Recruiting forum off topic thread (no politics, covid, or hot button issues)

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bignewt said:
the pipeline that goes to galveston to line the pockets of the companies that own the shale?
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I don't understand what you're talking about. I'm talking about a North American supply of oil that we can count on from a friendly neighboring country if we need it. Or would you rather rely on Middle Eastern or African oil?
 
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Billy Antrim said:
I don't understand what you're talking about. I'm talking about a North American supply of oil that we can count on from a friendly neighboring country if we need it. Or would you rather rely on Middle Eastern or African oil?
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need to send ol Daniel Plainview to hang out with Putin
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Volsdeep4 said:
You know any companies directly or just saying In General?
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Just in general. I was an operations manger for an oilfield service company several years ago and we paid a lot of money for hotshots (pre-COVID) When oil goes up, the cost of trucking in oil towns go through the roof.
 
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Billy Antrim said:
I don't understand what you're talking about. I'm talking about a North American supply of oil that we can count on from a friendly neighboring country if we need it. Or would you rather rely on Middle Eastern or African oil?
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yeah hey guys can we have all your oil? Sure, buddy!
 
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jave36 said:
Oil prices are based on the global markets. Having more production in the US wouldn't insulate the US (not anymore than the rest of the world, anyway), as that oil would be bought and sold on the global market. We aren't Russia or Venezuela or China, we haven't nationalized the domestic oil industry.
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For a brief period, we were a net exporter of oil. If we can provide our nation with all the oil it needs plus export some to other countries, then we have more control over the global price of oil. If we get most of our oil from OPEC countries then we are at their whim if they choose to slow production. We also need more refinery capacity but red tape slows it all down.
 
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Glitch said:
For a brief period, we were a net exporter of oil. If we can provide our nation with all the oil it needs plus export some to other countries, then we have more control over the global price of oil. If we get most of our oil from OPEC countries then we are at their whim if they choose to slow production. We also need more refinery capacity but red tape slows it all down.
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And here we are buying $billions of oil and natural gas from Russia and primarily Iran from the Middle East and Demented Joe begging OPEC to produce more. All while the left pushes us to go "green". You wanna know something else? Natural gas produced in the US is 41% cleaner than that which comes from Russia. So where are they enviornmentalist wackos at to condemn this?
 
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Devo182 said:
Similar to recruiting rankings, I prefer to look at KenPom rankings in terms of tiers and gaps, to adjust for margins going down the list (the way we can often see a larger gap between #3 and #8 than #8 all the way to #20 in recruiting). What is shocking this year (and vibes with most people's eye test) is how much parity there is at the top.

Take out Gonzaga...who has a light schedule let's be real...and the #2-#12 (UT) teams are only separated by less than 3 1/2 points. And if you go further down, the gap just between us and #16 is another 4 points. Basically...the top 12 teams can hardly be separated.

For reference - the gap between #2 and #12 last year was a whopping 11 points...

All I can think is this means extra madness this year. Nobody is safe.

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You do know that Gonzaga has played 7 of these top 25 teams, with 9 games total (2 against Saint marys and 2 against USF). They will play USF again tonight and likely Saint Mary's tomorrow night to lead them to 11 games total against Ken Pom top 25 teams ( of which they are currently 7-3). Stop with the light schedule bull. It just shows you don't watch or understand college basketball enough.
 
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bignewt said:
yeah hey guys can we have all your oil? Sure, buddy!
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Western Canada produces more energy than the country could ever use. So yeah, they are more than happy to sell it to the US if Biden will allow the completion of the Keystone pipeline. As it is, some Canadian oil is being shipped to US refineries via railcar.

Edit: The US actually imported 4.78 million barrels a day from Canada in December 2021, the latest data I could find. So we have a good supply of energy coming south already, even without the Keystone pipeline.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
If you need gas, get it today. Have buddy in the trucking industry and he buys fuel wholesale, weekly. He has a huge tank at his facility. Said he called and today his diesel is $5.11 and they expected it to be higher today. Some say gas will go to $7.00 before all is said and done. Diesel will be $10.00.
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I honestly don’t think they’re worried about these high gas prices. Gas is a thing of the past, we’re going electric nowadays😉. Expensive gas fits in with “the agenda”😒
 
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VOLSONLY said:
I honestly don’t think they’re worried about these high gas prices. Gas is a thing of the past, we’re going electric nowadays😉. Expensive gas fits in with “the agenda”😒
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Electric is being force-fed to the American public. We don't have the infrastructure to support it. I like electric but we're not ready for it.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
Electric is being force-fed to the American public. We don't have the infrastructure to support it. I like electric but we're not ready for it.
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Even if we did it is living on a razor's edge. Having worked at one time with an electric utility company I can vouch that the grid is an easy target for mischief and destruction. No electricity, no transportation. That would never happen, would it? lol.
 
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Glitch said:
For a brief period, we were a net exporter of oil. If we can provide our nation with all the oil it needs plus export some to other countries, then we have more control over the global price of oil. If we get most of our oil from OPEC countries then we are at their whim if they choose to slow production. We also need more refinery capacity but red tape slows it all down.
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"We" don't get our oil from anywhere specific. Private companies like Exxon Mobil extract and refine the oil, not the United States. All that oil goes out on the open market and is purchased by whomever wants to at whatever the market price is.

There is no such thing as "we can provide our nation with the oil it needs." We as in the United States don't provide any oil to anyone anywhere, period. You're confusing the United States with China and Russia.

Oil companies will happily sell oil produced in the US to anywhere in the world, it's not promised to the US first because it was extracted from here. More refinery capacity in the US would mean more supply on the open market, which would bring prices down for everyone, not just the US. Cutting off Russia decreases supply, bringing prices up for everyone.
 
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