American Politics

[Tiny 12]

Well I guess those Russian cosmonauts, were seeing more than just thousands of bright spots all over mother Russia, but all over the world, especially in the biggest areas of oil and gas (O&G) production in the U.S., according to a new study of satellite images, of methane gas flares and leaks.

Satellite images reveal the extent of methane leaks across the world, March 19th, 2025
https://www.polytechnique-insights.c...oss-the-world/

In 2022, scientists revealed significant methane emissions using TROPOMI data; two-thirds of the events are related to oil and gas production.

In 2018, a team pointed out that emissions from the oil and gas sector in the United States exceeded those estimated by the Environmental Protection Agency by 60%.

With the latest advances in better detecting dirty methane gas leaks, it has become abundantly clear, that the horrendous, dirty methane gas leaks, most often compromises it's said ability, to be cleaner than coal. But this is probably just another PR problem, right?

• The Food and O&G Industries have more in common then you'd think:
  
  Take for example, the fake labeling of the word "natural", applied to methane gas, as a marketing ploy and deceptive practices, similar to the food industry's use of "natural flavors" or "all natural".
  
  So rather then deal with the actual problems of their products, both industries, decide a "rebranding" of their products, with the use of the word "natural", would solve their PR problems.
  
  Or at the very least, it should confuse, obfuscate or obscure methane gass climate destruction, and convince consumers, their product is pure, safe, harmless and eco-friendly.

Now that dirty methane gas, can be seen for what it is, as it's spewed plumage are caught on satellite, polluting the atmosphere, the so called watch agencies (if there are any still around), can no longer leave it to good ol' O&G to "self-monitor" and "self-report", and hide, just how much, dirty methane gas (80x more potency then CO2) spew into our atmosphere.

Although, I'm sure it won't be long before the Fuhrer's cronies, cry foul and have him put the kibosh, on the technology and science.

As I've said several times, the industry in the USA should and is doing more to control methane emissions. But how big a problem are they? Your link indicates methane emissions from oil and gas worldwide are 78 million tons per year. Of that, the USA accounts for about 8.5 million tons. The chart in your link says global emissions from agriculture are 142 million tons per annum, and emissions from waste are about 73 million tons. So the oil and gas industry in the USA accounts for about 2. 5% of global methane emissions. And the emissions from agriculture are much higher than oil and gas.

If you're really concerned about methane emissions, you should give up eating meat and dairy products. Also get a Flatus Containment Device AND USE IT.

I would trust the EPA's estimate of methane emissions over a statement from climate and environmental researcher Marielle Saunois that "a team" said its estimate is 60% higher than the EPA's. She doesn't even identify the team!

It's difficult to de-program you because you don't have a handle on the chemistry and properties of natural gas.

I've been careful to say that natural gas is a "clean burning" fuel, when used for generation electricity. I never wrote that natural gas is clean. The hydrogen sulfide in some natural gases, which is removed through processing, is deadly. Furthermore, if you have an extremely low tolerance for risk, it would make sense not to use natural gas for cooking or heating your home, as the health risks which are low, are higher than for electric.

The carbon dioxide produced by the combustion of natural gas in producing electricity is not dirty, nor is pure methane. They're colorless, odorless, and don't cause death unless inhaled in massive quantities.

The quantity of particulate matter, which is the largest culprit for dirty or polluted air, produced by combustion of natural gas in power plants is insignificant. The quantity of sulfur dioxide produced by combustion of natural gas is insignificant. The quantity of nitrogen oxides is significant but half or less of coal.

Worldwide, particulate matter is responsible for 4.2 to 6.7 million premature deaths per year.

Hundreds of thousands of premature deaths can PARTLY be attributed to sulfur dioxide.

Several hundreds of thousands of premature deaths can PARTLY be attributed to NOx compounds.

I asked ChatGPT (subscription version with Python) to produce a chart showing deaths per Terawatt Hour for various energy sources and this was what it came up with:

Coal 24.6
Natural Gas 2.8
Nuclear 0.07
Solar 0.02
Wind 0.04nat

So again, if you're extremely risk intolerant, like the kind of person who's been living in a cocoon since COVID hit, maybe natural gas is not acceptable.

So how many deaths are caused by CO2 and by pure methane, as a result of global warming? Well, by some estimates, to date they've actually saved more lives than they've caused. That's because a lot more people die annually from cold than heat.

Politicians who think like you let perfect be the enemy of good. If they're successful in banning natural gas production in and exports from the USA, the air over some cities will be somewhat more polluted, and CO2 emissions will probably be a little bit higher. And they'll put a lot of people in the USA out of jobs. On the other hand they'll create more jobs in places like Russia and Saudi Arabia.

[MarquisdeSade1]

We are only 60 days in, 1400 more to go LMFAO.

If I were a betting man, I would bet Trumpet will be forced out of office, or there will be a civil war.

Ever hear of the axiom, a fool and his money soon part.

Or even more so, A Fools Bet.

Don't bet against the future the stakes are too high.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...g-back-to-u-s/

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...close-seconds/

Gambling is for chumps.

But I'm guessing the Polymarket big money would be on the red team with all the guns LMFAO.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/re...-doomed-209214

[Spidy]

Well I guess those Russian cosmonauts, were seeing more than just thousands of bright spots all over mother Russia, but all over the world, especially in the biggest areas of oil and gas (O&G) production in the U.S., according to a new study of satellite images, of methane gas flares and leaks.

Satellite images reveal the extent of methane leaks across the world, March 19th, 2025
https://www.polytechnique-insights.c...oss-the-world/

• In 2022, scientists revealed significant methane emissions using TROPOMI data; two-thirds of the events are related to oil and gas production.

• In 2018, a team pointed out that emissions from the oil and gas sector in the United States exceeded those estimated by the Environmental Protection Agency by 60%.

With the latest advances in better detecting dirty methane gas leaks, it has become abundantly clear, that the horrendous, dirty methane gas leaks, most often compromises it's said ability, to be cleaner than coal. But this is probably just another PR problem, right?

• The Food and O&G Industries have more in common then you'd think:
  
  Take for example, the fake labeling of the word "natural", applied to methane gas, as a marketing ploy and deceptive practices, similar to the food industry's use of "natural flavors" or "all natural".
  
  So rather then deal with the actual problems of their products, both industries, decide a "rebranding" of their products, with the use of the word "natural", would solve their PR problems.
  
  Or at the very least, it should confuse, obfuscate or obscure methane gas’s climate destruction, and convince consumers, their product is pure, safe, harmless and eco-friendly.

Now that dirty methane gas, can be seen for what it is, as it's spewed plumage are caught on satellite, polluting the atmosphere, the so called watch agencies (if there are any still around), can no longer leave it to good ol' O&G to "self-monitor" and "self-report", and hide, just how much, dirty methane gas (80x more potency then CO2) spew into our atmosphere.

Although, I'm sure it won't be long before the Fuhrer's cronies, cry foul and have him put the kibosh, on the technology and science.

[Spidy]

Another one Busted!

There is definitely a pattern emerging. Sexual assault, adjudicated rape, sexual exploitation of children, it just goes on and on with Trump, his Administration, Fux News contributors and the MAGAs:

Social media personality Ricci Wynne, who spotlights San Francisco crime and drug use, indicted on child porn charges.
March 20, 2025

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco...n-trafficking/

But it wouldn't surprise me, if there's a huge uptick in QAnon/MAGA/Repubs degenerates found to be committing similar criminal behavior, as I'm sure many of them probably feel, their MAGA Fuhrer, will simply pardon them. Naturally, with the right amount of a bribe, their MAGA Fuhrer will absolutely grant them, that "GET OUT OF JAIL CARD!"

After all, the Fuhrer, is nothing more than a sellout!

Busted!

Those right wingers who are the most adamant and self-righteous are also the ones most likely to be hiding something in the closet:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...liciting-minor

Absolutely Right! Yet more MAGA pedos!...It's shameful!

And you wonder why they are so many ISG QAnon/MAGA/Repubs choirboys that are so quick to run to their defense, sympathize or just freakin' delusional to their own hypocrisy, that knows no bounds when those who claim moral child transgender authority, are revealed to perpetuate the very harm, they condemn. Yes, just another case of QAnon/MAGA/Repub scapegoating and marginalizing LGBTQ communities, to distract from their own crimes.

Just the kind of right-wing "woke" hypocritical garbage, the QAnon/MAGA loony-tunes imbecilic choirboys, are always trying to "own the libs" with.

[Spidy]

Serbians, take that "hill to die on" and claim it as "VICTORY HILL" and forces the Serbian government resigns.

After months of mass protests and several days after the largest historical rally ever gathered in Belgrade, of some 325,000 people peacefully protesting, https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2g8v32q30o, the Serbian people forces the Prime Minister Milos Vucevic, resignation along with President Aleksandar Vucic, saying he may call fresh elections in early June. https://www.politico.eu/article/serb...new-elections/

So while those with no backbone and very little stomach to fight for their rights and freedoms on those "hills to die on", and instead scoff, and hide behind the fake veneer of sarcasm and privilege, take a good look at the Serbians, who for months now, have being saying "ENOUGH!..."

When your done looking at Serbia, take a good look at the level of protests, ramping up in the U.S. Are Americans, unflinchingly declaring, that some hills are worth dying on?

So, whether it's the civil rights, 40-hour workweek, marriage equality, clean air laws or in the case of Serbians, corruption and shoddy crony construction, that resulted in a collapsed concrete canopy at a railway station, where 16 died. The Serbian people, did not go "gentle into that good night", like cowards void of a backbone or spine, but instead stood their ground, on their "Hill to Die On", and spoke truth to power, against authoritarian rule, until it become their "VICTORY HILL"

Is that "enough" moment or "victory hill", on the horizon for the U.S., given the current MAGA levels of ineptitude, corruption, authoritarianism and cronyism, we're seeing in America?

PS: Is Turkey up next? Hopefully with more peaceful protests, in the face of the brutal authoritarian fascist Erdogan?

[Spidy]

At least one of the more oblivious Repub MAGAs here suggested Trump would fire Falling Down Drunk Pete Hegseth if he fucks up.

Uh. OK. We're waiting.

Top Trump officials accidentally shared war plans with media.

https://www.indy100.com/politics/tru...-trump-ukraine

Yeah, what an A-one clusterfuck, this is indeed! This is what you get with racist reverse-DEI unqualified crony incompetent hires!

I knew it was coming, but I am just so surprised at how fast, this colossal bungle occurred. I mean, "sex with unconscious woman isn't rape", Pete Hegseth, wasn't even drunk. (...kkkk!) Buckle-up when, he does hit the source.

[HotDog666]

How Democracies Die.

Book by Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky.

I've started reading this and so far it's eye opening. Anyone who doesn't think Trump is on his way to destroy America needs to read this.

I'm reading a book with a similar title "How the Democrats Die".

It all starts with Ross Perot jumping into the 1992 race and throwing the election to Scumbag Bubba if not for that the world would be very very different today.

He liked the BS concept of the 3rd way, aka selling the party to Wall Street for some kickbacks via the CF after leaving office.

He pushed thru Glass Stegall NAFTA and installed the CCP into the WTO for Wall St, the people would never of accepted any of these things from a GOPer let alone all of them..

We are only 60 days in, 1400 more to go LMFAO.

If I were a betting man, I would bet Trumpet will be forced out of office, or there will be a civil war.

[HotDog666]

Great posts Hot Dog. My only quibble is that I believe the Chinese have been dumping USA Debt, in part because of what they saw happen to Iran and Russia, and still interest rates have remained low. You could probably change my mind though. You likely know more about economics than anyone who's posted in this thread during the time I've followed it. But I shall not be intimidated, because I know more about flue gas than you do!

There's an identity in economics.

Current Account = Savings - Investment

As you know, the current account is the trade surplus, plus investment income received from overseas.

So, what does this mean? Basically, if the American government and American people are going to spend like drunken sailors (that is, the savings rate is low), and if investment is to remain at levels sufficient to (a) keep our government afloat (that is, buy the treasuries and municipal bonds to finance the government debt) and (b) keep our businesses from being starved of capital, we must run a trade deficit.

Thanks for the interesting views, Tiny.

I had to look up some of the data. So you are quite correct, China has been reducing its debt holdings in Treasurys over the last several years. https://www.ceicdata.com/en/china/ho...ury-securities.

And here is what the Treasury's yield looks like: https://ycharts.com/indicators/5_year_treasury_rate#text=5%20 Year%20 Treasury%20 Rate%20 is, a%20 maturity%20 of%205%20 years.

So you can see that the yield has gone up massively, which is exactly what you would expect with these supply / demand features of China pulling out.

* You could say the Chinese are our sugar daddies. They work hard, don't consume a lot, save a lot of money. And send us lots of cheap stuff! And what do we give them in return? Paper! It's a great deal!

Precisely, it has been this symbiotic relationship which has kept America being able to fund its trade deficit. But frankly its true, this cannot carry on in perpetuity. Yes, America has been able to max out its Credit Card but just like when you or I max out ours the Hookers are Us etc Mastercard company may still fund your lifestyle but it will increase your rate, so the same applies to America (and indeed the profligate west).

* Maybe Donald will make a few key replacements at the Fed, people who will listen to his advice to keep interest rates low. Very low. In fact, negative, like Japan and Germany used to do.

That's the thing though, this is an impossibility- even if the Fed were to adjust base rates, the market rates are set by supply demand factors as mentioned above not necessarily by the base rates- the two usually correlate but they don't necessarily have to. Investors look at things like inflation, security of repayment, political risk etc. In the good old days, eg 3 years ago, investors were piling in at negative yields (not rates) into Japanese debt or even German because they were seeking safe parking for the immense amount of liquidity. What trump is doing is completely the opposite of giving safe parking for foreign money.

Just as a segue, my two cents.

America is fucked under the current scenario. You definitely need to get spending and debt under control but this is not through destroying livelihoods, social security and healthcare entitlement. Take the latter as an example: there is something rotten in the state of America. It spends more than any other country on healthcare yet it's still a bad, bad system. Is musk had any real balls, he would take it on and commit to making it cheaper AND better, like Germany or Japan or Singapore. Tinkering around the edges won't go very far. The fundamentals won't change. And the downsides of tariffs far exceed the upsides.

I cannot see a way out of this, other than a growing economy. Perhaps AI will come to the rescue.

[SubCmdr]

I am surprised at how many posts I read that seem to indicate to me that many mother fucks making comments up in here do not really understand how the United States Government works.

Article III

Section 1

The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.

If the Supreme Court can rule on a case, then a district court or appellate court rulings are valid also. The President of the United States of America is NOT above the law. He is restrained by the law. The Judicial Branch is a separate but equal part of the United States Government.

Full Stop!

[Sirioja]

There was so much insurrection of January 6, 2021, that not a single person was charged with insurrection.

I wonder why not same riot about Trump and his gang behavior, when many in USA will suffer a lot from crazy Trump.

[EihTooms]

At least one of the more oblivious Repub MAGAs here suggested Trump would fire Falling Down Drunk Pete Hegseth if he fucks up.

Uh. OK. We're waiting.

Top Trump officials accidentally shared war plans with media.

https://www.indy100.com/politics/tru...-trump-ukraine

Top Trump officials accidentally shared war plans with media.

Hegseth reportedly assured chat participants that "we are currently clean on OPSEC" despite the accidental inclusion of a journalist.

And there's always more of this:

Trump pledges auto, pharma tariffs in 'near future,' sowing more trade confusion.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/24/trum...ndroidappshare

President Donald Trump said he will soon announce tariffs targeting automobiles and pharmaceuticals.

Trump later added the lumber and semiconductor industries to his list.

It was unclear whether the newly announced sector-specific tariffs would take effect after the tit-for-tat reciprocal tariffs, which are set for April 2.

The presidents latest comments at a Cabinet meeting came hours after he unveiled a plan to slap 25% tariffs on all countries that buy oil and gas from Venezuela.

Everyone knows President Musk and his Assistant Trump are both dumb as a box of rocks when it comes to the National Economy and Foreign Policy. There is no way they are the masterminds behind anything regarding either including knowing enough about them to put this much chaos, uncertainty, incompetence and fuckups for both in motion this quickly in the Trump's Pandemic Part 2 term.

Clearly it requires an entire double-decker Greyhound Bus-load of Repub MAGA clowns working in sync to accomplish that.

The Repub MAGA Project 2025 authors are apparently telling TrumpMusk what to do and say on a near hourly basis. When Putin is not telling them what to say, that is. See link below.

So they and TrumpMusk are the clown passengers in that double-decker Greyhound Bus-load of Repub MAGA clowns, Putin is the driver and Xi is right there to collect the fare.

Russian state TV brags that Trump is echoing Kremlin talking points: 'It's not a coincidence'

https://www.indy100.com/politics/tru...-trump-ukraine

[Spidy]

You're putting words into Elvis' mouth. I don't believe he's posted anything about perfect or perfection as those apply to energy, except to kindly provide a definition.

Am I Now?

You evidently DO NOT seem to understand the very quote you, Tiny 12 and Elvis 2008 are using, in which you accuse me of wanting, "the perfect solution", for the U.S. grid. If it's anybody putting words in Elvis 2008's mouth...IT IS YOU!

And yes, many carbon cultists refuse to accept that natural gas, by substituting for coal, has reduced carbon and NOx emissions somewhat, and drastically lowered emissions of particulate matter and sulfur dioxide. All the while providing reliable baseload electric power, which solar and wind cannot at present. Yes indeed, don't let perfect be the enemy of good.

(...kkkk!) Did you not see where I told you, fossil fuels (especially coal) have such a low bar, that striving for "better", is NEVER hard goal to achieve! Sure dirty methane gas is "better" than coal, but not by much.

S+W+B, pumped hydro, DO NOT emit CO2 GHG emissions. Wayyyyyyyyyyyy BETTER, by light-years, than dirty methane gas!

So for your dirty methane gas, to trump coal, in reducing emissions is a joke, when "Leaking From US Oil and Gas Is 8 Times Higher Than Agreed Targets https://www.newsweek.com/methane-lea...argets-1932878. Methane gas leaks occur all the time and puts 80x more pollutants into the atmosphere than coal, when leaks occur.

I beg to differ on the baseload. Renewables (all forms) can and do provide baseload power. Renewables have already flipped the script on fossil fuel baseload power, in some places like China (certain places, with newer renewable gigawatt projects coming online nationwide every week), South Australia, Britain, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, New Zealand, California), where fossil fuels are only needed and are being used, as backup during peak demand hours.

Isn't it just like Tiny 12, to provide half-truths and obfuscate events/matters. Hey, don't forget to tell the readers, I already owned up, about being incorrect on that data point, about China, here: http://www.internationalsexguide.nl/...=1#post2986138.

But you, Tiny 12, of course continue to act all high and mighty like you've never made incorrect data point assumptions. Or shall I count the ways, of thine errors? Much like your ONGOING bag of lies and disinformation, with regards to your MAGA Fuhrer's "...beautiful clean coal" and your "clean burning methane gas" (...kkkk!)

[EihTooms]

There was so much insurrection of January 6, 2021, that not a single person was charged with insurrection.

Nobody needed to indict them for that specific crime for it to still qualify as the literal definition of an insurrection:

Dictionary
Definitions from Oxford Languages Learn more
insurrection
noun
a violent uprising against an authority or government.
"the insurrection was savagely put down"

However, we are still waiting for that first person to be charged with Fraud in the midst of President Chainsaw Musk's claim to be finding so much evidence of it.

[Iguana Six]

Did the MAGA Project 2025 authors forget the part about "collecting revenues" to offset the Trillions their tax cuts for Billionaires will add to Classic Repub Trump's record high Deficits?

Tax revenue collected by the IRS set to plummet, report says.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/24/tax-...ndroidappshare

Oh, that's right; the missing revenue will come from the extra, extra, extra high prices the American Working Men and Women Consumer will pay for Trump's Tariff Taxes!

There was so much insurrection of January 6, 2021, that not a single person was charged with insurrection.

[Sirioja]

How Democracies Die.

Book by Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky.

I've started reading this and so far it's eye opening. Anyone who doesn't think Trump is on his way to destroy America needs to read this.

I wish Neron Trump and his gang will make fall USA, with the world resisting to them, because this is, unfortunately, only way to make no brained USA to understand. Same like only way to stop Putin is to make Russia broke and not anymore able to pay war, but stupid Trump prefer to try business, sucking Putin and fucking Ukrainians.