Richard Blackwell

Solar Power…In 2026, it will almost certainly increase to 10% of power, and overtake nuclear, a mainstay of electricity since the late 1970s. bbc.com/future/article/20261…

Oil Tanker Rates Surge Amid Rising Attacks, Longer Voyages The cost of chartering a very large crude carrier to ship oil from the Persian Gulf to China has climbed to nearly $1 million a day from about $230,000 on the eve of the war

Interesting look at unemployment across the South

Interesting look at comfortable weather days across the US

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Enjoyed the @uofscalumni tailgate

Cushman & Wakefield's 3Q26 figures (published October 12) put national vacancy at 6.8%, down 20 basis points from late-2025 peak, on 76.6m SF of quarterly absorption, with asking rents up about 4% and data-center-related users taking more than 8% of new leasing this year.

It's now more expensive to hire a tanker from the US to China than to launch a rocket into space, with the journey costing about $80 million (It costs $74 million for a standard SpaceX Falcon 9 launch)

Interesting look at elevation averages of the States.... Who knew Maine and Georgia have the same?

Heating oil prices are projected to jump by 34% to $5.26 per gallon this winter compared to a year ago That translates to an average household spending $878 more to keep their home warm this winter

Lending Tree: Nearly 1 in 4 Gen Z adults moved to another state in 2024 • South Carolina had the largest net gain in Gen Z adults • California had the largest net loss of Gen Z adults

S&P 500 mentions of “material costs” are at the highest level since mid-2022 Labor expenses account for roughly 40% of operating costs at U.S. companies, far exceeding the less than the share attributable to energy or costs associated with commodities

In August, 11.42% of mortgages packaged into commercial mortgage-backed securities were in special servicing, the highest rate since February 2013