Archive for the 'Energy' Category
U.S. Gasoline Prices Hit Record And Peak Driving Season Has Yet To Come
May 10th, 2022Via:: ZeroHedge: U.S. retail gasoline and diesel prices at the pump hit a new record, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA). Soaring fuel prices come three weeks before the summer driving season begins, a challenge for the Biden administration and Federal Reserve as they combat the highest inflation in four decades. Across the board, […]
Will You Starve to Death This Year?
May 4th, 2022Via: Peak Prosperity:
Ford Begins Production of F-150 Lightning Electric Pickup Truck, Says It’s a ‘Model T Moment’
April 27th, 2022Via: Electrek: Ford has officially started full production of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center. The company compares the significance of the moment to the launch of the Ford Model T. The automaker grabbed a lot of headlines by announcing that the Ford F-150 Lightning would start at $40,000, […]
Russia Halts Gas Supplies to Poland and Bulgaria
April 27th, 2022Via: Reuters: Russia halted gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland on Wednesday for rejecting its demand to pay in roubles, taking direct aim at European economies in its toughest retaliation so far against international sanctions over the war in Ukraine. The step was denounced by European leaders as “blackmail”, and comes as European countries have […]
Rivian CEO Warns that Upcoming Battery Shortage Will Make Recent Chip Shortage Look Like a ‘Small Appetizer’
April 26th, 2022Via: Business Insider: Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe warned that a shortage of electric-car batteries could soon eclipse the issues that the automotive industry has faced from the computer chip shortage. “Semiconductors are a small appetizer to what we are about to feel on battery cells over the next two decades,” Scaringe said, according to a […]
Russia Investigating Fuel Depot Explosions & Fire Near Ukraine Border Amid ‘Pattern’ Of Incidents
April 25th, 2022Via: ZeroHedge: A massive fire raged overnight into the morning and daytime hours at a Russian oil storage facility and logistics hub on Monday in the city of Bryansk, which lies a mere 100 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. Widely circulating social media footage is fueling speculation that the fire could have been the result […]
Power Beam Energy Test, Zap Energy to Troops from Space
April 23rd, 2022Via: Study Finds: Could soldiers in the future receive the power for their equipment from space? A team of researchers from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have demonstrated the feasibility of terrestrial microwave power beaming by transmitting 1.6 kilowatts of power over one kilometer (km). The achievement, by a team at the U.S. Army […]
BASF CEO: Banning Russian Energy Imports Could Throw Germany Into Historic Crisis
April 9th, 2022Via: Reuters: Germany could face its biggest economic crisis in nearly 80 years should imports of Russian gas and oil be stopped or disrupted in the long-term, the chief executive of BASF, one of the country’s biggest electricity consumers, said. “This could throw the German economy into its biggest crisis since the end of World […]
The Global Fertilizer Shortage Means That Far Less Food Will Be Grown All Over The Planet In 2022
April 9th, 2022Via: Economic Collapse Blog: A fertilizer shortage has added to growing concerns about the Ukraine war’s impact on the price and scarcity of certain basic foods. Combined, Russia and Belarus had provided about 40% of the world’s exports of potash, according to Morgan Stanley. Russia’s exports were hit by sanctions. Further, in February, a major […]
UK Sleepwalking Into Food Crisis As Fresh Produce Set To Vanish From Supermarkets
April 1st, 2022Via: ZeroHedge: The National Farmers’ Union has warned the UK is sleepwalking into a food security crisis. Soaring energy and fertilizer costs have led to an unprecedented situation where growers’ margins have collapsed, forcing many to halt growing operations. Reuters says because of the inclement weather in the UK. Farmers grow cumbers, plant peppers, aubergines, […]
