Posts Tagged ‘oil’
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 Cayman Brac are usually surrounded by marine life, and I’m pretty sure that’s a good thing. Although some energy platforms are mobile, some stay put.…
Read MoreUSGS 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 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…
Read MoreDon’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 money for a new commuter railroad … cause she a. doesn’t like the Arabs, b. can’t drill for oil locally because the scenery is really…
Read MoreEnergy myths – battling for better energy choices and lower prices
The phrase “drill here, drill now, pay less” has become a popular in the past few weeks. Sure, if we open up exploration now, it will take some time for the oil to actually start flowing, but just a commitment to drill here and drill now will lower the price of fuel immediately. We know…
Read MoreObama says drill – but knows Sierra Club will fight
Powerline has a nice wrap-up concerning Obama’s two-faced approach to drilling for more oil and natural gas here in the States. Even though he’s now preaching that we should consider drilling offshore and open more leases in Alaska – not ANWAR – he knows that environmentalists will go to court to block every move to…
Read MoreIran tests new weapon, can close Straight of Hormuz – US tests weapon, can reopen Straight – and make it wider
More posturing from the Iranian dictator-at-large. Six world powers simply asked Iran to stop enriching uranium. They won’t stop, and this is the set up to test the new president of the United States. We might have some more rhetoric babbled from the United Nations over the next few months – with strong words that…
Read MoreDemocrats, Obama send mixed message on energy policy
I have no idea where this ship is heading. Obama does not want to drill offshore, but is now willing to drill offshore. He did not want to tap into the strategic petroleum reserves, and now he does. Haven’t the Democrats been saying that we can’t drill out of this problem? Didn’t they say that…
Read MoreYour wallet – the only place Democrats want to drill
Great bumper sticker now available through the Tennessee Republican Party. It will be the second popular catch phrase coming from the increased cost of fuel and liberals refusing to drill anywhere, at anytime. Of course, they don’t ever seem to have a problem drilling into our wallets to redistribute wealth. First we’ve got the Drill…
Read MoreHow to lower oil prices right now – Yes. We. Can.
Barack Obama does not have any answers. All that he and his Democrat followers can do is blame the increase in gas prices on Big Oil, the war in Iraq, and Republicans that refuse to “invest” in new technology so we can “get off” our addiction to oil. Of course, it doesn’t help that Dick…
Read MoreThe Democrat Agenda – Government Must Own Oil Industry
In the last month, at least two members of congress, Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.), called for nationalizing the oil industry. Read that sentence again. Can someone name for me any private industry that has been taken over by the government where service got better, quality improved, or costs went down? Certainly the…
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