Do the forces now in charge of our energy future prefer that the American economy continue to grow based on the exploitation of plentiful and less expensive coal and other fossil fuels — or by rapidly bringing on line new reactors to exploit plentiful and less expensive nuclear fuel — or, finally, by replacing those […]
“Obama’s new rules will transform U.S. auto fleet,” read the May 19 headline. “Some soccer moms will have to give up hulking SUVs,” explained Associated Press auto writer Tom Krisher, fanning himself to keep from flushing with excitement. “Nearly everybody else will drive smaller cars, and more of them will run on electricity. The higher […]
I always enjoy perusing the concise summaries of the increasingly ludicrous nonsense being peddled by our government lackeys when I open the monthly newsletters of the Tucson-based Doctors for Disaster Preparedness. From the March newsletter:
Preening that Nevada could lead the nation in linking job creation to energy efficiency, state Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford detailed his “green jobs” initiative to a legislative panel in Carson City last Friday. SB152 would use federal stimulus funds to train an estimated 3,200 workers at a cost of about $3,500 each, and cover […]
I was speaking to a close relative the other day. He expressed a suitably cynical opinion about our current crop of politicians and the “energy crisis.” “What I think is we just don’t have enough energy, we’re never going to have enough energy, so costs are just going to continue going up and up, and […]
On Monday June 30, more than 50 House Republicans asked the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce required ethanol production this year, saying a law requiring a fixed amount of corn liquor be blended into gasoline sold at the pump will boost already high corn prices in the wake of recent Midwestern floods. “The Renewable Fuel […]
Much nonsense has been heard from both presumptive big-party presidential candidates on the topic of energy and gasoline prices. More will probably be forthcoming, as it’s judged politically unwise these days to challenge too directly the suicidal lunacy that holds America can remain prosperous by turning her back on the coal and oil that fast-growing […]