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Microwave Ovens and Monopoly Money
A recent press release from the Department of Energy typifies the regulatory legerdemain we have come to know and love from the Most Transparent Administration in History®. Other blogs and news outlets covered the story this week: the obvious angle … Continue reading
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More Shale Boom Reverberations in the Middle East
With the rise of militant Islamism, it would be naive to think that American interest in the Middle East is limited to securing access to oil supplies, and that a reduction in our demand for imported oil makes us indifferent to Middle Eastern affairs. Continue reading
Shale Oil Boom Rattles OPEC
The shale boom began in the U.S. as a ripple in North Dakota and Texas. Now that uptick on our production curve has triggered a tsunami with geopolitical implications. Continue reading
Posted in Energy
Tagged Black Gold, Iran, Nigeria, north dakota, OPEC, saudi arabia, texas, Texas Tea
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PA Rep. Jesse White (D) apologizes, sort of
From his Facebook page: Don’t insult us by invoking the First Amendment. These people are your constituents, and what you did (sockpuppeting, failing to take credit for your own website) is dishonest and unethical. If you have evidence that it … Continue reading
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PA State Rep. Jesse White (D) in Epic Trolling #Fail
It’s one thing to be an internet troll. It’s another to do it badly. But if you’re an elected official confronted with evidence that you’ve been trolling a constituent, a white-haired grandmother no less, don’t lie about it. On camera. … Continue reading
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Some Economists™ are Idiots
According to The New York Times, “some economists say” oil companies aren’t taxed highly enough, despite being subject to the highest effective tax rates among all industry categories. “Some (economists/scientists/experts) say” is one of the oldest tricks in the Old … Continue reading
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Big Ethanol’s @TheOilyBird Gets Dewormed
It’s one of the cheesiest anti-oil PR campaigns I’ve seen: a “promoted” twitter account called @TheOilyBird, a snarky oil company h8r. Enviros and greenies retweet @TheOilyBird’s oil industry bashing, without bothering to look at its source. As it turns out, … Continue reading
Kennedy, Unhinged
If you shut your eyes for just a moment while reading this latest HuffPo post by Robert Kennedy, Jr., you can almost hear the gobs of spittle smacking his monitor as he wrote. Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Energy, Environment, Fracking
Tagged Environmental Extremism, HuffPo, NRDC, RFK Jr., Riverkeeper, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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The Well That Never Runs Dry
Here we go again: In a press release from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the Obama Administration unabashedly takes credit for the nation’s surging oil and gas production, without a scintilla of evidence that any of their policies or … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
Tagged All of the Above Strategy, BOEM, Department of the Interior, Energy policy, Obama, OCS Leasing
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The Shale Gas Boom as a Game Changer
The combination of horizontal drilling with modern hydraulic fracturing methods is the key that has opened vast new possibilities for our domestic energy supply picture. Realizing those possibilities is up to us, through realistic resource management and intelligent policy decisions. Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Peak Oil
Tagged drill baby drill, fracking, Gas Reserves, Gas Resources, Horizontal Drilling, M. King Hubbert, Peak Gas, Potential Gas Committee, Qatar
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