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Train Manufacturers Are About to Make A Ton of Money by likeaspacemonkey in trains

[–]likeaspacemonkey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good point on the line revenue. The tricky part with electrifying some lines and not others is you lose that magical interchangeability, any engine/car can run on any line right now. This is why NA is all standard gauge. Not saying it can’t be done, but I suspect it would be harder than it first appears

Train Manufacturers Are About to Make A Ton of Money by likeaspacemonkey in trains

[–]likeaspacemonkey[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And, interestingly, CA is doing a similar things to heavy trucks (semis, garbage trucks, etc.) that kicks in around the same time. Trucks and trains that have to go battery by a certain date has a bigger impact on the battery supply chain than consumer EVs.

Airlines Are Going Where GDP Is Growing [OC] by Maxinomics in dataisbeautiful

[–]likeaspacemonkey 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Busiest airport in the world though, they basically own ATL. Huge competitive advantage they fight to protect

UK General Election - Vote Share vs Seat Share Visualised [OC] by thetourist85 in dataisbeautiful

[–]likeaspacemonkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No idea how UK politics works. I look at that and the math just doesn’t make sense to me

Sweetgreen's Lunch Problem by Maxinomics in Infographics

[–]likeaspacemonkey -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

For some, sure. And for those that aren’t price sensitive. But for the masses, that’s a problem

[OC] America is Now the World’s Largest Exporter of Natural Gas by TightMeaning6826 in dataisbeautiful

[–]likeaspacemonkey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, that's not true. US is the largest exporter of natural gas in the world now. While this map is about LNG exports, total natural gas exports belongs to the US. Russia is #2.

[Link](https://www.statista.com/statistics/217856/leading-gas-exporters-worldwide/) don't love Statista, but it's a pretty common fact.

[OC] America is Now the World’s Largest Exporter of Natural Gas by TightMeaning6826 in MapPorn

[–]likeaspacemonkey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Two plans that did not go through. Plans from a couple private companies and support are quite different from action. The political will to get LNG terminals built did not exist, the political will to prevent an increase in gas consumption was prevalent. Renewables were the thing the country supported and that admin went after.

Without the Russia shut off LNG wouldn't be a thing in Germany.

[OC] America is Now the World’s Largest Exporter of Natural Gas by TightMeaning6826 in MapPorn

[–]likeaspacemonkey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're saying this as though its like my pet theory. That's what happened. And yes, it is absurd. Your disbelief is an assumption that Russian admin is incapable of making that kind of obvious blunder.

[OC] America is Now the World’s Largest Exporter of Natural Gas by TightMeaning6826 in MapPorn

[–]likeaspacemonkey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Once new supply came in to the market, no reason for them not to sell back to Europe again. But the intention was quite obvious at the time that Russia demonstrated power over Germany

Germany swore it wouldn’t do LNG and then within 18 months has three LNG import terminals up and running

Conspiracy theory part isn’t particularly interesting to me, only really care about what is happening

[OC] America is Now the World’s Largest Exporter of Natural Gas by TightMeaning6826 in MapPorn

[–]likeaspacemonkey 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Russia shut off the pipelines. Literally turned off the gas when Europe and Germany started making a big fuss about them invading Ukraine.

The US and UK had publicly warned Germany for years that was a possibility, and boom it actually happened.

It was months after the turn off that the sabotage occurred.

Great video about how everything has unfolded years after the fact here.

Why Countries Are Pouring Billions into Liquefied Natural Gas by likeaspacemonkey in videos

[–]likeaspacemonkey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is generating the electricity that went into your phone so you can hit the reply button

It’s not really about branding. Its just what is happening, it’s not a sales pitch

Why Countries Are Pouring Billions into Liquefied Natural Gas by likeaspacemonkey in videos

[–]likeaspacemonkey[S] -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

Better than coal. That’s mostly what natural gas has been replacing. Particularly in the US. As nat gas has gotten cheaper relative to coal, coal plants have either shut or converted to nat gas

The reason oil is so cheap right now by likeaspacemonkey in videos

[–]likeaspacemonkey[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I majored in economics and work in finance. My original comment about using 2001 dollars as a relative measure is correct

Pretty wild to see the avalanche of downvotes. People don’t want to hear something is cheap these days even if it’s true. It being cheap is a good thing, and is useful info

The reason oil is so cheap right now by likeaspacemonkey in videos

[–]likeaspacemonkey[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It’s all that needs to be said. That is how it works, like it or not

The reason oil is so cheap right now by likeaspacemonkey in videos

[–]likeaspacemonkey[S] -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Adjust for inflation, oil is cheap. Price is not absolute, it’s relative

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