Monthly Archives: August 2010

Link: Govs Mabus & Barbour plead for a bigger slice of the offshore pie. #rsrh Gulf state governors are arguing for a bigger slice of the pie that the Obama Administration sees as nothing more than an annoyance. This administration … Continue reading →

Link: Piracy on the high seas: Greenpeace terrrorists board Greenland oil rig. #rsrh Traditionalist that I am, I think walking the plank would be a fitting punishment for these pirates. Feed the whales! (That goes for the Whale Wars guys, … Continue reading →

Wind energy, the crown jewel of President Obama’s green revolution, seems to be encountering a stiff headwind of its own. As we shall see, wind energy is a highly inefficient technology for reliable power generation. The industry which supports it … Continue reading →

Link: If that’s the worst #oilspill possible, it sure seems worth the risk. #rsrh Not a lot I can add to this opinion piece in the New York Post. A solid majority of Americans still support offshore drilling.

Link: Obama’s spill commission questions Obama’s offshore policy. This is rich. #rsrh So a bunch of environmental policy wonks, who were hired to get to the bottom of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, have chosen to focus instead on why Obama … Continue reading →

Scientists have discovered a hitherto-unknown oil-chomping microbes in the cold, briny depths of the Gulf of Mexico. As a result, it’s difficult, if not impossible, to find free oil out in the Gulf, either on the surface or in a … Continue reading →

Link: New oil-eating bug thrives at 41F. Resilient Mother Nature, Part XLIV. #rsrh Who’d’a thunk it? Some crudites with your salad dressing?

The Obama Administration has filed some 27,000 pages of documents in Federal court which disclose the process by which it decided to forge ahead with a deepwater drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico, in spite of expert advice, public … Continue reading →

A group for researchers from the Georgia Sea Grant grabbed headlines yesterday by challenging NOAA’s claim that 75% of the BP oil is accounted for – that it has been captured, burned, evaporated, degraded, dissipated or munched by microbes. The … Continue reading →