Energy is the lifeblood of the nation and as energy is limited, so is our standing in the world.
The president said the bill will spark a “clean energy transformation” of the U.S. economy and “make possible the creation of millions of new jobs.”
“Make no mistake,” he emphasized. “This is a jobs bill.”
So claimed President Obama in an appearance today in the Rose Garden. Technically, the claim is true. If the government funds so-called “clean energy”…
Thanks to Eran for first publishing this. This address was given April 2, 2009 by Keith O. Rattie, Chairman, President and CEO of Questar Corporation, at Utah Valley University. It’s available on the Questar website in PDF form, which is part of the reason why I’m posting the text version here. I’m not a big…
Gore is advocating “civil disobedience” against coal plants. “Clean coal” may indeed not exist, but “cleaner coal” certainly does. And yet Gore is against Duke Energy building a new, cleaner plant in North Carolina that will replace four aging plants. “Overall, sulfur dioxide emissions will fall by 80% a year, nitrogen oxide by 50%, and the entire project is carbon…
If elected President, I will enact the following energy policy:
1. States will have complete control over the energy resources in their state, excepting in those cases where their actions might have effects beyond the borders of their state.
2. Offshore drilling would be allowed in all federally controlled waters and on all federally owned lands. Environmental impact studies would…
I don’t endorse everything in Paris Hilton’s spoof ad that is a response to John McCain’s ad calling Obama a mere celebrity, but her energy plan is better than that of either candidate. In a nutshell, she says let’s drill now, make more fuel-efficient cars right now, and work on alternative energy at the same time so that…
When liberals and democrats say we can’t drill our way to energy independence they’re absolutely right. When they say that approving drilling today wouldn’t lead to more oil for 10 years they’re also right. But in both cases the reason why they’re right is because they’re the ones standing in the way.
Could we be harvesting oil from new leases…
