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Save the Earth from Nancy Pelosi

wyeatman — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:27:34 -0700

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi opposes lifting the moratorium on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refugeread more

Dems Stop Spending Bills To Halt GOPs Drilling Push

wyeatman — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:29:27 -0700

Blame it on a delayed Fiscal Year 2009 budget, on a long fight over funding for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, presidential veto threats or over energy issues Republicans are using to score political points: This year, Democrats have no plans to finish as many as ten of the twelve annual appropriations bills before Congress adjourns.

Pelosi’s Energy Stonewall

wyeatman — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:34:39 -0700

Hell -- otherwise known as Congress -- has officially frozen over. For the first time since the 1950s, Members will skip town today for the August recess without either chamber having passed a single appropriations bill. Then again, Democrats appear ready to sacrifice their whole agenda, even spending, rather than allow new domestic energy production.

Senate Deadlocked over Energy Speculation Bill

wyeatman — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:52:01 -0700

Senate lawmakers remained deadlocked on Tuesday over legislation to rein in excessive energy speculation, as they haggled over adding amendments to the bill.

Bush To Talk Energy, Push for Offshore Drilling

wyeatman — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:55:58 -0700

President Bush will meet with his Cabinet on Wednesday and is expected to discuss congressional efforts to combat high gas prices.

The Energy Speech McCain Should Deliver

wyeatman — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:41:04 -0700

W e need a new John McCain, one who throws overboard some worn-out ideas he has been toting around, and — with fire in his eyes, his belly and his rhetoric — would give an energy speech something along these lines:

The Democrats Energy Charade

wyeatman — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:08:01 -0700

Earlier this month the House of Representatives voted on an energy bill called the Drill Responsibly in Leased Lands (Drill) Act. The good news, for those of us who actually want to do something to lower gas prices, is that it failed.

North v South 2.0

wyeatman — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:15:17 -0700

In the 70s and 80s it became trendy to talk about the global gap between “North” and “South,” in the sense that the rich countries that are mostly in the North of the planet were exploiting the poor countries to the south. That was actually an exercise in blame deflection, with the poor countries blaming the North for problems that arose from their own poor choices, such as a predilection for socialism and corruption. Today, however, there is another North vs. South conflict developing.

FL Green Energy Program Ends in Failure

wyeatman — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:58:55 -0700

Florida utility regulators on Tuesday powered down an $11.4 million program designed to promote green energy, but whose budget overwhelmingly funded marketing and administrative costs.

Big Oil Label Turns in Candidate’s Favor

wyeatman — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:08:23 -0700

Bob Schaffer's opponents have spent the past two months tarring him as "Big Oil Bob," an advocate of oil drilling and an energy-industry insider. Maybe he should thank them.

A Step Back from Enviro Lunacy

wyeatman — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:48:13 -0700

Sometimes public opinion doesn't flow smoothly; it shifts sharply when a tipping point is reached. Case in point: gas prices. $3 a gallon gas didn't change anybody's mind about energy issues. $4 a gallon gas did. Evidently, the experience of paying more than $50 for a tankful gets people thinking we should stop worrying so much about global warming and the environmental dangers of oil wells on the outer continental shelf and in Alaska. Drill now! Nuke the caribou!

No Drilling, No Vote

wyeatman — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:25:46 -0700

WHY NOT have a vote on offshore drilling? There's a serious debate to be had over whether Congress should lift the ban on drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf that has been in place since 1981. Unfortunately, you won't be hearing it in the House of Representatives -- certainly, you won't find lawmakers voting on it -- anytime soon.

Democrats against Drilling

wyeatman — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:29:51 -0700

Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and other liberal leaders on Capitol Hill are gripped by cold-sweat terror. If they permit a vote on offshore drilling, they know they will lose when Blue Dogs and oil-patch Democrats defect to the GOP position of increasing domestic energy production. So the last failsafe is to shut down Congress.

Democrats and Energy: Reality Bites

wyeatman — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:56:40 -0700

Former Vice President Al Gore recently took his climate-change show on the road for the benefit of liberal bloggers, Sunday morning TV aficionados and other innocent bystanders. This week he laid out his demand for a miraculous transformation in U.S. energy use over a mere 10 years. As for drilling for more oil? "Absurd," the Nobel Laureate scoffed. "When you're in a hole, stop digging."

Indefensible Biofuels

wyeatman — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:59:23 -0700

Advocates claim that ethanol mandates and subsidies protect our planet, enhance U.S. security, and ease our pain at the pump. In fact, ethanol policy hurts all Americans except for the tiny slice of the population that grows corn or distills it into ethanol.

USGS: Arctic May Hold Up To 90 Billion Barrels of Oil

wyeatman — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:14:21 -0700

The Arctic may hold 90 billion barrels of oil, more than all the known reserves of Nigeria, Kazakhstan and Mexico combined, and enough to supply U.S. demand for 12 years, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

A Drilling Lease Is Just the Start

wyeatman — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:24:44 -0700

The national debate over opening more offshore areas to oil and gas exploration has begged the question: Just what are the companies doing with the tens of millions of acres they're already leasing from the federal government?

Rewarding Those Who Can Wait To Flip the Switch

wyeatman — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:21:51 -0700

With energy prices on a steady climb, consumers have been looking for ways to cut back. They are driving less, turning down the pool heaters and using fans instead of air-conditioners.

Pickens Sounds Alarm over Energy Policy

wyeatman — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:30:01 -0700

Oil prices could hit $300 a barrel if the United States does not take drastic action to reduce its heavy dependence on foreign oil, but neither of the top presidential candidates is addressing the crisis, read more

Gore Getting Proof of Public Cooling on GW

wyeatman — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:35:24 -0700

Comments and reports about global warming are getting silly and even ridiculous. Al Gore says we have ten years left. We’re told cooling is due to warming. More rain and flooding and less rain and drought are both due to warming. More hurricanes are predicted while fewer occur. Global temperatures declined as much in the first few months of 2008 as they increased in the previous 100 plus years due to warming.