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These Are The World’s Largest Oil Producers | ZeroHedge

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Post published:30.09.2023
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In 2022 oil prices peaked at more than $100 per barrel, hitting an eight-year high, after a full year of turmoil in the energy markets in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Oil companies doubled their profits and the economies of the biggest oil producers in the world got a major boost.

But which countries are responsible for most of the world’s oil supply? Using data from the Statistical Review of World Energy by the Energy Institute, Visual Capitalist's Pallavi (more…)

A Timeline Of US Government Shutdowns | ZeroHedge

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Post published:30.09.2023
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The 2018/19 shutdown was the longest in recent U.S. history at 34 days.

As Statista's Katharina Buchholz shows in the timeline below, government shutdowns have been getting longer in the last three decades, with the second-longest and the fourth-longest shutdown taking place in 1995 and 2013, respectively.

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Throughout the 1980s, shutdowns were numerous, but shorter, while in the 1970s, they also ran somewhat (more…)

It’s Time For NASA To Step Aside And Let Private Industry Take Us To Mars | ZeroHedge

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Post published:30.09.2023
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Authored by David Williams via RealClear Wire (emphasis ours)

Once again, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is bilking taxpayers to infinity and beyond. NASA has been busy preparing for the Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission, which is designed to collect samples of Martian soil to determine whether there is life on the Red Planet. According to a recent report, costs are through the stratosphere. The independent review board tasked with evaluating the program (more…)