Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Surface Area -- February 25, 2026

Locator: 50053SAND.

Weather: DFW, north Texas today -- will have a high of 84°F; breezy which will make biking difficult, especially on the hills on my 10-mile ride.  

Rounded

  • Saudi Arabia: 830,000 square miles, mostly sand.
  • Mostly not sand:  
    • Permian Basin: 80,000 square miles.
    • Texas: 270,000 square miles.
    • North Slope, Alaska: 100,000 square miles. 
    • Louisiana: 50,000 square miles.
    • Bakken, North Dakota: 10,000 square miles.

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LNG

This graphic simply blows me away -- see below. 

Link here

If you have time to read only one article today on LNG, this is the article. It will only be available to non-subscribers for a few days. I've archived the article but often the graphics are not preserved, unfortunately. 

LNG facilities

  • operational:
    • Cameron LNG
    • Calcaseieu Pass
    • Sabine Pass LNG
  • planned:
    • Port Arthur LNG
    • Golden Pass LNG
    • CP2 LNG
    • Louisiana LNG


 

CP2 LNG
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The Book Page

Some folks were curious about the earlier photo so I rearranged the books so folks could see the titles.

These are some of the books I'm reading now. Not pictured, includes a bio on Warren Buffett and a book on infectious diseases (plagues).