American Politics

[Sirioja]

Because, even Ford and GM use many pieces built abroad. Average increasing for cars will be more than 7500 USD. Americans complained about Biden for inflation and they will get more inflation under Trump. So funny, vaseline should make big sales, for their ass deeply fucked. Robber and fucker Trump and his gang making DT BBBJ swallowing Putin. If our world kept on isolating Russia for economics, then, soon, no more money for Putin to pay war, but when USA can t compete with China or Europe, USA prefer business with Putin and Netanyahou than peace, I mean fair peace, not fucking Ukrainians and Palestinians.

When USA prefer to suck swallowing Putin, Europe and some other countries are fully right to decide to keep on isolating Russia for economics, when making broke Russia is only way to stop Putin, for sure not when making business with such criminal.

[EihTooms]

Hey, these numbskulls voted for him!

And didn't the rank and file in these industries and, most pathetic of all, the farmers, vote for that ridiculous conman, Trump?

Lolol.

Oil executives slam Trump's tariffs and 'drill, baby, drill' in anonymous survey.
March 27, 2025

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/27/oil-...ndroidappshare

"The administrations chaos is a disaster for the commodity markets, one executive said. Drill, baby, drill is nothing short of a myth and populist rallying cry. Tariff policy is impossible for us to predict and doesnt have a clear goal. We want more stability."

Several executives said Trumps steel tariffs are raising their costs, making it difficult to plan for future projects.

Uncertainty around everything has sharply risen during the past quarter, another executive said. Planning for new development is extremely difficult right now due to the uncertainty around steel-based products.

They also criticized the suggestion by White House advisors such as Peter Navarro that Trumps drill, baby, drill agenda aims to push oil prices down to $50 a barrel to fight inflation.

The threat of $50 oil prices by the administration has caused our firm to reduce its 2025 and 2026 capital expenditures, an executive said. Drill, baby, drill does not work with $50 per barrel oil. Rigs will get dropped, employment in the oil industry will decrease, and U.S. oil production will decline as it did during COVID-19."
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Executives mostly praised Trumps energy team during the event and welcomed the administrations focus on increasing leasing and slashing red tape around permitting.

Yep. Not since Trump's Pandemic Part 1 has it been this bad, alrighty-dighty. LOL.

Auto executive tells CNBC auto tariffs will drive auto industry into recession.
March 26, 2025

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2025/03/2...ndroidappshare

Farmers Fear More Pain From Trumps Trade War.
March 5, 2025

https://time.com/7264403/farmers-trade-war-tariffs/

"He's out there with his wrecking ball just throwing tariffs around," says Barb Kalbach, a fourth-generation corn and soybean farmer in Dexter, Iowa.

Trumps 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico went into effect Tuesday, and the President doubled the levy on products from China to 20%. China retaliated with taxes of up to 15% on U.S. farm imports, while both Canada and Mexico announced retaliatory tariffs of their own. Canadas 25% tariffs on $30 billion of U.S. products affect poultry, meat, dairy, wheat, and other food products.

Farmers know from experience that these retaliatory tariffs are going to hurt them. When Trump launched a trade war against China in 2018, Beijing responded with tariffs aimed at the U.S. farm industry. Exports fell as Chinese buyers looked to places like Brazil for soybeans, reducing the market share of American farmers. Farmers were hit so hard that the Trump Administration ended up spending $23 billion to make them whole.
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In the last trade war, around 80% of the money the U.S. government took in from tariffs on Chinese imports went back to paying farmers who were hurt by retaliatory tariffs, Busch says. Such payments keep farms afloat, but what will really boost the agriculture industry is to find new markets, says Clark Packard, a research fellow at the Cato Institute. Its a question of whether we want welfare payments or whether we want to actually make sales, Packard says. We are getting back into this business of doling out more and more payments to the agricultural industry.

Sadly, this must be said.

And said.

And said again:

[Elvis 2008]

Until now, hopefully someone will be.

https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/d...25/id/1204352/

The only person MURDERED on Jan 6 during the rigged election protests RIP Ashley maybe she will receive some justice after all.

Yeah, when you got a complete partisan hack like Tooms talking about cops dying on January 6, it makes me sick. None died on that day. Hell, they tried to link cops fucking suicides to Jan 6. All this anti-MAGA insurrection bullshit and the ONLY person killed was a MAGA supporter. Meanwhile, the Democratic douches still keep sucking off the bureaucrats. Tooms once again makes the moronic Trump pandemic comment when it was Fauci's bought and paid for pandemic. And hopefully, Kash Patel will uncover how much the FBI was involved with this whole Jan 6 farce. Whatever violence occurred that day I feel like was started by guys like Ray Epps.

We had the BLM riots and now Tesla and the Democratic douches are trying to say MAGA types are the violent types. F them! This meme says it all.

[Sirioja]

On this Saturday, everywhere in our world and even inside USA, maybe not in Russia under dictator Putin, citizens of the world will shout versus Tesla, facist Musk and Neron Trump who try to fuck democracies, but making friends with criminal Putin and Netanyahou, putting big shame on USA, when no MAGA at all and Americans will suffer under such crazies, with also Vance and gang like the one who is sucking deep Putin right now.

[Sirioja]

Trump has announced tariffs on auto imports. Here's the markets reaction at this moment,

USA (After hours trading):
Ford -4.37%
General Motors -6.36%

Foreign
Toyota -3.9%
Honda -3.1%
Hyundai -2.7%
Kia -2.1%

Would someone care to kindly explain why Ford and GM are down sharply when tariffs are supposed to help U.S. automakers? Or why the Asian automakers, which purportedly will pay the tariffs, are down less than Ford and GM?

Because, even Ford and GM use many pieces built abroad. Average increasing for cars will be more than 7500 USD. Americans complained about Biden for inflation and they will get more inflation under Trump. So funny, vaseline should make big sales, for their ass deeply fucked. Robber and fucker Trump and his gang making DT BBBJ swallowing Putin. If our world kept on isolating Russia for economics, then, soon, no more money for Putin to pay war, but when USA can t compete with China or Europe, USA prefer business with Putin and Netanyahou than peace, I mean fair peace, not fucking Ukrainians and Palestinians.

[SubCmdr]

And why do you keep calling Trump my MAGA Fuhrer?

You have a point. Hitler is NOT the role model POTUS is imitating. He is running Putin's playbook.

[SubCmdr]

US YIELDS

USGFG2 YR - 4. 0145 up 0. 0013.

USGG10 YR - 4. 3480 up 0. 0347.

USGG20 YR - 4. 7252 up 0. 0424.

USGG30 YR - 4. 6991 up 0. 0403.

This is on a day the market tanked because of the anticipated announcement of tariffs on automobiles.

Trump has announced tariffs on auto imports. Here's the markets reaction at this moment,

USA (After hours trading):
Ford -4.37%
General Motors -6.36%

Foreign
Toyota -3.9%
Honda -3.1%
Hyundai -2.7%
Kia -2.1%

Would someone care to kindly explain why Ford and GM are down sharply when tariffs are supposed to help U.S. automakers? Or why the Asian automakers, which purportedly will pay the tariffs, are down less than Ford and GM?

Tariffs do help USA Automakers! By rewarding incompetence and an inability to innovate and produce creative designs. Building a moat of safety to protect them. Investors know a 25% across the board increase in auto prices will hurt sales. Ford and GM will not hold their costs down in order to gain market share. They will raise prices because their competitors will have to raise prices. That will allow them to maintain current profit margins with less sales.

[EihTooms]

Trump has announced tariffs on auto imports. Here's the markets reaction at this moment,

USA (After hours trading):
Ford -4.37%
General Motors -6.36%

Foreign
Toyota -3.9%
Honda -3.1%
Hyundai -2.7%
Kia -2.1%

Would someone care to kindly explain why Ford and GM are down sharply when tariffs are supposed to help U.S. automakers? Or why the Asian automakers, which purportedly will pay the tariffs, are down less than Ford and GM?

Automakers warn that Trump tariffs will hike vehicle prices as much as 25%.
March 5, 2025

https://www.reuters.com/business/aut...25-2025-03-04/

Automakers have sounded the alarm that the tariffs will disrupt the integrated supply chain across North America that has been in place for more than 25 years. Some auto parts can cross a border six or more times before final assembly.

Trumps Tariffs Causing Chaos In Auto Industry, Says Ford CEO.
Feb. 11, 2025

https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterly...says-ford-ceo/

Farley Says Tariffs Would Unfairly Benefit Europe And Asia

Jim Farley, who was speaking at a finance conference, said that Trumps original proposal to impose 25 percent tariffs on Mexico and Canada would be disastrous for U.S. companies operating throughout the area and unfairly benefit European and Asian automakers who also import to the U.S.
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According to Farley, Ford sources the majority of those two metals from U.S. companies, but its suppliers have overseas source. "So that price will come through, and there may be a speculative part of the market where prices come up because tariffs are even rumored," Farley stated.

And if there were such a thing as a car made and delivered 100% by Americans in America the labor costs would be so high we would only wish for an increase of as little as 25%.

Globalism keeps prices lower and reduces the inevitable risk of out-of-control wage inflation.

[Tiny 12]

Now, that's not saying much at all, really!

O&G companies have had the EPA, in their back pockets for years, with very favorable and often soft regulatory measures, being ever softly applied to O&G (or coal) companies. Wouldn't surprise me if the EPA along the way, were a who's who of O&G alumni.


(...kkkk!) So now you're making my point for me! Thanks!

Methane GHG gas, has an 80x the warming effect on our atmosphere, and CO2 has a 1x (baseline) warming effect. When methane GHG gas, breaks down over those 12 years, it still leaves a significant deposit of CO2, that lingers for those 100+ years (as you've so kindly stated). So basically, what this means is, dirty methane GHG gas emissions, speeds up global warming and is no better than coal, when you take into account the massive amount of leaks.

If it hasn't already dawned on you, the use of more oil, coal or methane gas, released into our atmosphere for next 100+ years, is NOT what's needed, when alternative cleaner energy sources, exist.
Don't forget the Obama administration, only meant for methane gas, to be used as a temporary transitional energy source.

But greedy O&G companies, lack fortitude and the constitution for zero CO2 emissions and cleaner solutions and haven't reduced dirty fossil fuels, in the face of clean renewables. Nor do I blame them, if there's a demand for it. So it's up to us, to change that trend, which I think is happening.

Yes, some O&G production will probably always exist, but what governments need to really do, is place more emphasis, on renewables. See my past post, on those countries, that are producing more grid renewable energy, than fossil fuels.

(...kkkk!) Is that what ChatGOP is telling you! Or was ChatGOP, just playing with you and provided you the appropriate greenwashing answer?

Do I really need to explain to you, that when methane gas is used or burnt, it releases CO2 emissions. So greenwash with terms like "pure" and "natural" all you want, the answer will always come up DIRTY!



BTW, while methane gas is by nature, colorless and odorless, that rotten egg smell associated with commercial and residential use of dirty methane gas, is the odorant called mercaptan, which is added, so that we can detect, when we're about to be poisoned or blown up, by dirty methane gas leaks.

Yeah, I met that challenge several posts ago. And you can check my last post for the all those countries, that have flipped the switch and are using renewables as baseload power and supplement there peak demand with fossil fuels.

Again, you're not saying very much about anything when you talk about your MAGA Fuhrer, now are you!

BTW, he's never considered himself a politician, perhaps that's because, he's a grifter, corrupt and criminal gangster, masquerading as a wannabe dictator.

Your source Gasleaks apparently doesn't understand the difference between methane and natural gas. Yes, CH4 will oxidize to CO2 and H2 O after 7 to 12 years in the atmosphere, from what I'm reading. The amount of CO2 resulting from the oxidation of manmade CH4 emissions is tiny compared to the volume of manmade CO2 emissions.

As a former engineer who worked in a natural gas processing plant, I appreciate your educating me about mercaptans.

As to "Yeah, I met that challenge several posts ago," no, you did not.

I'm not replying to any more of your posts on natural gas. And I'm probably the only one reading them, just as you're probably the only person reading mine.

I had an Aha moment! I wasn't ever able to convince the Mormon missionaries who I invited into my home that they were sadly misguided, and I'm not going to be able to convince you either.

And why do you keep calling Trump my MAGA Fuhrer? The only person on this board who possibly dislikes me more than you do is the Marquesa, and the reason she dislikes me is because I don't like Trump.

I love both of you by the way, in a brotherly, Christian kind of way. Although it's incredibly frustrating trying to educate you.

[Tiny 12]

(...kkkk!) That's a good point! But I'm hardly the first to pass gas and won't be the last. But passing gas, (in my books anyways), is always better than being constipated and full of shit, right!

Dude, Tiny 12, since you mentioned it, renewable energy can indeed help, with our meat and protein dietary needs, and assist with producing, alternative sustainable protein sources. Renewable energy systems can take role in tackling protein scarcity. Microbial protein industry links renewable energy system and food security. https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...64032121013034


What you often fail to omit, is that when good ol' O&G are left to "self-monitor" and "self-report", ...THEY DON'T report those dirty methane leaks, that occur upwards of 8x more than what's reported, for fear being fined and exposing, just how problematic, methane leaks really are.

Methane Leaking From US Oil and Gas Is 8 Times Higher Than Agreed Targets, Jul 31, 2024,
https://www.newsweek.com/methane-lea...argets-1932878

US natural gas pipeline accidents pose big, unreported climate threat, March 8, 2024, Pipeline mishaps unintentionally released nearly 9.7 billion cubic feet of gas into the atmosphere between 2019 and late 2023 https://www.reuters.com/sustainabili...at-2024-03-08/

So you tell me, where is the incentive, for the "self-monitoring" and "self-reporting" O&G companies, to report the actual numbers of dirty methane leaks? Their "incentive" is too keep the methane leakage number low. As low as possible!

Unlike the often larger fines in Europe, the fines in U.S. are way below, what they should be for the climate damage caused and only amount to what is essentially a slap on the wrist. But now that there's stronger satellite monitoring, revealing a greater number of methane leaks and flares, this may force more bigger and tougher penalties.


Yes, the article says 1/3 of global methane GHG gas emissions is produced by O&G and coal companies and emit 128 million tons per year. Coal companies, although they capture far less methane than they emit, they are nonetheless, producers and sellers of dirty methane gas.

But what you fail to realize, in this report and overall what the report is telling you, is that O&G sector has been under reporting their numbers, for years. It's only until just recently that the technology has given, industry watch dogs, the means to detect, the wide spread leakages.

In this report, as much as 60% higher. In the article above, as much as 8x times higher for methane GHG gas emission, than reported or estimated.


You foolishly put too much stock into winger MAGA politicians to do anything consequential, let alone "create jobs" for hard working American. We can all agree your winger job creation record, is dismal and pathetic.


(...kkkk!) Judging by this wrongheaded statement, I guess the irony of what the current clown show, of winger politicians and the Fuhrer/President Musk gong show, is doing, is lost on YOU, right!

Tell me again, just where exactly where is the job creation/growth, you're prattling on about, with this current MAGA admin?

I'm not going to waste time reading the Book of Mormon when I know it's bull shit. Likewise, I'm not going to take a close read about what the Newsweek's sustainability editor and the Environmental Defense Fund have to say. I am sure their contention that methane losses in the Uinta Basin are 7% is bull shit.

Oil and gas companies have plenty of reason to monitor leaks, in addition to governmental pressure. They sell natural gas. They make money off it. If it's leaking into the air they make less money. Furthermore, they will get sued by landowners. Finally, the big ones are trying to claim they're "green. " Which is of course bull shit, but cutting natural gas leaks to 0% or close to it is one of the ways they go about claiming they're green. And for the 3rd time, yes, there should be aggressive government regulation to prevent the industry from leaking natural gas.

9.8 billion cubic feet, the amount of natural gas that you say was leaked from 2019 to late 2023, is nothing. If the gas were pure methane (specific gravity of 0. 554), then that would be 188,000 metric tons of methane. 13.33 lbs. of air at standard conditions weigh one pound, and there are 2204 pounds per metric ton, if you want to check me. If your polytechnique insights link is correct (and I wouldn't bet on it), and you spread those 188,000 tons over 5 years (from 2019 to 2023), then those 9. 8 billion cubic feet are about 0.011% of total methane emissions from manmade sources during the period. You shouldn't want to put put the domestic natural gas industry out of business to reduce methane emissions by 0.011%.

As to the rest of your post, I didn't vote for Trump. That's not my monkey.

[Tiny 12]

Trump has announced tariffs on auto imports. Here's the markets reaction at this moment,

USA (After hours trading):
Ford -4.37%
General Motors -6.36%

Foreign
Toyota -3.9%
Honda -3.1%
Hyundai -2.7%
Kia -2.1%

Would someone care to kindly explain why Ford and GM are down sharply when tariffs are supposed to help U.S. automakers? Or why the Asian automakers, which purportedly will pay the tariffs, are down less than Ford and GM?

[Newton York]

So much for NVDA. Goddamn.

[MarquisdeSade1]

Until now, hopefully someone will be.

https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/d...25/id/1204352/

The only person MURDERED on Jan 6 during the rigged election protests RIP Ashley maybe she will receive some justice after all.

[Spidy]

Again, I'd trust the EPA's numbers over the greenies (Environmental Defense Fund) any day.

Now, that's not saying much at all, really!

O&G companies have had the EPA, in their back pockets for years, with very favorable and often soft regulatory measures, being ever softly applied to O&G (or coal) companies. Wouldn't surprise me if the EPA along the way, were a who's who of O&G alumni.

Methane is a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, yes. But it only stays in the atmosphere for 10 to 12 years. CO2 is up there for hundreds of years.

And the quantities leaked from oil and gas operations in the USA are small and becoming smaller, see post below. Yes, government should continue to pressure industry to reduce methane leaks even more.

(...kkkk!) So now you're making my point for me! Thanks!

Methane GHG gas, has an 80x the warming effect on our atmosphere, and CO2 has a 1x (baseline) warming effect. When methane GHG gas, breaks down over those 12 years, it still leaves a significant deposit of CO2, that lingers for those 100+ years (as you've so kindly stated). So basically, what this means is, dirty methane GHG gas emissions, speeds up global warming and is no better than coal, when you take into account the massive amount of leaks.

If it hasn't already dawned on you, the use of more oil, coal or methane gas, released into our atmosphere for next 100+ years, is NOT what's needed, when alternative cleaner energy sources, exist.
Don't forget the Obama administration, only meant for methane gas, to be used as a temporary transitional energy source.

But greedy O&G companies, lack fortitude and the constitution for zero CO2 emissions and cleaner solutions and haven't reduced dirty fossil fuels, in the face of clean renewables. Nor do I blame them, if there's a demand for it. So it's up to us, to change that trend, which I think is happening.

Yes, some O&G production will probably always exist, but what governments need to really do, is place more emphasis, on renewables. See my past post, on those countries, that are producing more grid renewable energy, than fossil fuels.

Pure methane does not contribute to dirty air. Again, it's colorless and odorless and not toxic unless breathed in sufficient quantities to crowd out Oxygen.

(...kkkk!) Is that what ChatGOP is telling you! Or was ChatGOP, just playing with you and provided you the appropriate greenwashing answer?

Do I really need to explain to you, that when methane gas is used or burnt, it releases CO2 emissions. So greenwash with terms like "pure" and "natural" all you want, the answer will always come up DIRTY!

How Common Are Gas Leaks And Explosions? Our Team Set Out to Find The Truth
...
Despite assurances from the administrators that the issue had been resolved, it turned out that the root problema broken gas boilerhad not been addressed. While it is difficult to gauge the level of exposure for the students and staff, it is known that long-term exposure to gas can increase the risk of respiratory problems, especially in children.

Often called natural gas, thanks to decades of misleading marketing from the oil and gas industry, methane gas is a climate super pollutant that contains harmful air toxins like benzene and nitrogen dioxide linked to cancer and respiratory issues.

https://gasleaks.org/the-gas-leaks-p...140-incidents/

BTW, while methane gas is by nature, colorless and odorless, that rotten egg smell associated with commercial and residential use of dirty methane gas, is the odorant called mercaptan, which is added, so that we can detect, when we're about to be poisoned or blown up, by dirty methane gas leaks.

I challenge you to find a single city or contiguous region in the developed world with a population of over one million that only uses solar or wind power except for peak demand. I don't believe you can find a single one where battery storage is such that they can do away with fossil fuels, nuclear or hydro when the sun's not shining and the wind's not blowing.

Yeah, I met that challenge several posts ago. And you can check my last post for the all those countries, that have flipped the switch and are using renewables as baseload power and supplement there peak demand with fossil fuels.

While I have a lot of problems with Trump, thankfully he's not a Green Cultist, unlike many of the politicians in your party.

Again, you're not saying very much about anything when you talk about your MAGA Fuhrer, now are you!

BTW, he's never considered himself a politician, perhaps that's because, he's a grifter, corrupt and criminal gangster, masquerading as a wannabe dictator.

[Spidy]

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.

(...kkkk!) That's a good point! But I'm hardly the first to pass gas and won't be the last. But passing gas, (in my books anyways), is always better than being constipated and full of shit, right!

Dude, Tiny 12, since you mentioned it, renewable energy can indeed help, with our meat and protein dietary needs, and assist with producing, alternative sustainable protein sources. Renewable energy systems can take role in tackling protein scarcity. Microbial protein industry links renewable energy system and food security. https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...64032121013034

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?

What you often fail to omit, is that when good ol' O&G are left to "self-monitor" and "self-report", ...THEY DON'T report those dirty methane leaks, that occur upwards of 8x more than what's reported, for fear being fined and exposing, just how problematic, methane leaks really are.

Methane Leaking From US Oil and Gas Is 8 Times Higher Than Agreed Targets, Jul 31, 2024,
https://www.newsweek.com/methane-lea...argets-1932878

US natural gas pipeline accidents pose big, unreported climate threat, March 8, 2024, Pipeline mishaps unintentionally released nearly 9.7 billion cubic feet of gas into the atmosphere between 2019 and late 2023 https://www.reuters.com/sustainabili...at-2024-03-08/

So you tell me, where is the incentive, for the "self-monitoring" and "self-reporting" O&G companies, to report the actual numbers of dirty methane leaks? Their "incentive" is too keep the methane leakage number low. As low as possible!

Unlike the often larger fines in Europe, the fines in U.S. are way below, what they should be for the climate damage caused and only amount to what is essentially a slap on the wrist. But now that there's stronger satellite monitoring, revealing a greater number of methane leaks and flares, this may force more bigger and tougher penalties.

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.

Yes, the article says 1/3 of global methane GHG gas emissions is produced by O&G and coal companies and emit 128 million tons per year. Coal companies, although they capture far less methane than they emit, they are nonetheless, producers and sellers of dirty methane gas.

But what you fail to realize, in this report and overall what the report is telling you, is that O&G sector has been under reporting their numbers, for years. It's only until just recently that the technology has given, industry watch dogs, the means to detect, the wide spread leakages.

In this report, as much as 60% higher. In the article above, as much as 8x times higher for methane GHG gas emission, than reported or estimated.

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.

You foolishly put too much stock into winger MAGA politicians to do anything consequential, let alone "create jobs" for hard working American. We can all agree your winger job creation record, is dismal and pathetic.

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.

(...kkkk!) Judging by this wrongheaded statement, I guess the irony of what the current clown show, of winger politicians and the Fuhrer/President Musk gong show, is doing, is lost on YOU, right!

Tell me again, just where exactly where is the job creation/growth, you're prattling on about, with this current MAGA admin?