Quote of the day: “The real problem of humanity is this: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology.” E.O Wilson

Happy Hour Today LIVE & DOE/North America Data Book

Source: Gemini after I fired Grok, Sankey Research Just ran a chart book of today’s data from the DOE. Inventories rising, supply good. Only surprise is crude oil prices holding up so well, to be honest. But global inventories are tight. US refiners are strongly supplying the market so expect more pressure on refining margins into the January lows. With that said, demand is remarkably strong on a trailing basis given how high pump prices

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Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

At Some Disputed Barricade

I Have a Rendezvous with Death By Alan Seeger. When World War I broke out in 1914, Seeger enlisted in the French Foreign Legion – which has a reputation for absolutely the toughest, non-French (no questions asked) paratroopers. He joined “out of a romantic and idealistic devotion to France”. Seeger – same family as folk legend Pete Seeger – fought on the Western Front and was killed in action at age 28 on July 4,

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