OT: OT Thread Part 7: Where the Only Off Off Topic is Politics (Well Not Literally!)

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[bellagiobob]

 

[bellagiobob]

 

[Stoneman89]

Considering most of the leagues only go till end of March, it makes sense.

 

[yukoner88]

One walk in winter would destroy these

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

 

[oilers'72]

You asked about the song used in the Mario Gosselin video back on January 17th, @yukoner88.

Here's that video along with the Goose tribute for comparison:

 

[yukoner88]

You asked about the song used in the Mario Gosselin video back on January 17th, @yukoner88.

Here's that video along with the Goose tribute for comparison:

You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar

 

[oilers'72]

You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar

Actually, I took my scholarly skills and read the YT comments for the tribute. The person who made the tribute gave the group and song name in one reply.

 

[Dorian2]

Years ago our cat did the same to the dog. Waited till she fell asleep in front of the TV. Old f***er had outlived 2 other pets, had 1 ear, and owned the neighborhood. There was blood spilt a few times between the 2. Actually, only on the dog's part...

 

[yukoner88]

Years ago our cat did the same to the dog. Waited till she fell asleep in front of the TV. Old f***er had outlived 2 other pets, had 1 ear, and owned the neighborhood. There was blood spilt a few times between the 2. Actually, only on the dog's part...

how many times did the dog start it by farting in his sleep?

 

[Dorian2]

how many times did the dog start it by farting in his sleep?

Not once. It was a vendetta thing for past insults, real or imagined.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

That's all well and good until someone yells "flat tire" and steps on your heel while you're running.

 

[bellagiobob]

 

[MoontoScott]

Weekly U.S. Imports from Canada of Crude Oil (Thousand Barrels per Day) (eia.gov)

Fun fact-- After all of the discussions and rhetoric of the last 10 years, USA imports of Canadian crude last week rose to over 4 Million barrels per day-- an astonishing 100% rise in the last decade (see graph).

 

[yukoner88]

 

[oilers'72]

Weekly U.S. Imports from Canada of Crude Oil (Thousand Barrels per Day) (eia.gov)

Fun fact-- After all of the discussions and rhetoric of the last 10 years, USA imports of Canadian crude last week rose to over 4 Million barrels per day-- an astonishing 100% rise in the last decade (see graph).

I wonder how much is by Warren Buffet's rail system.

Also, I wonder if some of that is part of the huge gasoline hike.

 

[MoontoScott]

I wonder how much is by Warren Buffet's rail system.

Also, I wonder if some of that is part of the huge gasoline hike.

Demand for Canada's heavy crude is very strong south of the border and will remain so for the forseeable future.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Demand for Canada's heavy crude is very strong south of the border and will remain so for the forseeable future.

Which is why shutting down the pipeline sucked.

 

[MoontoScott]

Which is why shutting down the pipeline sucked.

The truth is that more crude simply moves by truck and by rail so the net effect of the pipeline closure is negative because those alternate modes are dangerous and more expensive.

 

[Stoneman89]

Weekly U.S. Imports from Canada of Crude Oil (Thousand Barrels per Day) (eia.gov)

Fun fact-- After all of the discussions and rhetoric of the last 10 years, USA imports of Canadian crude last week rose to over 4 Million barrels per day-- an astonishing 100% rise in the last decade (see graph).

Good job keeping that oil in the ground!

 

[bellagiobob]

Great actor. RIP.

 

[MoontoScott]

Great actor. RIP.

One of my all time favorites. I will miss him.

 

[MoontoScott]

Good job keeping that oil in the ground!

It's amazing how (on a weekly basis) I hear all kinds of people tell me that the oil industry is dying and within a few years it will all be over.

This simple graph (from the standard bearer of oil stats in the USA-- the EIA) tells a very different story. In any business when you have doubled your exports in the last decade then the industry is certainly not dying.

Ironically, much of the oil that is produced in the "fracking" business in the USA is too "light" (carbon/hydrogen ratio is too low) and can't be used in many American factories and refineries so heavy oil is a vital import.

In the past, Canadian heavy crude competed with Venezuelan heavy oil but with Venezuela collapsing the buyers have turned towards a more reliable source which of course is Canada.

So Biden has put the clamps on the type of oil that his country is short of but no matter--- the oil (as the graph has shown) will find its way South even if it is on donkey back.

No Keystone, no big problem.

 

[Stoneman89]

Great actor. RIP.

Sucks, agreed. He was fantastic in a movie he made just a few years ago called Remembering.