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The conflict between the United States and Iran has heightened for several years. Iranian forces have initiated and continued attacks by armed suicide drones and missile attacks on US bases purportedly. Much of the aggression is attributed to the killing of Qasem Soleimani, a high-ranking Iranian general of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. Soleimani was killed by US forces in an airstrike. Following the death of the Iranian general, multiple attacks on US bases, purportedly by Iranian forces, were initiated and continued over the years. [i]

On April 21, the U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) announced it will release an additional 40 million more barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). This is on top of the 50 million it has already sold. The new release will be sold on May 24 on a bid-basis for delivery in June.

The wildly popular movie with stars like Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jennifer Lawrence depicted a "fictional" future of an apocalyptic event that destroys humanity as we know it.

There was a campaign event in Hudson, New Hampshire, in February 2020. Biden told the crowd, "And by the way — no more drilling on federal lands, period. Period, period, period." (source)

This week Forbes released its annual list of billionaires. There are 2,668 billionaires in the world, of which 63 live in Texas. And for the first time, a billionaire is living in Midland.

The NJ Department of Treasury’s unclaimed property contributes $3.9 million to help pay for the utilities of NJ households struggling to make payments. The Department of Treasury’s Unclaimed Property Administration (UPA) accumulated a record of $3.9 million worth of unclaimed property, from financial accounts and other items of value never claimed by an owner, in 2021.

The United States is the largest producer of oil on the globe.(Gerasimov174/iStock) A statement from the White House was released today. United States President Joe Biden will be combatting inflated petrol prices by removing an estimated one hundred eighty million of the [current] five hundred sixty-eight million barrels of oil from the United States Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

The future of oil lays in the hands of Saudi Arabia as the dollar grows more volatile.(William Potter/iStock) This week there has been more tension than usual around conversations regarding Saudi Arabia selling oil to China in Chinese yuan instead of American dollars. This wouldn’t be the first time China has offered to buy oil using yuan, but this would be the first time their offer is being seriously entertained. According to the Wall Street Journal this week, Saudi Arabia has been weighing the logistics of making the sale to China in yuan since the value of the dollar has been more erratic lately than ever before.

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There are many uses of oil and objects made from oil. Everyone is just worried about gas prices, but just look around your house. Everything made from plastic is made from oil, from your TV, coffee maker, to your computer, plastic bags, to linoleum flooring, and even varnish is used on wood floors and furniture.

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I saw a news report about the high price of gas. The reporter interviewed random people. The people repeated media narratives about pricing. The people talked about how expensive the gas was.

Gas prices in Maryland have reached the highest rates ever witnessed in the state's recent history, with figures over $4 per gallon at many stations. "I bought gas less than two weeks ago and it was like $3.35 and it’s $4.09 today...it will probably be $4.15 tomorrow." - Peggy Winfield, Maryland resident.

Ronira/Getty Images (Canva Pro license.) Americans across the country were shocked as they watched the cost of gas has soared this week. Currently, the national average price per gallon of gas hovers around $4.07, an increase of nearly fifty cents from last week.

Gas prices have soared to heights unseen in over a decade with prices reaching past $4 dollars in the past few days. According to AAA, the last time prices were this high was in the summer of 2008.

Natural gas flame burning on a stove. Natural gas is a key source of energy throughout the world.Diverse Stock Photos/Flickr. (Across Colorado) Colorado residents last year paid the most for natural gas since the record was set in 2006, new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration showed Monday.

With household budgets already stretched to the limits, a prolonged conflict in Ukraine has many feeling anxious. Gas Prices Hit All Time Highs as Russia Invaded Ukraine@Mel76 via Twenty20.

People react standing behind the cordoned off area around the remains of a shell in Kyiv on Feb. 24.(Photo by Sergei Supinsky / AFP) (Across Colorado) Russia’s invasion of Ukraine stoked fears of disruptions in the global oil, natural gas and wheat markets, raising prices for those commodities and increasing the likelihood that Coloradans will pay more for energy and food when inflation is already high.