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It really is quite simple. More energy = more jobs.

  Doubling down on the automobile mandate does make sense, if you are in favor of more deaths on the highway, a $3000 increase in the average price of a car, pricing millions out of the new car market, and limiting consumer choice. White House  (10/8/12) reports: “On energy, I’m big on oil and gas, and developing clean coal technology, but I also believe that if we’re ever going to have control of our energy future, then we’ve...
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Why we fight. WCYB (10/5/12) reports: “Mitt Romney's campaign stopped in Abingdon on October 5, 2012.”  

  All of the above means nothing from below. Human Events  (10/5/12) reports: “The Obama administration’s plan to lock up nearly half of the National Petroleum Reserve from energy production has drawn criticism from key Alaska officials and Iñupiat Eskimos who say the plan is unacceptable and should be canceled… The 23 million acre reserve on Alaska’s north slope was...
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This fight is far from over. And if you haven't signed your name on the bus, it's pretty much the cool thing to do these days. 

  As the Greeks sing during Mass:  Wisdom!  Let us be attentive! Reuters (10/4/12) reports: "Mitt Romney's support of the coal industry during his debate with President Obama sent coal company stocks higher on Thursday, analysts said… "It's amazing what 15 words about coal in a presidential debate can do for the stocks," said Michael Dudas of Sterne...
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Whoever came up with this idea has a sick, sick sense of humor.  The President by his own account wants electricity prices to skyrocket, has hired people who have predicted and encouraged gasoline prices to go up to 9 dollars a gallon, has led a war on the most affordable and reliable source of domestic energy, favors offshore development of oil and gas in Cuba, Venezuela, and Brazil but not the United States, and is just generally hostile to any form of energy that actually works. White...
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‘Nough said.   Wind turbines don't work when the wind blows.  Solar panels burst into flames when the sun shines.  The problem is not that the government picks winners and losers.  The problem is that government always picks losers. Daily Caller (10/2/12) reports: “In October of 2010, the company discovered that their panels were catching fire. One source said that this problem was brought to the company’s attention during a meeting in October 2010 with some company executives...
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Yesterday, we noted that the United Arab Emirates bankrolled the Matt Damon movie/propaganda against affordable, American-produced natural gas.  Now we note that the Russians are doing the same thing.  The reporter was kind enough to point out that the Sierra Club and its fellow travelers are useful idiots, which saves us the trouble. AP  (9/30/12) reports: “The Kremlin is watching, European nations are rebelling, and some suspect Moscow is secretly bankrolling a campaign to derail the...
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Let’s cut to the chase.  Matt Damon is a moron.  And this movie is propaganda apparently funded by the United Arab Emirates, who want to make sure that we stay dependent on OPEC for as long as possible.  Other than that, it has winner written all over it. Heritage  (9/28/12) reports: “A new film starring Matt Damon presents American oil and natural gas producers as money-grubbing villains purportedly poisoning rural American towns. It is therefore of particular note that it is...
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This is a short read, but it shreds the ridiculous idea that national security is somehow significantly tangled up with global warming. Marshall Institute  (2012) reports: “There is no empirical proof for the causal connections between climate change and conflict.  For climate change to create security problems, a host of environmental, economic, social, and military steps must occur. The environmental conflict literature offers scant support for claims of droughts, floods, storms, or...
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This is too fun to pass up. National Legal and Policy Center  (9/26/12) reports: “Well, at least taxpayers’ money didn’t completely go to waste – we now know where in Connecticut to find an auto dealer who delivers at-your-doorstep electric car towing services with a smile. As for the $107,000 Karma, Consumer Reports found only a few other flaws that led it to rank it as the worst luxury sedan – and fourth-worst sedan overall – of those it has rated. And the magazine rates lots...
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It looks like Pyle and Quinlan are unequivocally opposed to a carbon tax. Any other think tank heads care to put themselves in that category? We will post every Friday for any others who wish to put themselves in that camp. Forbes  (9/23/12) reports: “With the economy sputtering toward what can at best be described as a meager recovery, it seems like an obviously poor time to consider raising taxes on any form of energy. That’s particularly true when it comes the gasoline which fuels...
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