Without Crude Oil, There Can Be No Electricity
https://heartland.org/opinion/without-crude-oil-there-can-be-no-electricity/
Excerpt:
Over the last 200 years, after the discovery of crude oil, the world populated from 1 to 8 billion. Today, all the electricity generation options available, such as wind turbines, solar panels, nuclear, hydro, coal, and natural gas, are all dependent on the products and components manufactured from crude oil to be able to generate electricity.
Looking back, the history of the petroleum industry illustrated that crude oil was virtually useless, unless it could be manufactured (refineries) into oil derivatives that are now the basis of chemical products, such as plastics, solvents, and medications, that are essential for supporting modern lifestyles. The more than 6,000 products being used for humanity needs and the generation of electricity did not exist a few short centuries ago.
.....For the aircraft and ships, just like that for the various options for the generation of electricity, they all utilize parts and components made from the oil derivatives manufactured from raw crude oil.
Mankind in the pre-1800’s set the stage for the fantastic growth after the mankind’s discovery of crude oil:
Life longevity was around forty years of age and people seldom travelled more than one hundred miles from where they were born.
A world population of about one billion people.
No electricity, as all generation of electricity is only possible with the parts made from the oil derivatives manufactured from crude oil for wind turbines, solar panels, and the coal, natural gas, nuclear, and hydro power plants.
The following infrastructures were not around a few short centuries ago, because they all need components and parts that were NOT available in the pre-1800’s.
Transportation
Hospitals
Medical equipment
Appliances
Electronics
Telecommunications
Communications systems
Space programs
Heating and ventilating
Military
Today, a few centuries after the discovery of crude oil:
Everything that needs electricity, and every infrastructure, is made from oil derivatives manufactured from crude oil, from the light bulb to the iPhone, defibrillator, and all the parts of EV’s, toilets, and spacecraft.
Weather related fatalities have virtually disappeared with all the products and medications available today that were not available a few centuries ago.
Globally, as most of the world leaders in the few wealthy countries continue to focus on ceasing oil production and shuttering the refining of crude oil, the future does not bode well as 20 percent of the almost 700 worldwide refineries are expected to close in the next 5 years, i.e., 140 closures. Further inflation and shortages in perpetuity are guaranteed, as those refineries are manufacturing the oil derivatives for all the products in society, and the fuels for the jets moving people and products, and the merchant ships for global trade flows and the military and space programs.
.....The elephant in the room that no one wants to discuss is that crude oil is the foundation of our materialistic society, as it is the basis of all products and fuels demanded by the 8 billion on this planet.
Ridding the world of raw crude oil before we have a replacement to produce the oil derivatives currently manufactured from crude oil, we’re back to the 1800’s.
The greatest threat to the world’s populations could be the future for billions to exist and prosper without those oil derivatives that are currently supporting more than 6,000 products for society.
Shockingly, very few parents, teachers, students, politicians, and those in the media, have any clues or understanding about the basis of the products in our daily lives from crude oil! Energy Literacy at its best!!!
The proverb “you can’t have your cake and eat it too” tells us that:
You can’t rid the world of crude oil and
Continue to enjoy the products and fuels that are currently made with the oil derivatives manufactured from crude oil.
Without a replacement for the crude oil that’s been providing the products supporting today’s humanity for the last couple of centuries, policymakers seem to be focused on jumping out of an airplane without a parachute!
Here’s a few suggested subjects for those energy literacy discussions at the dinner table:
Everything that needs electricity is made from the oil derivatives manufactured from crude oil, from the light bulb to the iPhone, defibrillator, and all the parts of EV’s, toilets, and spacecraft.
All generation of electricity is only possible with the parts made from the oil derivatives manufactured from crude oil for wind turbines, solar panels, and the coal, natural gas, nuclear, and hydro power plants.
Electricity came after crude oil !
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4190426/posts?page=1
Without Crude Oil, There Can Be No Electricity
heartland.org ^ | 10/17/2023 | Ronald Stein, P.E.
GoodRx Announces New Way for Consumers to Access Sanofi’s Lantus for $35 at Over 70,000 Pharmacies Nationwide
Integration allows people living with diabetes – with or without insurance – to access Sanofi’s most-prescribed insulin at a fixed rate anywhere GoodRx is accepted
Excerpt:
-GoodRx (NASDAQ: GDRX), a leading resource for healthcare savings and information, today announced it is working with Sanofi (NASDAQ: SNY), a global leader in diabetes care, to offer a new way for people living with diabetes to access Lantus® (insulin glargine injection) 100 Units/mL in the U.S. for only $35.
“Sanofi believes that no one should struggle to pay for their insulin”
This collaboration builds on Sanofi’s recent announcement to lower the list price for Lantus and cap out-of-pocket costs at $35 for all patients with commercial insurance, which goes into effect January 1, 2024. It leverages GoodRx’s reach and scale to broaden access and affordability for people living with diabetes and means that, effective today, all Americans with a valid prescription, regardless of insurance status, can use GoodRx at over 70,000 U.S. retail pharmacies to access a 30-day supply of Lantus for only $35.
The number of Americans living with diabetes is increasing every year. Currently, an estimated 37.3 million Americans (approximately 11.3% of the U.S. population) have diabetes, and roughly 8.4 million of them use insulin, according to the American Diabetes Association.
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This isn’t a better program than others available or if you have insurance. If you have insurance, not Medicare or Medicaid, any medicine on your policy’s formulary is $20.00 for 30 days supply. If you don’t have insurance and qualify for the patient assistance program a company offers the amount you would pay would be $ 0.00. Novo Nordsk and Lilly, Sanofi’s competitors, offer PAP that cost $ 0.00 if one qualifies. The $35.00 Sanofi is ‘offering’ matches what FJB’s Inflation Reduction Act capped insulin cost for Medicare at. So IMO this is a political publicity stunt by Sanofi and there are better less expensive options out there if one looks and researches.