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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Disqus - Latest Comments for earlrichards</title><link>http://disqus.com/by/earlrichards/</link><description></description><atom:link href="http://disqus.com/earlrichards/comments.rss" rel="self"></atom:link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 05:38:14 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: Newsom Takes Aim at Chevron’s High Prices, Tells California Drivers to Get Gas Elsewhere</title><link>https://sfist.com/p/ca94a10d-d5a6-4890-a7c0-8d4438bcd4e7/#comment-6879838925</link><description>&lt;p&gt;To beat Chevron's high prices, buy an EV.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">earlrichards</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 05:38:14 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Gas Prices Are About to Get Even Worse in California</title><link>https://politicalwire.com/2026/05/11/gas-prices-are-about-to-get-even-worse-in-california/#comment-6875263401</link><description>&lt;p&gt;There is no  shortage of oil, because there are 38 billion  barrels in the Monterey  Shale Formation. It is time to buy an EV.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">earlrichards</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 07:39:17 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Valley Domestic Violence Hotline To Close May 15</title><link>https://hoodline.com/2026/04/valley-domestic-violence-lifeline-set-to-go-dark-as-funding-dries-up/#comment-6868418500</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The hotline will stop a battered women from being killed or severely beaten.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">earlrichards</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:18:51 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Iran war brings massive price and profit gouging</title><link>http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/17/uvyl-a17.html#comment-6864963272</link><description>&lt;p&gt;To beat the Wall Street/Houston Big Oil gasoline price gouging, buy an EV.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">earlrichards</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:35:24 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Chevron Warns California Refineries Could Close And Gas Prices Rise</title><link>https://hoodline.com/2026/03/chevron-to-california-play-with-climate-rules-get-burned-at-the-pump/#comment-6849060906</link><description>&lt;p&gt;It's time to buy an EV.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">earlrichards</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:58:14 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Canadian oil tycoon backs South Bow pipeline to boost US exports</title><link>https://boereport.com/2026/03/09/canadian-oil-tycoon-backs-south-bow-pipeline-to-boost-us-exports/#comment-6849001329</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The Keystone XL pipeline had to be stopped, because a toxic, bitumen spill from the pipeline into the Ogallala Aquifer would poison the drinking water for millions. That would be worse than a weapon of mass destruction and would destroy the agriculture of the Great Plains states.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">earlrichards</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:48:26 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Blame our ‘Buy American’ mania for high gas prices</title><link>https://thenevadaindependent.com/?post_type=article&amp;p=195821#comment-6842032492</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Buy an electric vehicle.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">earlrichards</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:53:28 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: OPINION: Nevada’s gas prices aren’t a California problem. They’re a fossil fuel problem.</title><link>https://thenevadaindependent.com/?post_type=article&amp;p=195202#comment-6838960290</link><description>&lt;p&gt;To avoid the gasoline problem, buy an EV.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">earlrichards</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 07:36:32 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Trump: U.S. taxpayers will ‘reimburse’ corporations for costs of stealing Venezuelan oil</title><link>https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-u-s-taxpayers-will-reimburse-corporations-for-costs-of-stealing-venezuelan-oil/#comment-6819824064</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The taxpayer owes Big Oil nothing.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">earlrichards</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:29:55 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Trump: US Might Pay Big Oil to Rebuild Venezuela's Oil Sector</title><link>https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump/trump-says-u-s-might-pay-oil-companies-to-rebuild-venezuelas-energy-sector-theyll-get-reimbursed/#comment-6819446525</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Stop Big Oil from looting the taxpayer.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">earlrichards</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 07:03:28 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Trump: US Might Pay Big Oil to Rebuild Venezuela's Oil Sector</title><link>https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump/trump-says-u-s-might-pay-oil-companies-to-rebuild-venezuelas-energy-sector-theyll-get-reimbursed/#comment-6819332214</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The President of Venezuela has to be returned to Venezuela for prosecution.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">earlrichards</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 21:39:51 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Former Chevron executive seeks $2 billion for Venezuelan oil projects, FT reports</title><link>https://boereport.com/2026/01/04/former-chevron-executive-seeks-2-billion-for-venezuelan-oil-projects-ft-reports/#comment-6819248162</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The Venezuelan taxpayer owes Chevron nothing, for their bad business decision.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">earlrichards</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 17:46:07 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: California’s quest to phase out fossil fuels could make Nevada gas prices soar</title><link>https://thenevadaindependent.com/?post_type=article&amp;p=192652#comment-6818483230</link><description>&lt;p&gt;To avoid the soaring gasoline prices, buy an EV.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">earlrichards</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 07:33:18 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Trump launches aerial strike on Venezuela amid Democratic Party silence</title><link>http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/31/jbpq-d31.html#comment-6817064609</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Chevron, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil are after Venezuelan oil.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">earlrichards</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 20:57:05 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: California Gas Prices Could Skyrocket, And They Have No One To Blame But Themselves</title><link>https://www.carscoops.com/2025/12/california-gas-refineries-closures-price-spike/#comment-6813943695</link><description>&lt;p&gt;To avoid the California Big Oil gasoline price rip-off, buy an EV.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">earlrichards</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:49:42 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: A New Oilsands Pipeline? What Politicians Won’t Admit</title><link>https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-12-17/a-new-oilsands-pipeline-what-politicians-wont-admit/#comment-6812047129</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The poisonous, tar sands oil has to be refined into light, petroleum products, before transporting from the tar sands regions. Remember the Kalamazoo.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">earlrichards</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:39:13 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Future of Oil Tanker Ban in Northern B.C. Waters Faces Uncertainty After Federal and Alberta Energy Agreement</title><link>https://news.ssbcrack.com/future-of-oil-tanker-ban-in-northern-b-c-waters-faces-uncertainty-after-federal-and-alberta-energy-agreement/#comment-6803226454</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The North Coast tanker ban has to be extended to the BC's south coast to prevent another Exxon Valdez disaster. Only product tankers under 12,500 tonnes should be allowed to transit BC waters.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">earlrichards</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 07:57:49 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Thank Premier Eby for Standing Strong on the North Coast Oil Tanker Ban </title><link>https://www.wcel.org/blog/thank-premier-eby-standing-strong-north-coast-oil-tanker-ban#comment-6793189285</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The North Coast tanker ban has to be extended to the southern half of the BC coast. Remember the Exxon Valdez. Only coastal, product tankers carrying refined, petroleum products should be allowed to transit BC waters.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">earlrichards</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 19:32:02 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Trump&amp;rsquo;s Coup Plans for Venezuela Are Bad News for Alberta&amp;rsquo;s Oilsands</title><link>http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/11/04/Trump-Coup-Plans-Venezuela-Bad-News-Alberta-Oilsands/#comment-6792079328</link><description>&lt;p&gt;To prevent another Kalamazoo River disaster, the oily sands has to be refined into light, petroleum products, before transporting from the tar sands region. Let Venezuela provide the tar sands oil for the Gulf Coast.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">earlrichards</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 16:51:00 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: BC Confesses Concerns about a Pipeline Property Tax Cut</title><link>http://thetyee.ca/News/2025/10/31/BC-Confesses-Concerns-Pipeline-Property-Tax-Cut/#comment-6790119690</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The pipeline corporations have more tax loopholes than there are holes in a block of Swiss cheese. What is the point of a tax structure that allows pipeline corporations to deduct more than they pay?&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">earlrichards</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 11:49:39 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: BC Residents May Have to Cover a Property Tax Break for Pipelines</title><link>http://thetyee.ca/News/2025/10/28/BC-Property-Tax-Break-Pipelines/#comment-6788878625</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The public owes the Pathway Alliance nothing. Stop the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers from looting the taxpayer.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">earlrichards</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 17:46:23 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: B.C. Premier Eby says lifting the tanker ban would sink billions in ‘real’ projects</title><link>https://boereport.com/2025/10/14/b-c-premier-eby-says-lifting-the-tanker-ban-would-sink-billions-in-real-projects/#comment-6782941192</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The tankers have to be under 12,000 tonnes to transit the tanker ban area.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">earlrichards</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 16:45:41 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: B.C. Premier Eby says lifting the tanker ban would sink billions in ‘real’ projects</title><link>https://boereport.com/2025/10/14/b-c-premier-eby-says-lifting-the-tanker-ban-would-sink-billions-in-real-projects/#comment-6782940273</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The North Coast tanker ban has to be extended to the southern half of BC's coast. Only small, coastal product tankers carrying refined, petroleum products should be allowed to transit BC waters. Remember the Exxon Valdez.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">earlrichards</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 16:43:33 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Please Advise! What&amp;rsquo;s with the Eby-Smith Pipeline Insults?</title><link>http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/10/09/Please-Advise-Eby-Smith-Pipeline-Insults-Wizard-Oz-Doc-Steve/#comment-6780691464</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The poisonous, tar sands oil has to be stopped at the BC/AB border. Let's keep a beautiful BC.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">earlrichards</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 12:15:10 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: As Smith Pushes New Pipeline Plan, Eby Says No Way</title><link>http://thetyee.ca/News/2025/10/02/Smith-Pushes-New-Pipeline-Eby-No-Way/#comment-6777062518</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The North Coast tanker ban has to be extended to the south half of BC's coast. Remember the Exxon Valdez. Only tankers carrying refined, oil products should be allowed to transit BC waters.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">earlrichards</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 13:53:29 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>