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Why have gas prices gone up recently, and will they keep climbing?
Prices have spiked in recent weeks for crude oil, as well as fuels like gasoline at pumps, and although tensions in the Middle East are a big factor, there is more to the equation.
#economics #fuel #politics #MiddleEast #Canada #Consumer
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Mark

[video] #Ukrainian #MiG-29 strikes Russian drone hub, #ammo depot in Zaporizhzhia direction

A Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet carried out a precision strike on Russian positions in the #Zaporizhzhia direction, targeting a command post for #drone operators and a combined #ammunition and #fuel #depot, Ukraine’s #AirForce reported on June 13.

#Video of attack released.

kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #AirStrikes #StandWithUkraine

Ukrainian MiG-29 strikes Russian drone hub, ammo depot in Zaporizhzhia direction, releases video

The Air Force thanked international partners for providing…

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beSpacific

Vial military.com - Guard troops unpaid and in limbo: Over 4,000 #California #NationalGuard #soldiers deployed to #LosAngeles remain unpaid due to delays in official activation orders, leaving their pay, benefits, and legal status uncertain. #authorization #orders #pentagon #DHS #immigration #civilliberties #logistics #hegseth Poor planning & conditions: Troops report chaotic logistics w some sleeping outdoors on cots, facing inconsistent access to #food, #fuel, hastily organized #mission #trump

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Nonilex

Rep #PeteAguilar asks #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth about the deployment of #NationalGuard troops to #LosAngeles, #California, & the verified news reports they do not have funding for #food, #water, #fuel or #lodging.

Then #Hegseth attacks #GavinNewsom & spouts tired #propaganda that #protesters are "rioters, looters & thugs" rather than people legally expressing their #FirstAmendment rights with the usual handful of opportunists joining in.

#Trump #law #Title10 #PosseComitatusAct #protests

Nonilex

“This is what happens when the president & (Secy of #Defense #PeteHegseth) demand the #NationalGuard state assets deploy immediately with no plan in place … (&) no federal funding available for #food, #water, #fuel & #lodging,” the source said. “This is really the failure of the #FederalGovernment. If you’re going to federalize these #troops, then take care of them.”

#Trump #law #Title10 #democracy #RightToProtest #authoritarianism #kakistocracy #LosAngeles #California #USTroops #immigration

Nonilex

‘Wildly underprepared’: #NationalGuard troops sleeping on floors

The #troops — whose makeshift quarters are shown in photographs exclusively obtained by the Chronicle — arrived WITHOUT federal funding for #food, #water, #fuel, #equipment or #lodging, said the source, who was granted confidentiality under SF Chronicle policies. This person said #state ofcls & the #California National Guard were not to blame.

#Trump #law #democracy #RightToProtest #LosAngeles #immigration
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Khurram Wadee ✅

Calls for #Drax to be forced to fully disclose its #biomass sourcing | Drax | The Guardian

Drax used to be a huge #coal-fired #PowerStation which switched to burning biomass and so earned a label of being green (debatable, IMHO). However it has been sourcing at least some #wood #fuel from #NorthAmerica, which obviously involves #shipping it over and so has been accused of #GreenWashing its credentials.

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#UK #FossilFuels #RenewableEnergy

Calls for Drax to be forced to fully disclose its biomass sourcing

Campaigners say the publication of key KPMG report…

The Guardian
Nonilex

Created in early 1900s, the reserves were originally envisioned as a #fuel supply for the Navy in times of emergency. But in 1976, #Congress authorized full commercial development of the federal land & ordered the govt to balance #oil #drilling w/ #conservation & #wildlife protection.
Burgum accused the #Biden admin of prioritizing “obstruction over production & undermining our ability to harness domestic resources at a time when American energy independence has never been more critical.”
#Trump

Xamanismo Coletivo

"Driven by the logic of contemporary #capitalism and the energy requirements of computation itself, the deepest need of an #AI in the present era is the #fuel for it own expansion. What it needs is #oil, and it increasingly know where to find it."

Remember the #papercliphypothesis

cepr.org/voxeu/columns/ai-and-

AI and the paperclip problem

Philosophers have speculated that an AI tasked with…

CEPR