Locator: 46697CVX.
I’ll let readers finish the question. It’s a pretty clever idea.
Hint: what’s in a name?
On another note, all-time highs today, link here.
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The Gardening Page
Five photos, each one taken in the morning at the same time, for five consecutive days:
Locator: 46696B.
These are just the headlines -- I have a lot of reading to do today. I will come back to a few of these stories later. ChargePoint is in the wings, as they say, or in the batter's box.
Shrinkflation is how CNBC titled this graph; look at the huge drop in prices. Wow, even CNBC anchor seemed surprised but then spun the story:
Interestingly the CNBC anchor seemed skeptical of industry-wide collusion to keep prices high to maximize profits.
Obesity crisis in the US: I'm not completely averse to smaller portions of Rice Krispies treats, or even less chips in a potato chips bag.
Cost of Ozempic: $900 for a 30-day supply.
Black Heritage Month: somewhat disappointed. Was it just my imagination or did others notice this also -- it seems BHM was rather subdued this month. Perhaps overshadowed by anti-Sematism, anti-Muslim controversy. I don't know but it just seems I didn't see much on cable this past month.
Headline of the day: now it's an existential issue -- accomplished tech expert shows us how to charge an EV and headline writer noted she "lived to tell the story." I can't make this stuff up.
EVs:
FuelCell Energy:
Toyota:
Lego:
AAPL: +/- today.
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The Book Page
Camera Girl: The Coming of Age of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy, Carl Sferrazza Anthony, 2023, p. 17:
This describes scenes in The Great Gatsby, the most recent movie version, to a "t" as they say, including, amazingly, the geographic location and the protagonist's past. Wow.
Never quit reading.
Locator: 46695GDP.
2.5.
Up from 2.1 previously.
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Lego
Added to my collection this past week.
Locator: 46694KSA.
Note: KSA is pronounced "cash."
Largely irrelevant but will “confuse” things for awhile.
Locator: 46693B.
WTI: $78.63.
Friday, March 8, 2024: 98 for the month; 157 for the quarter, 157 for the year
39793, conf, Petro-Hunt, Terres 144-97-18B-19-1H,
39739, conf, Iron Oil Operating, Antelope 5-36-25H,
39738, conf, Iron Oil Operating, Antelope 4-36-25H,
RBN Energy: EIA's latest approach to weather modeling promises forecast improvements.
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently changed the weather forecast methodology for one of its most important energy models — the Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) — and while we talk about the effects of weather on energy markets fairly often (571 times in the past 12 years, or about once a week, but who’s counting?), we rarely take a step back and explain how those weather forecasts are used. In today’s RBN blog, we look at different approaches to weather forecasting, the recent change made by the EIA, and how the new approach might affect our understanding of EIA forecasts.
Weather has a significant impact on the demand for — and sometimes, the supply of — a number of hydrocarbon commodities, especially natural gas and propane, but also heating oil and other fuels. The benefits of accurate weather forecasts are obvious: For example, a month-ahead or quarter-ahead prediction of a frigid January in Massachusetts or a lingering July heat wave in Texas would be of major value to a wide range of market participants, including electric-grid planners, power generators, and natural gas marketers and pipelines, not to mention propane and heating-oil dealers in New England. In addition to helping markets anticipate fuel demand, forecasts of extreme weather also can signal prospective challenges with fuel supply, such as well freeze-offs that temporarily slash production of natural gas (or blizzards that make some commercial/residential fuel deliveries virtually impossible.