#Inflation would rise if Russia invaded Ukraine

#Inflation would rise if Russia invaded Ukraine

“#Inflation would rise if Russia invaded Ukraine” US inflation — already stuck at a 40-year high of 7.5% — could spike to 10% or higher if Russia invades Ukraine, according to a new analysis. That’s because oil prices could rise to well over $100 a barrel if Russia — a major oil producer — has…

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#How two 23-year-olds became millionaires by mining bitcoin

#How two 23-year-olds became millionaires by mining bitcoin

“#How two 23-year-olds became millionaires by mining bitcoin” A pair of recent college grads made $4 million before their 24th birthdays by using flare gas from Texas oil fields to mine bitcoin. Brent Whitehead and Matt Lohstroh are Texas A&M University alums who co-founded Giga Energy Solutions, a company that uses stranded natural gas that…

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#Letters to the Editor — Aug. 15, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — Aug. 15, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — Aug. 15, 2021” China syndromeIt is amazing how the almighty dollar, greed and financial recklessness can create strange bedfellows (“China’s US Data Threat,” Aug. 10). Many technological and other goods in the United States and Europe are imported from Communist China, a persecutor and suppressor of freedom and human rights,…

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#’Future does not lie in oil’

#’Future does not lie in oil’

“#’Future does not lie in oil’” Potentially oil-rich Greenland has vowed to end excavation for fossil fuels, its socialist government announced on Thursday. International environmental groups including Greenpeace are cheering the decision, asking “Who’s next?” on social media. Greenland’s leaders called the decision a “natural step” as the Arctic nation “takes the climate crisis seriously,”…

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#US drilling approvals increase despite Biden climate pledge

#US drilling approvals increase despite Biden climate pledge

“#US drilling approvals increase despite Biden climate pledge” BILLINGS, Mont. — Approvals for companies to drill for oil and gas on U.S. public lands are on pace this year to reach their highest level since George W. Bush was president, underscoring President Joe Biden’s reluctance to more forcefully curb petroleum production in the face of…

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