American Airlines Announces New Direct Flights To Billings, MT -- January 10, 2017

In DFW-area news this morning: American Airlines announces more direct flights to Billings, MT.
It looks one-way prices during low-season is about $200/one-way. From LAX to Billings, MT, about $175 during low season. Interesting. I'm planning a Montana-SD-ND trip later this spring. Possible include Colorado, but with direct flights at relatively low cost, may fly directly to Billings, skip Denver. To Bozeman from DFW, about $350 during low-season, one way.

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Two Under-Reported Stories In The Energy Sector

Based on fairly extensive surfing of the net over the past month or so, there seem to be two under-reported international energy stories: India and Mexico.

Both counties are reporting surging demand for fossil fuel energy.

Platts is reporting a podcast today ...

Mexico’s higher gasoline prices for consumers is having a ripple effect through North American gasoline markets as the US exports more product to its neighbor.

... which links to a earlier story:

US gasoline exports to Mexico hit record high on refinery issues, strong demand. 

When I say under-reported, I mean these stories are not often found in print editions of US "national" newspapers nor in regional newspapers.

From the earlier story at Platts:

Mexico's record-low refinery production and growing consumer demand helped push US gasoline exports there to a new high in October, a trend that has boosted prices in both countries.

Gasoline exports to Mexico climbed 1.86 million barrels to 12.08 million barrels in October, according to US Energy Information Administration data released Friday, the highest total since that data started being tracked in 1993.

The previous peak was 11.42 million barrels in December 2010.

Mexico is by far the largest importer of US gasoline, taking in 45.8% of the 177.4 million barrels of finished gasoline the US exported through October of this year.

With regard to India, a John Kemp graphic, via Twitter, is worth ten-thousand words. This is not a projection; this is "real":

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EVs Sold In 2016

Bingo Blackout! The 2016 table is complete.

Note the huge jump in month-over-month (December-over-November) deliveries for Tesla Models S and X. One would like to see a bit more about these numbers. Assuming the numbers are "real," and/or "accurate," it is due to Tesla's business model: subscriptions or ordering ahead-of-time, sight-unseen.