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Hypocrisy on parade – AlGore’s house boat on display

By Steve McGough / August 6, 2008 /

Noble Peace Prize winner AlGore continues his assault on common sense. He likes to travel from city to city and preach that the earth as a fever and we must do something now. Planetary emergency aside, AlGore has been trapped yet again by regular folk that are sick of his proselytizing. House boats are huge…

Billionaire “Pickens Plan” falls flat – wind farm not viable

By Steve McGough / December 23, 2010 /

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 efforts, Pickens – who made his original fortune in the oil industry – has given up on his grandiose wind farm plan and will focus on…

Obama administration to support offshore drilling… in Brazil

By Steve McGough / August 18, 2009 /

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.

Obama leadership – energy prices will skyrocket

By Steve McGough / November 2, 2008 /

Conservatives did not suggest this, Obama himself suggests it. If you want to encourage research and development into new energy sources, forcing additional regulations on energy companies is the wrong approach.

Venezuela celebrates new year with power rationing

By Dave in EH / January 4, 2010 /

Apparently in South America, they welcomed 2010 with power problems. You cannot rely upon “green technologies” to fully meet your needs all the time and – in times of shortage – the government will ration the limited resource.

“Big Brother” is watching…

By Dave in EH / March 28, 2009 /

What is the difference between a citizen and a subject? Personally, my reflexive answer is freedom of one sort or another — the right to bear arms, the right to free speech and freedom of association, etc.  The things that a citizen has and takes for granted.  Sometimes, however, it is what the subject has…

USGS finds 3 billion barrels of oil in United States

By Steve McGough / February 24, 2009 /

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 U.S. Geological Survey assessment states the oil is technically recoverable, with current technology. Hat tip to reader Fred. We’re not running out of oil. The…