tdhoosier

Please IU, make me take back my last 15 posts.

I’m still glad we’re keeping the same offensive game plan. Michigan has another game tomorrow, don’t want to make it too tough on them. 😎

I’m done watching college basketball. period. ….until tomorrow

What’s “de-fense”?

Why would there be a change in the offensive plan? It’s working so well.

Why take out XJ for the rest of the half if the game is going to get this far away from you?

I hate this line up so much

Nice box out

I’m not sure I can watch this crap. Way to get up for a must win game, boys.

Sit TJD while Dickinson is on the bench

Come back with: XJ, Race, Gallo, Geronimo and Kopp/Stewart.

Dickinson is having TJD’s lunch once again.

Is it just my system, or is the B1G network’s picture not good? Switching to ESPN is like putting glasses on.

Wish we could skip the game and go with that result. I’m going in fully expecting to lose.

Yes. Because of demand and the world recovering from the fall off of oil supply during the pandemic. People are traveling and commuting daily again and the world is playing catch up. The price of gas was going to increase no matter who was in office. And then there's no question this war skyrocketed it even more. When Biden took office we produced 9 million barrels/day that February. It increased to 11 million that next month and now is at 12 million and expected to near 13 million next year. For context, the pre-pandemic average barrels per day was 12 million. The way the global events are unfolding is like the world is taking a dump on top of dried puke.

Man, what China and Russia have done to this decade so far. 🤦‍♂️

US oil production is back up after it fell off a cliff in Spring of 2020. The EIA predicts we'll are back to pre-pandemic levels and will produce 12 million barrels a day in 2022 and then a record 13 million barrels a day in 2023. The supply numbers are there right now in black and white. And while it's getting back up there, oil companies are still facing staffing and supply shortages. The blame for the price increase has little to do with administrative policies or that we can't squeeze out another 5% of production with the snap of a finger. It's because it's a global economy and the world's oil demand has dramatically shifted over night. Let's stop acting like this is not 95% of the problem here. If you want to blame somebody then look at Putin. Or look at Europe who has been feeding the monster for the last 20 years. The straw-man debate over permits is pure political posturing right now.

Everything will have it's drawbacks, but the key is that they are less dirty. But in the case of solar, I think it's so important to keep pushing the envelope because the information gained from experimenting/learning from this technology will be crucial to our future. Learning to harness the power of the sun makes every other energy source obsolete. And best yet, it comes from an unlimited resource. Who knows if any advances will come in the next 10, 50 or 100 years, but we need to keep experimenting. *Side note, I listen to a lot of different science podcasts. It's amazing how many physicists think that our next technological revolution is going to come from capturing the sun's energy. (For example, a revolution similar in effect to the industrial or digital revolution) It's hard to imagine now, but before humankind could even fly, nobody would imagine it's possible to put a man on the moon. Similarly, an energy source that is so limitless could unlock so many other technologies that we can't even comprehend yet. This would be on the level of space travel or moving at the speed of light. Or faster than the speed of light (which is now considered impossible). I'm going to butcher the stat, but I remember one physicist explaining that capturing (something like) 1% of one sun ray, before it hits our atmosphere could power the entire planet for the next 10 years. Sorry for the tangent....just find the stuff interesting.

I think the answer lies in the middle. We’ve increased our production since 2008. As a result, we as a country, import WAY less oil and export more. A vast majority of our oil comes from the Western Hemisphere and very little now comes from the Middle East and Russia. The problem is that it’s a global economy. Much of Europe relies on Russian oil. And now they want are importing from other sources (ours), the decreased supply increases the demand. Prices are going up. Increased production would help but it’s not like world leaders can make a magic wand to make this happen. I was reading US oil companies are still fighting labor shortages and they supply of product is still backed up. They need more pipes, more machines, more workers, etc. Also, oil reserves are underground, so they need to pump and refine it. This takes time. 6 months best scenario (so I’ve read). The other said of the argument is we, the world, find ourselves in this situation once again. A hiccup causes a crazy domino effect. There’s a fight over resources. Ukraine has a lot of natural resources that Europe relies on. I didn’t see anybody even hint that we need to completely stop oil production. But, we need to decrease our reliance on it because we are directly or indirectly in a mess over it once again. I don’t think there is a crime in becoming more energy independent as a country, but also, in the meantime, decreasing demand for it by diversifying our energy, strive for better efficiency in the transportation industry, etc. Accelerating the push for these changes may cause little pain in the short term, but the long term gain will be worth it. Plus it’s dirty and pollutes our Earth. Big picture, oil is not the long term answer.

They played well today. I like the fight. Tough loss at our #8 ranked rival’s place.

They’re never calling that. Ever. Out of control, off balance and leaning into the defender. Ain’t happening.

Gotta be more secure with the ball rather than trying to thread a needle in that scenario.

WTH was that?!

Big time rebound

Purdue is trying to give us chances. Gotta take advantage of them.