Robin Vercruse

Diver. Wanderer. Wonderer. Packers/Dodgers. Future sea lion. For now, focused on #fuel. Principal RoVer Strategies, Policy Director @lcfcoalition

[Robin Vercruse @FuelingDebate]

A short-ish thread to share a few key charts from this article, which does a great job of outlining fundamental dynamics of oil market 1/

[Cato Institute @CatoInstitute]

Why does the U.S. trade so much energy? There are a few reasons, says #CatoTrade’s @scottlincicome… https://t.co/M8d13GCkCB

[Randall Munroe @xkcd]

Path Minimization https://t.co/5SmWwustFJ

[Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill]

“Rather than bringing people together, high levels of empathy can accentuate partisan divisions in policy opinions.” This is because lefties and righties empathise with different groups (e.g., workers vs. employers) and disagree about effects of policies. https://t.co/92190RkroG

[Emma Ashford @EmmaMAshford]

I went on vacation, only to find that this conversation posted! Thanks for making me look like I’m still working, guys. 😉

[Robin Vercruse @FuelingDebate]

Ditto for sailboat lines 😂

[Randall Munroe @xkcd]

How to Coil a Cable https://t.co/4to3YVMHag

[World of Engineering @engineers_feed]

Not the best advice from the 1960s

[NYT Science @NYTScience]

6 striking images and videos from space and astronomy released in the month of July https://t.co/h2Oz9MyJ0Y

[David J. Bier @David_J_Bier]

The @CatoInstitute just launched https://t.co/IdClQXtLyz: an interactive online platform to allow Americans to experience the difficulties of obtaining legal permanent residence in the U.S. from an immigrant’s perspective. See if you can win! #greencardgame

[follow @bencollins on bluesky @oneunderscore__]

America's angriest people are using hypothetical children as proxies for political power.

[Robin Vercruse @FuelingDebate]

Working hard for a day when #oil spills join #oilprices, #oilandgas geopolitical drama, and oil oligarchs on the sidelines of the news cycle. #CleanFuelStandards are just the ticket.

[State Department Spokesperson 2013-2025 @statedeptspox_a]

We welcome the launch of the operation to transfer 1.14 million barrels of oil from the decaying FSO Safer oil tanker. This is a critical step toward implementing the @UNDP emergency plan to avert a regional economic, environmental, and humanitarian crisis.https://t.co/67Eyj6Tpec

[Robin Vercruse @FuelingDebate]

And it’s not getting better…

[CNN @CNN]

Florida ocean temps surge to 100 degrees as mass coral bleaching event is found in some reefs https://t.co/ba50zmQfvM

[Katherine Blunt @KatherineBlunt]

It's been ridiculously hot, and yet no real threat of blackouts (at least not yet). Why? New power supplies, and a decent amount of luck.

CA: Strong hydro & so many new battery projects.

TX: Solar capacity has doubled since last summer.

My latest: https://t.co/fiuNslFsjN

[Reuters @Reuters]

Chevron's $6 billion second-quarter profit tops analysts' outlook https://t.co/gdIqgeaK4V

[Robin Vercruse @FuelingDebate]

820?

[Alexander - Sex Critical ��🦜 @etotheipie]

This is a statement from two of the people who wrote Florida's new education standards on slavery. In it they give several names of people to exemplify slaves who learned skills they applied later in life.

Let's go through the supposed truth of this list one by one.

[LeBron James @KingJames]

INCREDIBLE!!!! 🐐

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

One piece of architecture from every U.S. state, in alphabetical order:

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[Kyle 🚄 @KyleTrainEmoji]

Per the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, between 2010 and 2020 China had an average annual net gain in forest area of almost 2 million hectares, over 4 times as much as Australia’s (2nd-largest) and nearly 20 times as much as the United States’.
https://t.co/PRJiEHqypv

[Kyle 🚄 @KyleTrainEmoji]

China’s “nuclear pipeline” or the total capacity of all its new reactors under development, is also as big as the rest of the world’s combined, at ~250 GW. In 2021, 19 new reactors were under construction, 43 awaiting permits, and another 166 were planned.
https://t.co/RSpDjUx4L2

[Kyle 🚄 @KyleTrainEmoji]

According a report by Global Energy Monitor in June, China is currently on track to DOUBLE its entire renewable energy capacity by 2025—five years earlier than the government's original target date of 2030.
https://t.co/948TWMAHnn