Phil Price
@philipcprice.bsky.social
Retired Analytical Chemist. Interests - mass spectrometry, chemical safety, industrial incident investigations, environment, travel, photography, SCUBA.
Meanwhile... US companies are exporting Billions of gallons of diesel per month overseas. apnews.com/article/russ...
Trump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying attacks are causing a shortage
U.S. President Donald Trump has called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying attacks are causing a global shortage.
apnews.com
The Aramco refinery in Port Arthur, TX will export significantly more diesel fuel to Europe this month than in August. Diesel $$ aren't going down (or stabilizing) anytime soon.
The Houthi-aligned Bani Hashish tribes are massing in preparation to “liberate” the remaining Yemeni territory outside Houthi control. It’s a sea of Toyotas with mounted machine guns. I think this is what we should mean when we say Toyotathon from now on.
US oil companies exported almost 3 Billion gallons of diesel fuel last month - a new record; September will be even higher. And Trump is bitching that Ukraine is affecting OUR supply? Chevron, Aramco, & Exxon are laughing all the way to the bank.
"Demand Destruction": As folks realize the continuing unreliability & expense of petroleum-based energy, they will turn (permanently) toward locally-generated renewables.
Justin Mikulka@justinmikulka.bsky.social · 15h agoOne CEO of a major bank told CNN that the US-Iran conflict “probably is a forever war.” “I’m not losing sleep over it, but we should be prepared for that,” the bank CEO said. “A forever war would leave everyone feeling edgy, but after a certain point you realize it’s just the new normal.”
Note this: Russian diesel availability seems to regulate US prices... More than his buddies in Houston at Chevron & Exxon refineries
SlavaUkraini033@slavaukraini033.bsky.social · 14h agoTrump to Zelenskyy: Zelenskyy has to do one thing. He has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia. He is causing a shortage of diesel. This isn’t done by the Middle East. This is done by what’s happening between Russia and Ukraine.
Just the selection of artist, creation of models, selection of finalist, and casting and fabrication of a 30 foot statue could easily take 30 months = well beyond the 2028 elections. 3D printing is possible, but probably would not result in "Mall-worthy" art. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump asks Smithsonian to install ‘Colossus statue’ of George Washington with exhibit
Trump, again trying to curate museum, says exhibit would stay until 2032 for 300th anniversary of Washington’s birth
theguardian.com
"AI will kill us all" is WAY too abstract. Need focus on smaller/specific threats: New bio-weapon Financial market chaos event Banking failure Chunk of internet disabled Cable TV bricked Major electrical grid failure Major water/sewer infrastructure All FAA functions bricked Rail freight bricked
Molly Jong-Fast@mollyjongfast.bsky.social · yesterdayWe need some GOP donors to explain to trump that we need AI regulations and safeguards now
Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning eloped on this date in 1846. Thus the term "Poetry in Motion".
Wonder where repealing the Second Law of Thermodynamics is in their schedule? (Radiating waste heat in a vacuum is truly difficult. Ask any Space Shuttle pilot.) finance.yahoo.com/markets/stoc...
SpaceX just revealed an important timeline for launching data centers in space
Space data center details emerge.
finance.yahoo.com
FunFact: Wind, solar, hydro, tidal, & geothermal energy are not subject to political disruptions 7,000 miles away.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2d ago"You're seeing a multifaceted approach that Iran is using to disrupt the world's economy based on oil." @markhertling.bsky.social breaks down Iran's coordinated squeeze on energy infrastructure across the Arabian Peninsula.
Arithmetic: ~80% of US debt is held by Americans. Almost all of the $5,000 payout will add to our deficit - an added $Trillion. So, we would get cash... from ourselves?
Republicans Against Trumpism@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 2d agoDonald Trump reiterates his promise to give every American adult a $5,000 “dividend” if Republicans retain control of Congress in November: “When I say something, I mean it! The $5,000 Dividend will happen… VOTE REPUBLICAN.”
Meanwhile, "someone out there" now has images of over 50% of all the USA driver's licenses, plus passports, global entry, & other misc government IDs. An AI treasure-trove!!
ian bremmer@ianbremmer.com · 2d agorogue states and non-state actors turning to ai for weapons development. anthropic discloses it caught some… but not all… of these efforts. implications of no governance getting clearer by the day www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
At more than $216 per barrel, US diesel futures are now at their highest level in history. We just busted through the prior record set at the height of the 2022 crisis.
Sad news about French investigation - Blanche & our DOJ are refusing to cooperate or provide specific requested documents.
Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 3d agoFrench prosecutors have found new investigative leads in the Epstein case, and have identified 13 new victims. www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
"Math is hard": Proposed Republican $5,000 payments (even if not paid out to wealthy) would total close to $1 Trillion. Maximum estimates for net Tariff Income are less than $50 Billion. So the USA borrows the other 95%?
FunFact: President Trump has NEVER IN HIS LIFE filled up a gas tank, or paid for gas.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d agoEnergy Secretary Chris Wright: "Nobody loves low gas prices more than President Trump"
Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.
Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co · 2y agoApple is aiming to release a foldable iPhone in 2026 📱 (via WSJ)
DOJ continuing to conceal Epstein information & block investigations: newrepublic.com/post/215195/...
Trump’s DOJ Ghosts European Officials Investigating Epstein
The Justice Department is refusing to cooperate in European investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and his circle.
newrepublic.com
🔥 Record strike of war: Ukraine's Special Operations Forces hit critical Russian plants 3,000 km away
Record strike of war: Ukraine's Special Operations Forces hit critical Russian plants 3,000 km away
Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces struck Russia’s Novy Urengoy and Purovsky gas condensate plants in Ukraine’s deepest strike of the war.
pravda.com.ua
Imagine if Putin published a map of Europe and the Middle East, covered in Russia's tricolor Peter The Great flag? newrepublic.com/post/215149/...
Trump Sparks Diplomatic Incident With His “USA” Map
Iceland has summoned the U.S. ambassador.
newrepublic.com
Serious question: How is threatening ALL our neighbors any different from Hitler's conquests, or the step-wise building of the USSR?
March 1, six US service members were killed by Iran... Using satellite targeting data provided by Russia.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6d agoWhat a surprise that America’s Putin Party continues to slow walk this while continuing to do nothing.
#Denmark built so much wind that some blustery hours the turbines out-produce what the whole country is using. When that happens, the extra power doesn’t sit idle. It moves through Denmark’s links into the wider European network and heads to neighbors like Germany, Norway, Sweden. #ActOnClimate
Dude needs to get out more - #1: Bombardier hasn't made regional jets since 2020. #2: The entire regional jet business is now owned by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (not Canada). www.cnbc.com/2026/09/07/t...
Trump says Bombardier can't sell in U.S. unless Canada aerospace giant builds there
Trump's announcement comes on the eve of Canadian retaliatory tariffs set to take effect Tuesday on $20 billion of U.S. goods.
cnbc.com
