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Dnaguy

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  1. I’ve been out of the oil / petrochemical game for a while but this is what I at least think I know about the subject. (Please surly Petro bosses correct what I get wrong) Canada’s main ‘crude oil’ is bitumen. Bitumen is like asphalt or tar and in Canada more or less solid. Hence tar sands. You don’t drill for it, You open pit mine it. It’s designated an extra heavy crude. Venezuela also has extra heavy crude as well. It’s pretty damn close to bitumen and at least a super close cousin to it. So in Texas there were a lot of refineries set up for Venezuelan crude. We used to be super tight with them before Chavez. So that Citgo shit came here. Then when Venezuela turned, it was about the time Canada turned in the spigot of tar sand oil. Boom! We could replace the lost oil with an analog. But without Venezuelan oil or Canadian tar sands, the need / economics of heavy crude refineries is pretty nil The stuff coming out of the eagle ford or Permian is light crude which you don’t send to a heavy crude refinery. It would require a lot of retrofitting / mods. Which probably isn’t economically feasible. Better to just send it to another refinery build for light crude and add capacity there. So if this thing really comes to pass, you’ll likely see closures in gulf coast refineries due to lack of raw material and reverberations in the supply chain as C4 monomers and product streams dry up even more than they already have (a lot more C2’s and c3’s now due to crackers coming online and the lighter feed sticks from fracking since the 2010’s) This will have a significant effect on the petrochemical industry and downstream petrochemical market IMO.
  2. And televise it….
  3. Fannie and Freddie sticks have quadrupled since the election. Damn.
  4. I couldn't stop laughing at this:
  5. I thought this hit too close the first time to actually be considered satire. Now it’s just prophetic.
  6. Why would any team celebrate being Shook?
  7. USA: DNAguy, I am in massive debt. I’ve promised folks lots of things. And I’m not making as much as I’m spending. Me: Shit. Well, what do you want to do about it? I mean, what’s your plan. USA: well, I could cut back on spending. Me: ok. Not a bad start. Like what? USA: I’m going to stop giving my kids $ for school lunch. Me: idk if that’s going to really make a difference. Could you make more $? USA: Well yeah. But no. I’m pretty sure that if I keep taking lower paying jobs then I’ll eventually find my passion and the money will REALLy start flowing. Me: yeah no. And aren’t you like the most qualified person in like every field you can make $ in? Couldn’t you make more $ really focusing there? And arent you related to a massive amount of rich people who you haven’t asked anything of in years? USA: No. My only option is the shittier pay thing. I promise you it’ll work. I just need to find cuts to hold me over. Me: You spend a fuck ton on guns. USA: I need my guns and maintaining the guns is very important Me: ok….. and your elderly parents? They can’t live on their own? Idk why I even said that. That’s cruel. USA: Now that’s an idea… but nah. They’ll never go for that. Me: I’m pretty sure you need to take the jobs you’re qualified for that make a lot of money. Then you’d be in a lot better position to decide what’s priority. Or you could just ask your rich family to give some $ to you. USA: You’re crazy.
  8. Probably?
  9. The majority of the population doesn’t think, period.
  10. Antifa Devour Babies Jeez. That Biden guy is just going to let that happen ? Better get someone else in that White House!
  11. Boras promised him X. No one has gotten to X. Boras tells him daily to stay the course and Bregman is listening to him
  12. I only regret that I have but one foreskin to lose for my country.
  13. I don’t want to sound like an asshole, but how much of the financial decisions do you guys think she makes in that household? 1.) Dad was in oil business and she moved a bunch as a kid which means… 2.) Mom didn’t work and dad brought in all $ 3.) She went to A&M and we know that most blondes there are getting that MRS or teaching degree 4.) Quotes from both of them: "I love Alex's heart and how he'd give the shirt off his back to anyone," Reagan told The Knot in 2021. "He makes everyone feel included and happy — that's admirable and hard to find." Alex feels the same way about his wife, telling the outlet, "She cares: she's willing to go above and beyond for the people she loves and is loyal. She's hardworking, smart and she literally does everything for me. She makes life better. Whenever I'm around her, she makes me happy." Her quotes translated: he buys me lots shit and also buys his friends and family stuff. His quote translated: She doesn’t give me shit and goes with the flow. And she does the stuff in bed that I like. She has no say in the finances unless you count picking out household decor, remodeling shit, and what color her Lexus SUV is.
  14. I understand where you’re coming from. I do. But what’s the problem you want to solve? Outcomes? Certain policy being enacted? MAGA not in power? Trump not in power? Each one shapes whether your solution of changing positions in the Democratic Party solves anything. What needs to be dropped? Would dropping said policies degrade the already fragile coalition? Whats funny to me is that republicans have done nothing to change policies other than to make them crueler and to bully our allies more. Is that something the dems should adopt? Fundamentally the Republicans are selling simple answers to complex problems. They are the get rich quick scheme as opposed to hard work and compound interest. America is an addict that has been given so many chances that you have to step back and let it hit rock bottom and pray it can survive it so that it will get the help it needs.
  15. Have fun with those Canadian taxes there Bregs.
  16. what you cutting? 1.8 / 6.75 =0.267 -> 26.7% of the total spending is deficit spending. so if we cut all Welfare, Veterans benefits, education expenses, environmental / resource expenses, transportation spending and all other shit they’re calling ‘other’ we don’t even break even because that adds up to 24% of 6.75 trillion or 1.62 Trillion bucks. Still need to find 180 billion in the cushions for a balanced budget.
  17. How can we be 100% certain this trans person posting isn’t the pilot who died in the plane crash. Tell me that sir….
  18. I remember when Elon was more celebrated on the left bc of his electrical car company and talk about climate change. He then added a rocket company and a tunneling / boring company…. And ppl joked that he was getting to look more and more like a Bond villain. But it was jest. Then he bought twitter, became the presidential puppet master, has an office in the west wing, his tentacles in the US government, and will now have control over the check book?! This shit would actually be TOO much for a Bond villain. That script would be rejected
  19. Reason?
  20. Ain’t no way that this is a first offense, That dude has probably got a wrap sheet a mile long of diddles, embezzling, and racist shit that goes back decades.
  21. Bro. Please don’t ever visit San Antonio or south Texas.
  22. Paxton can get fucked. Costco is one of the few stores that I frequent that has serious talent in their workforce. Northside SA locations have some latinas working there with nice balconies and a caboose to match. That lazy eye twat rocket better not mess with one of the last simple pleasures I get on my busy ass weekends.
  23. Looks like she has it covered, no?
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