Schachter’s Eye on Energy – May 19th
05/19/2021 10:51 AMEach week Josef Schachter will give you his insights into global events, price forecasts and the fundamentals of the energy sector. Josef offers a twice monthly Black Gold newsletter covering the general energy market and 30 energy, energy service and pipeline &...
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Google Aims for Commercial-Grade Quantum Computer by 2029
05/19/2021 6:43 AMAlphabet Inc.’s Google plans to spend several billion dollars to build a quantum computer by 2029 that can perform large-scale business and scientific calculations without errors, said Hartmut Neven, a distinguished scientist at Google who oversees the company’s...
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Buying into Communism
05/19/2021 6:30 AM"People are prepared to obtain order and tranquility by giving up other values such as democracy and freedom. This dangerous temptation has not disappeared, even today." — Mikhail Gorbachev, 1993 June 4, 2009. I opened the day in Shanghai, meeting with one of...
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A Climate Change Question No One Asks
05/19/2021 6:14 AMIf we stopped all industrial, resource and manufacturing production as some demand and instead imported what we need - would global emission rise or...
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back to work……
05/18/2021 6:52 AMLong working hours are killing hundreds of thousands of people a year, WHO says London (CNN Business)Working long hours is killing hundreds of thousands of people a year through stroke and heart disease, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In a global...
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As Lumber Prices Climb, DIYers Cut Out The Middle Man And Mill Their Own
05/18/2021 6:38 AMThe price of lumber has more than doubled over the past year, and economists warn that things might stay this way for a while. That's why people like Hans Dow are getting crafty. "I was like, well, I want a sawmill. I can make a lot of stuff with it. I also need to...
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You Can’t Be Too Careful…
05/18/2021 6:09 AMOr can we? Risk is part of life. With the end of COVID in sight does saying "we can't be too careful" create a unrealistic obstacle to reopening the...
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Big Fat Idea – North American Battery Metals
05/17/2021 10:51 AMPaul Gill, CEO of Lomiko Metals joins Mike to talk about the need to develop a secure, domestic supply of metals critical to the production of batteries and the devices required for the green...
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US and EU Suspend Steel Tariffs
05/17/2021 8:25 AMThe European Union and the United States on Monday decided to temporarily suspend measures at the heart of a steel tariff dispute that is seen as one of the major trade issues dividing the two sides. With the decision, “we are walking the talk in our efforts to reboot...
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Inflation Jitters
05/17/2021 8:18 AMWhile the combination of a massive fiscal stimulus and coronavirus vaccination campaign appears to put the US economy on track of a powerful recovery, several economic indicators issued recently have thrown the market into confusion, which may serve as an early...
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