lied about this, she began to wonder
what else he had lied about.
I blame all of these problems on poor elementary education. Because she is >>> certainly not the only one whose understanding of history never reached the >>> fifth-grade level.
I was having drinks with two intelligent friends in the US. Both went
to good schools, and both were doing doctorates, but were about ten
years apart in age. The subject of WWII came up, and the younger asked
me "What did Canada do in WWII?". The other found it funny that anyone
could ask such a question.
Perhaps somewhere in that ten year period (68-78) things changed for the
worse.
When I was a kid (and I'm of an age with you, I suspect), I was
reading things like the Canfield Cook _Lucky Terrell Flying Stories_
series (which had been passed down from my father and his brother)
along side Tom Swift Jr, The Hardy Boys, etc.
The Cook stories were about a Texan and a Canadian who volunteered
for the RAF (before December 1941). So for those of our age,
it (WWII) was only 25 years in the past, and there was quite
a bit of pop culture (written and movies/television) and
grade school history about WWII, that modern children haven't
been exposed to.
The subject of WWII came up, and the younger asked me "What did
Canada do in WWII?". The other found it funny that anyone could ask
such a question.
On Wed, 8 Apr 2026 15:14:38 -0400, William Hyde wrote:That didn't bother me as much as the clear effort to pose as another
The subject of WWII came up, and the younger asked me "What did
Canada do in WWII?". The other found it funny that anyone could ask
such a question.
Seems an entire nation gets its view of the world from its own movie
and TV propaganda.
For example, oSaving Private Ryano would have you believe that the USA >conducted the D-Day invasion singlehandedly.
On Wed, 8 Apr 2026 15:14:38 -0400, William Hyde wrote:If you were historically deprived perhaps.
The subject of WWII came up, and the younger asked me "What did
Canada do in WWII?". The other found it funny that anyone could ask
such a question.
Seems an entire nation gets its view of the world from its own movie
and TV propaganda.
For example, rCLSaving Private RyanrCY would have you believe that the USA conducted the D-Day invasion singlehandedly.
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