Category Archives: Energy

UPDATE: And We Thought Oil Costs Too Much Already

We don’t have to wait for the bad news any more.

Say good bye to summer, folks. And for some time to come.

Congress, it wasn’t fun while you lasted. Get ready for your own ride.

Remember November.

UPDATE: And now, for something completely interesting, 76% of us think that offshore drilling is important to us. How about that?

Squirminator

Ahnold no longer supports off-shore drilling.

What a shame. Where is he going to get the energy California needs now?

Land Grab

And what, pray tell, is the reason for this?

More than a dozen pristine landscapes, wildlife habitats and scenic rivers in 11 Western states, some larger than Rhode Island and Delaware combined, are under consideration by the Obama administration to become America’s newest National Monuments — a decision the administration can make unilaterally without local input or congressional approval.

Cap And Trade May Be Changing

At least, that’s what these Senators say right now: Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) and Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.). They plan to introduce next month an alternative to the national version of the Cap and Trade bill by focusing on industrial sectors instead.

And yet, it won’t be easy to try to pass this alternative.

Like the Healthscare bill, this is not the time to be jacking up costs that will only be passed on to us, the consumers. The economy will still be negatively affected – with more being laid off every day. The current version, and this alternate, needs to be tabled.

Dems Cost US $2.36T in Lost Oil Money

“No Profit for US in Oil.” Is that the new (or not) battle cry for the Democrats?

But they raised the debt ceiling by how much?? They willingly spent just one-third (so far) of the $787B Stimulus package so far. Where did that one-third go? And what about the rest since they can’t stop talking about a second (no, that’s a Jobs bill)?

I could go on. But I am sure you get the point. Congress and the Administration have very little, if any, math and budget skills.

Since they won’t listen to us, we have to turn them out.

On Drudge Report

NYT SATURDAY: White House officials are searching for ways for Obama to ‘use executive powers to advance energy, environmental and other policy priorities’… Developing…

Found it. But there’s no link yet, on Drudge.
Uh oh. Here we go.

Any president has vast authority to influence policy even without legislation, through executive orders, agency rule-making and administrative fiat.

As someone says, read the whole thing

Carbon Tax held Unconstitutional

Not here, though. In France.

If our administration is trying to “europeanize” us, does this mean we will find the same thing for ourselves??? Hhhmm?

We Did Not You Did

Mr. President, come this Tuesday evening – you will know if this election is indeed about Obamacare.

Psst. It isn’t you know. It is about: not listening to us (the people), too many radicals in your appointments, cash for clunkers, increasing the deficit, the southward direction of the economy, rising unemployment, the transparency that isn’t, faux global warming, cap and trade, oh – and, you know what, it really is about Healthcare ALSO.

More Bad News Unplugged

You know those plugin hybrids you are waiting for? It will take close to 15 or 20 years to break even.

And couple that with the “Green Jobs” costs (the true costs) along with other, detrimental, budget-busting taxes, er – incentives, um oil price increases and whatnot.

Consumers, do you feel consumed yet?

UPDATE: Green Nuclear Power

No, it is not a joke. And today is not April 1st.

Thorium can be the next (would have been the first) nuclear power source that DOES NOT produce over thousands of years of toxic waste. It can practically eliminate the risks of meltdown (with a new reactor design). And, we have around 175,000 tons of thorium in the U.S.

This was being explored in the 1950’s, but uranium was chosen instead for its nastier toxic byproducts.

We want more electrical energy. Independence. Reduce coal usage?

Here it may be. We just need the will to progress in this direction.

UPDATE: Apparently, I was caught up in the heat of the moment. I should have read a little more. My thanks to the commenter.