FORTY NINE TO ZERO

refineries have shut down. shell closed one or two in louisiana and lyondell is closing a huge one in houston the the equipment is getting old and outdated. no one wants to spend the money required to update since demand is only going to go down long term. talked to a high up at the lyondellbasell facility recently a number of factors went into play: they don’t have a direct source oil production like the big players (exxon, chevron, etc) so they can only buy the “leftover” crude, which is not only generally shitty, but the grade of oil fluctuates. makes it hard to plan things out. they were banking on keystone XL to change that by supplying low cost crude at a set grade. we know what happened there the refinery itself is very old with out of date equipment. The facility is generally at the end of life and they are not willing to invest in new equipment for two reasons.. lack of long term growth due to the changing market. lack a steady supply of “good” crude (see my earlier keystone comment) ironically they are making more money now than ever. so they plan on riding this one last wave before leveling the facility. the land is very valuable due to being on the port of houston

insanity.

love it, but the instantaneous travel does bother me. vader to the planet in like 10 mins 3rd sister teleport through tunnel past everyone and on the other spectrom. vader not able to keep track of a slow ass droid dragging old ben about a foot ever 30 seconds.

y’all are dumb. Louisiana is awesome. nice people and fun culture/ traditions. living there would drive me insane, but i’ve never met a Louisianan who was boring.

i thought this was widely known. so not sure why this is making the rounds now (heard it on npr earlier today as well) also not sure why it is a surprise. country paid tribute to not be invaded by stronger power. pretty common thing until relatively recently

deferred maintenance due to supply chain issues and staff shortages. shit is being run way past where it should and breaking. seeing it in the chemical plants and refineries as well

another cop fuck up?

built some cool buildings and inspired some beautiful art. besides that, religion is pretty dumb

they claim 24 mpg, but you know how manufacturers always lie about that shit. To be honest, i picked it over the standard ecoboost due to the built in 7.2 kw generator. don’t trust ercot to keep the lights on. plus it’s quick as shit for a truck. 0-60 5.3 seconds that said, i’ll update y’all in a month or so. i do about 60 to 80 miles a day, so i’ll get a pretty decent idea fast.

getting a hybrid f150 platinum due in next week. somehow talked them into 3.5k off msrp. still in shock.

ugh Miah Cerrillo spoke exclusively to CNN about her horrific experience that day inside the classroom where the mass shooting took place.  Miah said she and her classmates were watching the movie "Lilo and Stitch" in Eva Mireles and Irma Garcia's classroom when the teachers got word there was a shooter in the building, she told CNN's "New Day." there goes the insane super cop proof prison door theory. fucker only has to reach his has through a the window to unlock the classroom door. yet the cops needed a key?? yeah cops. why did you waste time tazing frantic parents instead of rescuing kids?

y’all are so dramatic

starting to look like bernard was right. if all this is true there is blood on these cops hands. cowards.

shit.

bro. this was like 5 weeks ago. check the ongoing offseason thread. we don’t do individual threads here. no idea why. science or pissed off olds. not sure

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this china shutdown is bad. i can’t get half the shit i need to keep petrochem facilities operating. we can’t even air freight stuff in. inflation is about to skyrocket even more so than it has been.

fyi - just posted on the austin subreddit

sarky level meltdown

it’s funny this is a big deal. what few seniors we had sucked. we knew this

my brother is an archeologist based out of central america and the yucatán. he has found some cool fucking shit. including the “maize” god. Locals would take newborns and bound their heads in a way that would make it resemble an ear of corn when older. they would then use these “gods” to reenact their “creation of the world” event in religious ceremonies.

this disinformation board might be the dumbest, most tone deaf thing i have ever seen. i mean wtf are they thinking.

no way they can finish in one. right?

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woah. he must have some sort super power that tells him exactly where the ball will go.