Gas Rationing To Return This Summer?

Petroleum product shortages may be ahead as motorists, truck drivers, farmers and airlines are grappling with increasing demand for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Despite refiners focusing on diesel in lieu of gasoline this spring, a global diesel shortage is looming. Refiners are planning to spend the summer increasing jet fuel and diesel production instead […]

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Senators Seek Higher Energy Prices

Is now the right time to increase energy prices with a new tax on energy? Despite the fact that inflation is the highest it’s been in forty years and the U.S. economy contracted in the first quarter of 2022, Republican Senators Kevin Cramer, Lindsey Graham, and Bill Cassidy apparently think so.  They’re plotting with Democrat […]

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Biden’s Lease Sales Account for Less Than 0.01% Of Federal Land

On Friday, April 15, President Joe Biden announced 144,000 acres of the federal mineral estate opened for oil and gas leasing—just 0.00589 percent of the 2.46 billion acres the American people own. Along with this announcement, Biden increased the rents on leased land and the royalties companies must pay on every barrel of oil and every cubic foot […]

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The Unregulated Podcast #79: Prostitutes and Possibilities

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast, Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna make predictions for his year’s baseball season, talk price increases, and check in on things at the White House. Links: NBC: “A failing grade” for Biden’s economy Wondering what Joe Biden was saying about China while his family was making millions? In 2020, […]

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The Unregulated Podcast #78: Uncharted Waters

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the murky path forward for those advocating for the 25th Amendment and go through some highlights from Capitol Hill over the last week. Links: Kamala Harris on Puttin’s replacement Biden on “Big 10” Biden on getting practice EIA director reveals how out […]

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Biden Attacks Oil Producers To Shift Blame On Gas Prices

President Joe Biden is expected to call on Congress to pass legislation enacting “use it or lose it” fines on wells that oil companies have leased from the federal government but have not used in years and “on acres of public lands that they are hoarding without producing…Companies that are producing from their leased acres and […]

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