April 13, 2025
God Bless the Crude!
Timothy Birdnow
Energy for a strong America!
US Crude Oil Exports Hit Record High: EIA
From the Epoch Times:
Do note that by the end of Biden's Presidency growth had slowed to a crawl. That's going to change as Trump has empowered the oil and gas industry by removing draconian regulations.
Energy is the lifeblood of any industrial civilization, and oil and natural gas are the cornerstone of energy across the globe. Make more and we prosper, make less and we decline. It really is that simple. Now the left has been pushing a reduction in energy production for decades, and that for a variety of reasons. Yes, there are the warmiacs who are in a panic over carbon dioxide, but more because of the desire to create "parity" between the First and Third worlds. The intelligentsia believes we have it too good in America, that we "gobbled up all the resources" and deserve to live like the poor nations. At the same time they think that by hamstringing the West the Third World will catch up - especially since they don't have the draconian regulations in their countries so industries will move to such places. But this fails to grasp the simple fact that it is primarily the West that is creating the things that make the post-industrial world operate; the Third World can build stuff, but not create new stuff.
That has always been the problem with industrializing in the Third World; they concentrate on industry but not on the economy as a whole. They get foreign companies to build factories, but the people are starving and can't afford to buy anything made there anyway.
Hapan was the first nation that successfully modernized without any help from the West. They did it by first modernizing their agricultural sector, and imposing a free market system on the country. Other nations - notably India and China - have done quite well at that but still took massive help from the West.
The point is all that hamstringing the West does is impoverish the Third World. It does nothing to raise them up.
They key to economic success is universal - empower the individual to succeed by offering proper rewards, and limiting the meddling of government in the economy. But human nature is fallen, and there is greed and special interests and stupidity that lead many to utilize the sword of government to force others to their will, and in the process this hurts economic growth and their fellow man. The Democrats have made an art form out of power lust and greed and the end result is what we see now.
The way out is to unleash free enterprise and provide the energy to do this. The Left has treated energy like the Pharoah treated water; it was his weapon to keep his empire together. The Left seeks to restrict energy usage for the same reason.
Water was and is the lifeblood of agriculture - energy is the lifeblood of industrial civilization. Control both and you own the People.
Unleash both and you empower them, and that is what is happening now. I expect an economic boom to come quite soon.
Oil makes us strong. Oil is life to us (literally; heat, air conditioning, lights, etc. rely on it). Oil makes us free.
God bless the crude!
Energy for a strong America!
US Crude Oil Exports Hit Record High: EIA
From the Epoch Times:
"U.S. crude oil exports in 2024 surpassed the previous record set in 2023, exceeding an annual average of 4.1 million barrels per day (b/d),” the agency said in an April 10 report.
Despite the new record, crude oil export year-over-year growth slowed in 2024 to 1 percent, well below 2023’s 14 percent growth and 2022’s 21 percent.
Crude oil production in the lower 48 states, which excludes Alaska and offshore output, hit a record high in November. This added more supply to the market for exports.
Even though the number of active oil rigs fell in the states, a boost in production efficiency compensated for the decline. As a result, production in the lower 48 rose 3 percent in 2024.
In contrast, oil output in Alaska and offshore in the Gulf of America fell last year, with the EIA blaming the decline partly on production disruptions triggered by hurricane activity.
Despite the new record, crude oil export year-over-year growth slowed in 2024 to 1 percent, well below 2023’s 14 percent growth and 2022’s 21 percent.
Crude oil production in the lower 48 states, which excludes Alaska and offshore output, hit a record high in November. This added more supply to the market for exports.
Even though the number of active oil rigs fell in the states, a boost in production efficiency compensated for the decline. As a result, production in the lower 48 rose 3 percent in 2024.
In contrast, oil output in Alaska and offshore in the Gulf of America fell last year, with the EIA blaming the decline partly on production disruptions triggered by hurricane activity.
Do note that by the end of Biden's Presidency growth had slowed to a crawl. That's going to change as Trump has empowered the oil and gas industry by removing draconian regulations.
Energy is the lifeblood of any industrial civilization, and oil and natural gas are the cornerstone of energy across the globe. Make more and we prosper, make less and we decline. It really is that simple. Now the left has been pushing a reduction in energy production for decades, and that for a variety of reasons. Yes, there are the warmiacs who are in a panic over carbon dioxide, but more because of the desire to create "parity" between the First and Third worlds. The intelligentsia believes we have it too good in America, that we "gobbled up all the resources" and deserve to live like the poor nations. At the same time they think that by hamstringing the West the Third World will catch up - especially since they don't have the draconian regulations in their countries so industries will move to such places. But this fails to grasp the simple fact that it is primarily the West that is creating the things that make the post-industrial world operate; the Third World can build stuff, but not create new stuff.
That has always been the problem with industrializing in the Third World; they concentrate on industry but not on the economy as a whole. They get foreign companies to build factories, but the people are starving and can't afford to buy anything made there anyway.
Hapan was the first nation that successfully modernized without any help from the West. They did it by first modernizing their agricultural sector, and imposing a free market system on the country. Other nations - notably India and China - have done quite well at that but still took massive help from the West.
The point is all that hamstringing the West does is impoverish the Third World. It does nothing to raise them up.
They key to economic success is universal - empower the individual to succeed by offering proper rewards, and limiting the meddling of government in the economy. But human nature is fallen, and there is greed and special interests and stupidity that lead many to utilize the sword of government to force others to their will, and in the process this hurts economic growth and their fellow man. The Democrats have made an art form out of power lust and greed and the end result is what we see now.
The way out is to unleash free enterprise and provide the energy to do this. The Left has treated energy like the Pharoah treated water; it was his weapon to keep his empire together. The Left seeks to restrict energy usage for the same reason.
Water was and is the lifeblood of agriculture - energy is the lifeblood of industrial civilization. Control both and you own the People.
Unleash both and you empower them, and that is what is happening now. I expect an economic boom to come quite soon.
Oil makes us strong. Oil is life to us (literally; heat, air conditioning, lights, etc. rely on it). Oil makes us free.
God bless the crude!
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