Charlie Turner

Energy infrastructure YIMBY, wannabe adventure racer, Buffalo wing enthusiast. Comms guy at @APIenergy

[American Petroleum Institute @APIenergy]

Jones Act waivers have been an essential tool for keeping domestic markets supplied amid this year’s disruption. API’s Rachel Fox breaks down how these waivers have helped get fuel refined on the U.S. Gulf Coast to important economic hubs in other parts of the country.

[Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle]

In the closing days of the D.C. mayoral race, @kenyanmcduffie has published an op-ed in @ggwash (which has endorsed @Janeese4DC) on how he would fix D.C.'s housing crisis. "I pledge to you a policy agenda that will actually deliver new housing," he writes. https://t.co/yNxNeOSoOv

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@JustinWolfers Imagined Communities - Benedict Anderson

Even more important today with fractured media/content enviro. Explores the idea of a "nation" as a group of people bound by an imagined, shared connection.

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@T_Mason_H

[Henrick Johansson @compliantvc]

A trolley is about to hit 5 people laying on the track

You can redirect the car, but the other track has not yet reached regulatory approval or completed its 1 year environmental testing period, so operating a train car on it is a violation of transit regulations

What do you do?

[Charlie Turner @turnercc]

Surely there are plenty of Best Buys that could be turned into data centers without anyone getting upset.

[Charlie Turner @turnercc]

I think in this case it's just *colors*. The Four Seasons room is very desaturated and mostly gray. A lot of it is also shapes and textures. The room on the left has a lot of organic shapes and interesting textures, while the room on the right is mostly minimalist/straight, harsh lines.

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@SeanTrende I mean, @MarkWarner clearly took your side on this 6 years ago, but was only lambasted for it.

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@Noahpinion An anthropology professor once told me "throughout history, when societies meet, two things happen: they have sex, and they kill each other."

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@T_Mason_H

[American Petroleum Institute @APIenergy]

Why have jet fuel prices been particularly affected by disruption in the Middle East? In part 1 of our jet fuel explainer, API’s @T_Mason_H breaks down what’s going on, and why Europe, Asia and the U.S. west coast are impacted.

[Charlie Turner @turnercc]

Here's the deal with jet fuel, and why supplies are particularly tight v. gasoline and diesel:

1. A lot of it (~20% of seaborne) was exported through Hormuz before the conflict -- mostly to Europe.

2. A lot of it was exported from refineries in China, India and South Korea, who depended on crude from the Middle East. Those crude flows are cut, so they've stopped exporting.

3. U.S. refineries are running at high rates, but can only increase jet fuel production by a limited amount - not enough to fill the hole in the global market. So far, they've been able to increase jet production by 2%-4%.

[American Petroleum Institute @APIenergy]

https://t.co/4pJ8dy1LDX

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@elonmusk By this logic, North Korea is a Democratic Republic.

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Permitting reform

[Ramez Naam @ramez]

Everyone who cares about climate should understand this. Texas, with no pro-climate policies, has blown passed California in clean energy. In large part because Texas has less red tape and makes it easier to build.

[Rohan Patel @rohanspatel]

@jamestalarico: “I owe everything to this industry (oil and gas)”

“The idea that politicians in Washington think they can eliminate this industry is something we had to fight against, something we have to fight against in our own party.”

“I’m a big fan of the renewables, but It’s gonna take an all of the above approach.”

“Texas has always been an energy leader, and I want to keep it that way”

[Charlie Turner @turnercc]

::Slaps hydrocracker:: Yeah, this baby was built for Modelo Negra back in '85, but these days we're running a lot more Keystone Light and Four Loko synthetic.

[Mason Hamilton🛢📊⛽️ @T_Mason_H]

Thanks to @NY1 for having me on.

Yes, they did have to put makeup on my bald head to help reduce glare, and, yes, I did say "the Bud Light of crudes".

[Mason Hamilton🛢📊⛽️ @T_Mason_H]

GUIDE: U.S. crude oil and petroleum product trade balances.

The United States is BOTH a major importer and exporter of crude oil and petroleum products. These trade patterns allow the U.S. system to balance. But the devil, as always, is in the details...

*The U.S. is a net-PETROLEUM exporter (i.e. crude oil and products combined). But the U.S. imports more crude oil than it exports. How and why can both these things be true at the same time?

[Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome]

Your annual Donald Rumsfeld IRS Tax Day Letter appreciation post.

[Charlie Turner @turnercc]

@Jamie__Ingram Percentages are skewed by different taxes and fees present in these numbers, right? All else equal, a country or state with higher fuel taxes is going to have a smaller percentage increase because there is more baked into the original price.