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No Subsidy For You (opens the original)
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“No soup for you!” – Yev KassemAll energy comes from the Sun, or the Suns of Our Fathers. Our Sun and solar system is a so-called second-generation star system. Nuclear and geothermal are powered by the fission or decay of ultra large atoms created in supernovas of ancient stars, the debris of which later coalesced to form our Sun and solar system. It took billions of years. Coal, oil & gas are thousands to millions of years’ worth of stored sunlight from our Sun. What we’ll call “sunlight of th
It’s The Entropy Stupid (opens the original)
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“It’s the economy stupid.” – 1992In 1650 the archbishop of Armagh, James Ussher, began studying the Old Testament as well as ancient Egyptian and Hebrew texts with an eye towards calculating the day of Creation. He came up with one fine Sunday evening on October 23rd, 4004 BC. Others would nit-pick it a bit and say that technically the effort began bright and early first thing the next morning, and none other than Sir Issac Newton was reported to have a take, saying Creation was six years later
Refining Ain’t For Wusses (opens the original)
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“Yeah, Sammy, it’s not a religion for wusses.” – Carla Tortelli (Cheers)On December 29, 2023 the Mexican government issued an order expropriating the U‑3400 hydrogen plant at the Tula refinery. PEMEX had sold the unit to Air Liquide in September of 2017 in return for two things; around fifty million in cash and a commitment to upgrade, optimize and operate the plant. In return Air Liquide received a 20-year contract for hydrogen supply. By the end of the first quarter 2018, Air Liquide had uphel
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