List/Grid Tag Archives: oil
Maybe we should drill for oil after all
In President Obama’s Saturday radio address to the country, we learn that the President has decided that we really do need to decrease our dependence on foreign oil. Thus, we will…
Politicians playing games: Oil subsidies that are not subsidies
Let’s all say the words at the same time … business expenses. You know – expenses – the fixed and variable costs that companies incur as they spend money in…
The unknown oil “moratorium”
Gasoline prices are now approaching $4 per gallon, and, in some states they already exceed that amount. We know about the drilling moratorium that still seems to be in place…
Oil prices hit three year record … gas lines and $5 gas around the corner?
I must say I am not sure I believe the dire predictions but these days anything is possible, as long as the government continue to stick it’s regulatory nose into…
Billionaire “Pickens Plan” falls flat – wind farm not viable
The Don Quixote Plan has fallen flat. In less than three years, more than $80 million was spent on marketing for T. Boone Pickens’ wind turbine power generation plan. After the…
George Will: The BP shakedown = Northern Hemisphere Venzuela
George Will asked to comment on the BP $20 billion dollar contingency fund comes back with a classic answer. If you are not worried you should be. His biggest concern…
Obama administration to support offshore drilling… in Brazil
President Obama has elected to underwrite the cost of offshore drilling – in Brazil – with funds from the U.S. Treasury. So much for working to create energy independence.
Offshore energy platforms provide great fishing!
I have not had the opportunity to dive any oil rigs, but I have been around other hunks of metal underwater. The wrecks in New England, the Bahamas, Florida, and…
USGS finds 3 billion barrels of oil in United States
Actually, the report – dated last spring – states there is between 3 billion and 4.3 billion barrels of oil in the Bakken Formation in North Dakota and Montana. The…
Don’t Drill … Just Send Money – Update
Today’s media m0ment took place at the staged town meeting in Florida. A local municipal official took the mic to first praise her man … and then to ask for…
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