Hugh Daigle

White House considers waiving shipping rules in bid to ease energy prices The White House is considering waiving a 1920 law that requires goods transported between U.S. ports be carried on U.S.-owned ships as global shipping disruptions continue due to Iran war.

What if this whole debacle ends up getting rid of the Jones Act? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

What to know about Iran war’s impact on oil, gasoline Can the U.S. drill its way out of an oil shock? What about releasing oil from petroleum reserves? We answer these and other questions about the Iran war’s impact on oil and gasoline.

Lou picked up on my comment here about natural gas prices- if Qatar shipments are cut off, who’s got 660 million thumbs and needs to satisfy demand and will likely see price increases? 👍 This country 👍 www.politifact.com/article/2026...

Why drilling more oil in the US can’t bring down gas prices | CNN The current war in the Middle East has sent the price of oil spiking — and with it, US gas prices. That’s likely to remain true, even though the US is now a net exporter of oil.

Drill baby drill ain’t going to help us - with a pithy quote from yours truly! www.cnn.com/2026/03/09/c...

Piano sonata 27 1st movement. Very angry, very E minor.

Heisenberg’s oil price: observing it changes its state

Oil prices seesaw as Trump sends mixed messages on what’s next in Iran Oil climbed to nearly $120 per barrel before falling back after Trump sent mixed signals and the Group of Seven mulled releasing emergency oil supplies.

I’m on the record saying there’s not many things presidents can do to bring down oil prices but I guess incoherence is one of them? But that also sends them back up wapo.st/4lopcPe

Oil Prices Surge Above $100 a Barrel for the First Time in Almost Four Years

**Bad Bunny voice**
We should have filled the caverns
With oil
When cheap
Now we’re faced with price hikes
And misery
Run deep
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/b...

Oil Prices Surge Above $100 a Barrel for the First Time in Almost Four Years

**Bad Bunny voice**
We should have filled the caverns
With oil
When cheap
Now we’re faced with price hikes
And misery
Run deep
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/b...

War in the Middle East pushes diesel prices up — other costs will likely follow Diesel fuel powers trucks and trains, and a whole lot of the things we buy move by one if not both.

Welp, oil prices are up again, so I’m back on the radio, this time about how increasing diesel prices are inflationary (for your online shopping). www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...

Yes, it’s pronounced “Wilco” or “Wiyamson County“ and yes, we’re waiting to see its election results.

I talk about this in my sustainable energy class! Low carbon energy insulates you from geopolitical price shocks. Check it out: youtu.be/Vhewfr6SYKc?...

We had the largest group so far apply for our Sustainable Energy minor. 400+ students enrolled total. The future is decarbonized.

At least we can claim we’re really cracking the code on obnoxious sounds. Now do the fan in the ice maker in my fridge www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The heading of the next unit in my Duolingo French course says “Let’s tak about bank accounts”

OK Duo, sure, let’s tak about bank accounts.

Foonyoons

Minor detail 👇

I’ve got 2 smol humans that I’m training at home and several hundred that I’m training at work. I think the discourse here is cooked. Pls stahp.

PhD student Ali Mohamed has a new preprint w/ results from our cruise on the Langseth back in 2023. Here we connect the northern and southern U.S. Atlantic margins w/ a stratigraphic framework extending back to the Oligocene in a previously data-sparse area. doi.org/10.22541/ess...

why are you fighting online

I donated blood and voted this week. Both activities were cathartic in that I felt strong by helping my community. I recommend y'all do the same. So much in the news makes us feel weak.

“having accumulated enough money at the age of 75 to ‘meet all forseeable needs’ for the rest of his wife’s and his own lives, decided to do something beneficial for the Town of Warner” I’ll leave it there.

George Pillsbury (of doughboy fame) grew up in the next town over from my hometown in NH. After the family moved to MN to start their company, he donated money to start libraries in Warner (my hometown) and Sutton (his). I guess people were different back then. library.warnernh.gov/about/histor...

Having read “The Norman Conquest“ by Marc Morris (h/t @joshtpm.bsky.social) York was the center of Norse incursions so Yorkshire dialect is most appropriate? We visited there & they seemed to want to capitalize on their Viking roots

NGL, this might be an area where TAMU is surpassing UT

Avenue F near Shipe Park looking southbound with about 6” of snow during winter storm Uri

Casa Daigle during winter storm Uri

5 years ago today

The city replenished the water in Shipe Pool this week and it was so still and reflective this evening. Already looking forward to our summer community meeting spot.

Offshore wind rocks. "Once fully operational, [Vineyard Wind] will deliver power at a price of $84.23 per [MWh] to the New England grid. That’s markedly less than spot wholesale prices during the storm, which spiked to over $870 per MWh on Jan. 25."

Workshop - Landslide dynamics, ocean currents, and carbon cycling on the southeastern U.S. Atlantic margin - U.S. Science Support Program The U.S. Science Support Program is pleased to announce a workshop aimed at training early and mid-career scientists who seek to write proposals to work on existing scientific ocean drilling samples a...

We are hosting a scientific ocean drilling workshop here in Austin May 19-21 to develop a drilling proposal to investigate submarine slope failure dynamics and their relationship with gas, hydrates, and ocean currents around the Cape Fear Slide. Details here: usoceandiscovery.org/workshop-lan...

UT Researchers Map the Path to Viable Carbon Capture Cross-disciplinary team proposes a systems approach to make carbon management economically viable

UT did a nice story on our carbon management program.

Get in loser, we’re managing carbon

news.utexas.edu/2026/02/06/u...

Winter in Austin: it’s February 9 and your AC goes out. Easier to get someone out to fix it than in August!