$5 a gallon

Congo is the largest supplier of cobalt. No one else is even close. In the meantime, many battery makers are planning to substantially reduce cobalt, if not fully eliminate it by 2030. Russia was making a play to increase their own production, but the Ukraine situation will likely help accelerate the plans to go cobalt free.

3/14/22 morning avg gas price in Pgh according to AAA

4.330 for regular. Down 0.003 from yesterday. 3rd day in a row of slight downward movement.

Congo is the largest supplier of cobalt. No one else is even close. In the meantime, many battery makers are planning to substantially reduce cobalt, if not fully eliminate it by 2030. Russia was making a play to increase their own production, but the Ukraine situation will likely help accelerate the plans to go cobalt free. Originally Posted by HDGristle

As is said, I might be mistaken but russia is number two on the list.
I seldom have time to wiki everything

3/14/22 morning avg gas price in Pgh according to AAA

4.330 for regular. Down 0.003 from yesterday. 3rd day in a row of slight downward movement. Originally Posted by HDGristle

And nearly double what it was when Senile Biden first took office. But you do you and celebrate that minute .003 savings just like Senile Biden took credit for a minute temporary drop a few months ago.

After Killing U.S. Energy Production, The Biden Administration Is Negotiating With Venezuelan Terrorists For Oil

It appears the Biden administration would rather engage the rogue regime in Caracas than consider increasing U.S. domestic production. This decision further damages the international credibility of the United States and can only be viewed as the latest example of foreign policy malpractice from an erratic, unserious Biden administration.

Let's review: for more than a dozen years, the United States has imposed sanctions on Venezuela. Sanctions have spanned several U.S. administrations and were instigated by the regime’s lack of cooperation on narco-trafficking and counterterrorism, human rights abuses, corruption, and other anti-democratic behaviors.
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While the Soles rule Venezuela with a maniacal hand, they have surrounded themselves with a rogue’s gallery of global malign actors. There are the Cubans, the Russians and Chinese, the Iranians, as well as Hezbollah and the FARC. China and Russia threw Venezuela a financial lifeline as Maduro sought billions in “loans for oil” agreements and other arrangements to stave off defaulting on bondholder debt.
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It is hard to imagine what the Biden administration thought it could gain from this visit. They must know the Soles are proud members of the Global Pariahs Club. Caracas would have forwarded detailed reports to Havana, Moscow, and Beijing before the delegation even returned to the United States. It is almost certain their assessments found the U.S. position weak and the delegation feckless. While there are options for positive change in Venezuela, sending a few suits to Caracas is not one of them.


https://thefederalist.com/2022/03/14...rists-for-oil/

And nearly double what it was when Senile Biden first took office. But you do you and celebrate that minute .003 savings just like Senile Biden took credit for a minute temporary drop a few months ago. Originally Posted by berryberry

I'm going to post the local reg price daily. Regardless of whether it goes up or down.

As is said, I might be mistaken but russia is number two on the list.
I seldom have time to wiki everything Originally Posted by chizzy

A distant, distant #2. And no prob and no snark was meant or intended.

LOL - an unhinged libtard drinking Senile Biden's kool-aid
Watch:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1503398430638546950

As of this afternoon, Ukraine / Russia discussions and a report of rare progress in peace talks, China's new COVID lockdown, the UK's request to Saudi Arabia to increase production and India's indication that it's ready to release more its reserves into the market have put some downward pressure on price with the expectations of increasing supply and decreased demand.

LOL - an unhinged libtard drinking Senile Biden's kool-aid
Watch:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1503398430638546950 Originally Posted by berryberry

lol…unhinged…the irony.

That crazy HEY PUTIN guy isn’t aware that the vast majority of the price explosion was long before Russia and Ukraine were slugging it out.

That crazy HEY PUTIN guy isn’t aware that the vast majority of the price explosion was long before Russia and Ukraine were slugging it out. Originally Posted by Jacuzzme

Yep - he is brainwashed like most of the libtards are

Biden’s War on Oil Hits Consumers
The American energy industry is ready to help if Washington stops trying to put us out of business.

Gasoline prices are higher than we have ever seen. The government reported a year-over-year inflation rate of 7.9% for February, the highest since 1982. Americans need relief, and one thing stands in the way: President Biden’s unwillingness to reverse course on his administration’s commitment to put the American oil-and-gas industry out of business at the consumer’s expense.

In the year since the administration froze new drilling leases on 26% of federal land and more than a third of the nation’s resources in productivity, the U.S. has been falling further from energy independence, putting national security at risk. There is no good reason for America to become more reliant on energy imports. It constrains our policy choices, forces us to cede our national security to foreign players and enriches those who would do us harm. This administration is working with the Saudis, Venezuela and even Iran to come to the rscue. Why?

The U.S. needs domestically produced oil and natural gas. In 2019 the U.S. became energy-independent, a net exporter. Gas and electricity prices were low, and the U.S. was the largest producer of energy on the planet. Thanks to abundant and affordable clean-burning natural gas, brought to us by horizontal drilling, the reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions was the most successful in the industrialized world.

Modern life is predicated on cheap, abundant and reliable energy. This administration has manufactured scarcity and mandated insecurity around the globe. Energy prices are rising everywhere, and releasing a couple of days’ supply from our strategic reserves is a temporary patch. The largest strategic reserve in the world is under our feet.

The solution lies in three simple actions: First, make it official U.S. policy to restore energy-independence by using all sources of available energy. Announce the intent to bring on more supply of oil and gas in the U.S. This provides certainty for producers to bring new capital and supplies to the market, meeting current world demand.

Second, open federal lands for energy development. The 9,000 permits the White House keeps touting is misleading at best. Thousands of those sites can’t be developed as they are held up in litigation. Others require new permits and leases to make a full unit. Thousands more await approval. Conservatively, our data tells us the number of available permits ready for production today stands closer to 1,500, and many of those are already drilling. No leases have been issued for federal land since 2020.

Third, support energy infrastructure, including pipelines to transport natural gas, oil and CO2 safely. Projects such as the Mountain Valley Pipeline would increase energy availability and enhance our ability to export to our allies.



https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-...d-11647179341?

Whoever wrote that obviously knows way to much about energy production and should have no business discussing it. In Washington, it’s a prerequisite to know absolutely nothing about subjects you’re tasked with making policy on.