Category Archives: Energy

More Mush from the Times

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Steve Maley

In a New York Times editorial celebrating the recent demise of the ethanol subsidy, the Old Grey Lady once again descends into outright falsehood to malign the industry that liberals love to hate: Congress should now focus on the oil … Continue reading →

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Gas Prices Reach New Highs as Gas Prices Hit Record Low

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Steve Maley

On an annual basis, retail gasoline prices hit an all-time high in 2011. The average price for all grades was $3.576 per gallon, vs $3.299 in 2008. Meanwhile, the shale gas revolution has set the stage for declining prices per … Continue reading →

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Natural Gas Absurdity Roundup

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Steve Maley

1. Despite a natural gas drilling moratorium in New York, that state’s Chemung and Broome Counties are feeling the economic lift from drilling next door in Pennsylvania. But to the New York Times, the ex-pat workers, largely from Texas, Oklahoma … Continue reading →

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Chart of the Day #rsrh

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Steve Maley
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Offshore O&G Lease Sale: Small Companies Stay Away in Droves

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Steve Maley

On Wednesday of the week just past, the Department of the Interior conducted the first sale of oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico since BP’s Macondo oil spill. Measured by the statistics touted in Interior’s press release, … Continue reading →

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The New York Times and its Anti-Fracking Cargo Cult

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Steve Maley

Another day, another distorted and fear-mongering attack from the Old Grey Lady on America’s natural gas industry. Headline: Add Quakes to Rumblings Over Gas Rush (originally published under the headline “Some Blame Hydraulic Fracturing For Earthquake Epidemic”; link may require … Continue reading →

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Oh, the Humanity! Wind Turbine Makes Like the Hindenburg

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Steve Maley

Blown away: gales wreck wind turbines as Scottish storm wreck havoc Gusts of up to 165mph were recorded in the Cairngorms in Aberdeenshire as gales brought travel chaos to Scotland and the North. A 100-metre tall wind turbine burst into … Continue reading →

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North America’s Energy Bounty, By the Numbers

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Steve Maley

On Tuesday, the Institute for Energy Research issued its North American Energy Inventory (.pdf link), a report which documents the government’s own estimates of oil, natural gas and coal resources for the U.S., Canada and Mexico. (The IER is a … Continue reading →

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In Defense of a Democrat

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Steve Maley

In its never-ending quest to stop the peril this country faces from natural gas, the New York Times takes on Rep. Dan Boren, the sole Democrat in Oklahoma’s congressional delegation. He co-chairs the House Natural Gas Caucus and serves as … Continue reading →

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What Peak Oilers Won’t Tell You About Peak Oil

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Steve Maley

M. King Hubbert is the father of Peak Oil theory. In a 1956, he paper correctly called the timing of the peak in U.S. crude oil production in the early 1970s. Neo-Malthusians and Progressives make sure you know about Hubbert’s … Continue reading →

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