tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post119152305846593411..comments2024-03-15T15:07:49.759-07:00Comments on HAWSEPIPER: The Longest Climb: I got your gas crisis right here...Paul, Dammit!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02264872375942355609noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-44121546008401867292012-01-20T23:06:10.090-08:002012-01-20T23:06:10.090-08:00Hate to hear Hess St. Criox is shutting down. I ra...Hate to hear Hess St. Criox is shutting down. I ran there and to San Juan (Power House)some time ago for about a year,one of the beat facility's around.HTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-31646466956294761402012-01-20T21:11:33.314-08:002012-01-20T21:11:33.314-08:00I mentioned the Pew Charitable trusts to show that...I mentioned the Pew Charitable trusts to show that Sun has branched out into other profitable ventures beyond oil, despite the incredibly favorable tax status that owning those refineries gave them- by not reinvesting in facilities whose construction and operating costs were partially offset by a series of tax subsidies, Sun was able to bank more money for 20 years, and will continue to do so as the tank farm continues to operate as a storage facility. In the meanwhile, the tax breaks will continue with Sun's new focus on retail sales, as the Pew Charitable trusts will enable them to spend a little and save a lot- having a 501(c) corporate sub-entity in their arsenal is smart tax policy, and their continued ability to set public environmental policy ensures that Sun will continue to have a license to print money via Slim Jim sales and the usual gauntlet of Green Inc. for-profit environmentalism and other politically-motivated profiteering. <br /><br /> Rather than dither, I'll come out and say it, and you can call me a wingnut: Sun's management is smart; they no longer need refineries to maintain a favorable tax status. They have a massive vampire organization that enables them to manage their own political status, funded by monies that would otherwise be lost to taxes anyways. As I said, smart. Imagine if we could all direct EXACTLY how every penny of our taxes was spent on our own projects, things that were important to us, rather than just paying the IRS.Paul, Dammit!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02264872375942355609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-42187959994299022242012-01-20T18:52:42.061-08:002012-01-20T18:52:42.061-08:00Apologies to anonymous whose ID I usurped. My pro...Apologies to anonymous whose ID I usurped. My problem with the original post was the inference that Sun's decisions on closing refineries has something to do with their political agenda. Wingnut thinking.<br /><br />I spent 25 years going to sea (and, thank god, hung it up 10 years ago), have a graduate science degree, and have enjoyed reading Pauls blog for about 6 or 8 years now. <br /><br />From now on I'm posting as Ebb Tide.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-41204762141516218572012-01-20T17:14:56.998-08:002012-01-20T17:14:56.998-08:00Guy who wants to hide behind the title Anonymous a...Guy who wants to hide behind the title Anonymous and come out with a one sentence snarky comment doesn't really deserve a reply. <br /><br />You're not afraid to put your thoughts & opinions on the line in eloquent posts. And by the way I enjoy the Brazilian cultural photo's along the way.<br /><br />Mister Anonymous should grow a pair!Ebb Tidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015848462949165117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-87209320593010348572012-01-20T07:33:20.277-08:002012-01-20T07:33:20.277-08:00The first nail in the coffin of my professional ca...The first nail in the coffin of my professional career was hammered in while I was starting the groundwork for my master's thesis. I spent 6 months in Europe doing the legwork to develop a model that would predict how market globalization would effect labor opportunties and the support industries in the extraction of natural resources. By the time I figured out the statistical array that I could use to support my model, I realized how much I hated statistics. When I was done with the European portion of the study, I hated how much efficiency in supply consolidation was driving environmental regulations, and not the other way around. The American portion of that study was so disheartening that it made publication and lecturing on the matter a chore.Paul, Dammit!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02264872375942355609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-9953944383773132212012-01-20T06:41:09.555-08:002012-01-20T06:41:09.555-08:00Damn, I've been posting as anonymous since I s...Damn, I've been posting as anonymous since I started reading your site. Guess I'll have to make my comments under a slightly different pseudonym.<br /><br />Besides, you don't need a degree in international finance or economics to have an understanding of the markets. Anyone with interest who is paying attention and reading up on the subject can do it. I have degrees out the wazoo (including a PhD in international affairs). I gain a lot of insight discussing issues with a good friend who is a community college drop-out. <br /><br />I don't always agree with your political analysis Paul, but you do offer a thought out perspective. I'd because if the other anonymous would have taken your post differently if you were wearing the marine biologists hat instead of the deck hand's out. <br /><br />A different anonymous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-28102859334153038002012-01-19T21:31:42.291-08:002012-01-19T21:31:42.291-08:00Nothing special about it, smartass. A subscription...Nothing special about it, smartass. A subscription to FAIRPLAY and knowing the trade routes for oil shipping is enough for anyone to figure out the same. <br /><br /> I'm going to assume you're not trying to be smarmy, but if you're deeply concerned that I might know how to do something besides oil transfers, almost no one comes into the marine trades as a first career. My own first career as a scientist included a fair amount of writing about resource economics. Few people are lucky enough to figure out that they're in the wrong business after college and have the leeway to radically retrain. A little hose humping is a small price to pay for doing what I do, but resource economics is resource economics, whether animal, vegetable or mineral.Paul, Dammit!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02264872375942355609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-31061185311348407262012-01-19T18:45:27.673-08:002012-01-19T18:45:27.673-08:00I guess humping hoses in NY harbor gives a person ...I guess humping hoses in NY harbor gives a person special insight into the international oil marketsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com