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@Let Da Big Dog Eat @SUXBNME @Gypsybrat @mmmmm...beer @Bigtraine @kutulu @Bier Meister @RaiderHaters Revenge @cbfalcon not sure on last 2, en fuego and KLSTRPHNKY

We need to get some traction if this league is going to continue. We need to vote on rules, something that hasn't happened the last few years. Instead everyone shows up right before the draft and none of the proposed rule changes were ever really considered. Lets even see if we should continue this league. I made the poll public in case someone not in the league votes.

The company I work for had 10% layoffs 2025, 25% in 2020, and 30% in 2015. At one point in 2015 me and one other person had an entire floor to ourselves. Every time I knew it was coming. 50/50 we have a small reduction this year of 5-10% is my guess. Will know more soon based on global conditions.

1. The stopping of the keystone pipeline actually helped lower the price of gasoline in north-central US. The reason this is the case is because Canada wanted to sell their oil on the global market, the pipeline was to get the oil sands to gulf coast refineries where the majority of refined goods is exported to global markets. However, since they could not get their oil to global market they were actually forced to sell it more locally to northern US at suppressed prices. 2. This seems like a talking point, I know Biden's administration banned some areas from drilling that would never have been drilled anyways. But there were no new regulations on the oil/gas industry that effected us the last 4 years. 3. How would green energy hurt gas prices? Wouldn't it lower the price of gasoline. If you keep supply the same and lower demand it decreases price. Adding green energy to the grid and having a percentage of the population that is able to switch to electric vehicles would be good for gasoline prices, however it would have opposite effect on electricity prices. If you increase the demand of electricity by adding electric vehicles to the grid, then it would be upward pressure on electricity prices without adding additional electricity supply. Sorry, going to have to get back to work. If you respond, I won't answer until much later today.

I don't believe that chart without a link to a study by an economist from a reputable organization such as MIT, Princeton, etc. Like I responded to cyclone, I don't believe the words that a poltician says and I don't trust random stats on the internet. Sorry.

I don't believe the words out of politicians mouths, I look at their actions.

It went up, and economists directly tied some of the inflation directly to the inflation reduction act. However, this is not a topic that interests me like oil/gas prices. I don't want to research articles to find out exactly how much inflation was caused by the bill.

Keystone pipeline was incredibly unpopular amongst democrats, so Biden did play a part in killing that, however drilling did greatly expand while he was in office. To be fair he suffered from dementia, but his decision making process could be described as flip/flopping. When the public started crying about gas prices then drilling expanded greatly. Hardly the policy of someone who was anti-oil.

If that was the policy of the administration, please explain why drilling rigs increased by 50% in US and why oil production went up as per my last 2 posts. You have drank the kool-aid, years ago you used to be one of the handful of posters who could see topics from both sides and now you are full on propaganda and attacking any decision from the other side and defending the republicans like it is your sports team.

Oil production peaked in late 2023 and has remained steady since then. This is a lag from the drilling rig count because it takes a while from start of drilling until oil actually gets produced. However, I expect another spike in domestic oil production/rig count because I would have to imagine all of our oil producers are salivating over 100+ dollars a bbl. There are profits to be made right now if they can ramp up production fast enough. https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/leafhandler.ashx?n=pet&s=mcrfpus2&f=m

Ok, you got me. There are 42 gallons in a barrel and he raised the tax on a barrel from 9.7 to 16.4, this is raising the fees on a gallon of oil a whole 1 and a half pennies. I did not consider this, but does this really matter? Edit, my math was bad. They raised the price on gallon of oil by .15 pennies. Not by a whole penny.

Biden was a terrible president, however the rig count increased 50% from the first 2 years of his term to the last 2 years. The government at that time was not trying to kill off domestic oil production. https://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_enr_drill_s1_a.htm

The inflation reduction act caused inflation ironically enough, however gasoline tax's/fees has remained the same since Clinton or Reagan or something like that. This is easily verified.

still crickets

One of the key aspects of democracy is that you respect your opponent and don't call for their exile/execution. Maybe you have spent too long in an echo chamber, it is important to actually get views from both sides. One of the great things about this country is that historically it has not swung too extreme because when one side gained too much power then voters then switched and voted for the other side gained power and changed some of the recent changes the other side just made. This prevents the country from going too far extreme in one direction or the other. Respect for people who have different political opinions and ability to compromise with them are key.

You used to be a normal dude. Now you are saying that you want all elected officials who have a different political opinion than you to be exiled or executed? That is what leaders due in banana republic dictatorships like Venezuela. What caused you to be such an extremist?

crickets

Maybe it stays as gypsybrat. Ideally we should get everyone here and voting on rule changes well before our draft though. The problem is that half the league doesnt check in during the offseason.

Best of luck, hopefully they get in to see you quickly and have a treatment available.

I haven't seen the TCL operating system, but LG can be quite slow compared to my samsung TV. I like having the TV respond quickly so i would recommend Samsung. OLED also is not as bright as other technologies. Depending on your room OLED may not be the best choice.

Sony hasn't made it's own tv's in years. They re-sold LG or samsung panels, however they recently signed a joint venture with TCL and TCL will make all "Sony" tv's going forward.

They still make waterbeds. Go retro! The cheapest option from mattress firm works fine. You can by a split king that tilts up for pretty cheap. We were ~1000 dollars all in including both mattresses. I do have to sleep tilted up because of acid reflux. But you dont have to spend much money.

A decline in refining capacity has been happening in many states, this is not unique to California. Texas is an outlier in this regards as our refining capacity is up, probably to pick up the slack. All down: North Dakota: https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pnp_cap1_dcu_SND_a.htm Wyoming: https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pnp_cap1_dcu_SWY_a.htm Louisiana: https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pnp_cap1_dcu_SLA_a.htm In addition many states import gasoline, for example Florida does not have a single refinery. There are certainly pro/con's when it comes to refineries, they are ugly, they pollute, and while the jobs are high paying, they come with risks. My kids have come to associate seeing the refineries as the signal that the drive to the beach is almost over. They will get happy when they see the refineries because they know they are almost there. Kind of sad if you put thought into it. Pristine beaches would be nice. Closing refineries in California will certainly hurt this countries fuel supply. The two refineries that either recently shutdown or are do to shutdown this year in California provide 2% of the US refining capacity. There is a reason we only do a tiny amount of rare earth processing in the US, it is a pollution heavy industry. I understand why Florida has never built any refineries. It would be kind of nice not living around this stuff.

From my understanding it is all gulf coast refined gasoline. However, it is cheaper to send gasoline from Texas/Lousianna to Bahamas, then stage the gasoline in bahamas and then export the gasoline from bahamas to California because of the Jones act. I don't think Bahama's has any oil refineries and they definitely don't have a domestic oil industry. The jones act states that any goods shipped from one US state to another have to be on US ships with US personnel. This is a loophole so that the shipping of gasoline can be done cheaper by foreign companies using cheap labor and poorly maintained boats. Many states import gasoline from Texas/Louisiana, not sure how many use a loophole to get around Jones act though.

Only if her name is Charity.