UAW Strike and EV Bust Threaten to Kill Our Auto Industry Ronald Stein Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure, Irvine, California .. .… … [Editor’s Note: The UAW strike, combined with foolish pursuit of the EV dream and then bust, are strangling our American auto industry. Workers, once again, will pay the price.] In today’s world,
Read More...EV Mandates Equal Out-of-Sight, Out-of-Mind Child Labor Ronald Stein Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure, Irvine, California .. .… … [Editor’s Note: The cruel reality of EV mandates and other “green energy” schemes is that they depend on out-of-sight, out-of-mind child labor in the poorest parts of the world.] Global cobalt demand soared with the advent
Read More...Natural gas is a critical component for maintaining American industrial competitiveness during the energy transition, according to an American Chemistry Council white paper published last month. Natural Gas Supports Industry Growth and Competitiveness Natural gas continues to be an economic lifeblood for variety of major industries due to its versatility, abundance and low cost. The
Read More...Electricity, Oil and Natural Gas: The Lifeblood of Our World Ronald Stein Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure, Irvine, California .. .… … [Editor’s Note: The modern world we take for granted depends, for its life, on electricity, oil and natural gas and ignoring that fact could propel us backward at high speed.] The few wealthy
Read More...Ohio’s plastic manufacturing industry is beating out China’s, thanks to its abundant natural resources that provide manufacturing and economic advantages, according to a new Shale Crescent USA study by JobsOhio. The study debunks the long-held belief that importing plastic-based manufactured goods is more affordable, when in fact, increasing domestic production and making critical materials like
Read More...The Shell Polymers Monaca (SPM) petrochemical refinery in western Pennsylvania, became fully operational this week, marking it as the first major polyethylene manufacturing complex in the Northeast. Shell Downstream Director Huibert Vigeveno heralded the project: “Building this world-class facility is a fantastic achievement and one the team can be proud of; it’s a showcase of
Read More...Newsom Energy Policies Moving Californians Anywhere Else! Ronald Stein Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure, Irvine, California .. .… … [Editor’s Note: Gavin Newsom and his politically correct energy policies are exploding prices and leading to an exodus from the Golden State to anywhere else but California.] Despite Newsom’s statewide policy decisions that are driving up costs
Read More...Crude Oil, Not Breezes and Sunshine, Sustains Society Ronald Stein Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure, Irvine, California .. .… … [Editor’s Note: Crude oil and natural gas are what sustain our civil society as we know it. Breezes and sunshine may be appealing but they don’t come close to what we need.] The transition to
Read More...EV Madness Ignores Truth of Impacts on the Lives of Others Ronald Stein Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure, Irvine, California .. .… … [Editor’s Note: EV madness has seemingly taken over the minds of those who brazenly plan our futures for us and it has made them blind to the impacts on the lives of
Read More...Natural Gas – 100 Years Ago Today, July 29, 1922! Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Natural gas news from a hundred years ago offers great perspective for discussing one of the cleanest sources of energy available then and still today. I thought it might be fun and illuminating to look back 100
Read More...EVs Face Very Dark Clouds and Storms Ahead! Ronald Stein Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure, Irvine, California .. .… … [Editor’s Note: EVs face a very stormy future despite all the hype from special interests and many of the problems stem from the same old storage problem which demands lithium.] There are a couple of
Read More...EVs Are Unethical and No Solution to High Gas Prices Ronald Stein Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure, Irvine, California .. .… … [Editor’s Note: It’s time to stop kidding ourselves; EVs are unethical, uneconomical and unsafe. They make no sense and are simply a corporatist gimmick to suck up green rent.] With numerous State Governor’s
Read More...Garland L. Thompson, Esq.Journalist and Author, Philadelphia PennEast [Editor’s Note: Garland Thompson analyzes the Supreme Court’s PennEast decision and finds some important clarification as to pipeline law that will favorably impact the future.] Now that I’ve read the full text of the High Court’s opinion and order over-ruling the Third Circuit Court of Appeals’ flawed
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Nick Deiuliis , of CNX fame, has launched an Academy to assist potential future leaders of Western Pennsylvania in growing. America today is full of corporatists—capitalists gone astray—who no longer believe in capitalism or the virtues on which it depends. They’ve turned. instead, to milking government for all
Read More...Garland L. Thompson, Esq.Journalist and Author, Philadelphia [Editor’s Note: Garland Thompson and his associate John Linder lay out an extremely compelling case for the Philadelphia economy if only it will have it.] On the eve of a new presidential administration, my colleagues and I on the downstream end of the business decided to send out
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