Day: September 13, 2021💾

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Why most gas stations don’t make money from selling gas

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Why most gas stations don’t make money from selling gas

Most major oil companies have backed out of the retail business because selling gas generally isn’t very profitable.

According to IBISWorld, gas stations make an average net margin of just 1.4% on their fuel.

That’s far lower than the 7.7% average across all industries — and ranks beneath other notoriously low margin businesses like grocery stores (2.5%) and car dealerships (3.2%).

When the time comes, I think electric cars with fast charging will be vastly more profitable for gas stations. While there is costs to adding additional electricity capacity, and electricity is not free, it's actually a pretty inexpensive product when bought on open market. Combined with the longer times to fast charge, it's much more likely people will go into gas stations to buy food and other supplies while they wait for their electric car to charge.

The industries causing the climate crisis and attacks against defenders | Global Witness

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The industries causing the climate crisis and attacks against defenders | Global Witness

Since 2012, Global Witness has been gathering data on killings of land and environmental defenders. In that time, a grim picture has come into focus – with the evidence suggesting that as the climate crisis intensifies, violence against those protecting their land and our planet also increases. It has become clear that the unaccountable exploitation and greed driving the climate crisis is also driving violence against land and environmental defenders.
Map: Green Mountain National Forest North

Weather Update – September 13, 2021

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Well looking out five days the weekend seems quite nice ☀

Warm and sunny, a bit muggy though for the weekend. Maybe I should again plan to head out of town. ⛺ Knowing how these things go it will probably be rain by then. I kind of like the idea of Stewart Landing floating in a tube but it might be fairly cold water at this point. That Mine Kill Pool was so cold. 💦

Most of the work week looks fairly unstable ☔ but from the office it’s not a big deal if I remember my rain coat. Take it day by day.

I probably should get to the store 🛒tonight although I probably could wait another day or two. Eventually though I’ll need to stock up on coffee ☕ again among other supplies.

Today.
Feels like …
September 11th.

Decreasing Clouds

 Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny.

Northwest wind 5 to 13 mph.

and

 76 degrees , 60 max dew point, 7:08
sunset.
Tonight.
Feels like …
September 9th.

Partly Cloudy then Isolated Showers

 Isolated showers after 3am. Partly cloudy.

Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

and

 55 degrees , 6:34
sunrise.
Tuesday.
Feels like …
September 14th.

Mostly Sunny then Chance of Showers

 A chance of showers.

Calm wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

and

 75 degrees , 64 max dew point, 7:06
sunset.
Tuesday Night.
Hot !

Chance of T-storms

 A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy.

South wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

and

 66 degrees , 64 max dew point, 6:35
sunrise.
Wednesday.
Feels like …
August 22nd.

Chance of T-storms then Showers

 A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 2pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. High near 81. South wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

and

 81 degrees , 70 max dew point, 7:05
sunset.
Wednesday Night.
Feels like …
August 13th.

Showers then Chance of Showers

 Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 2am, then a chance of showers after 2am. Low around 61. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

and

 61 degrees , 67 max dew point, 6:36
sunrise.
Thursday.
Feels like …
September 8th.

Mostly Cloudy then Chance of Showers

 A chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly cloudy.

Chance of precipitation is 40%.

and

 77 degrees , 65 max dew point, 7:03
sunset.
Thursday Night.
Feels like …
July 15th.

Chance of Showers then Mostly Cloudy

 A chance of showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy.

Chance of precipitation is 30%.

and

 63 degrees , 65 max dew point, 6:37
sunrise.
Friday.
Feels like …
September 5th.

Mostly Cloudy then Chance of Showers

 A chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny.

Chance of precipitation is 40%.

and

 78 degrees , 67 max dew point, 7:01
sunset.
Friday Night.
Feels like …
July 15th.

Chance of Showers

 A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy.

Chance of precipitation is 30%.

and

 63 degrees , 66 max dew point, 6:38
sunrise.
Saturday.
Feels like …
August 28th.

Mostly Sunny

 Mostly sunny.

and

 80 degrees , 67 max dew point, 6:59
sunset.
Saturday Night.
Feels like …
August 13th.

Partly Cloudy

 Partly cloudy.

and

 61 degrees , 66 max dew point, 6:39
sunrise.
Sunday.
Feels like …
August 22nd.

Mostly Sunny

 Mostly sunny.

and

 81 degrees , 66 max dew point, 6:58
sunset.
Thematic Map: Average Hottest Day of the Year in NYS 2006-2020
Thematic Map: Piseco Road Swimming Holes

NPR

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HUD Sells Flood-Prone Houses To Often Unsuspecting Buyers : NPR

But an NPR investigation finds that the homes HUD sells are disproportionately located in flood-prone places, compared with Zillow records of all homes sold in the United States. The agency does not fully disclose the potential costs and dangers of living in harm's way, and some of these transactions have happened as local governments are buying out properties in the same areas to mitigate flood risk.