Energy:
The Right Men in the Right Job At the Right Time, August 31, 2005
It's just a thought but, now that Hurricane Katrina has temporarily knocked out a tenth of our nation's oil refining capacity and a third of our domestic oil production, we're rather fortunate to have a president and a vice president who understand the oil bidness. By releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and temporarily waiving environmental regulations that force refiners to formulate a zillion different kinds of gasoline, the Bush administration has taken two...
Crude Facts, June 28, 2005
Here's an interesting report I just ran across on the US Government Accountability Office website titled Motor Fuels: Understanding the Factors the Influence the Retail Price of Gasoline. Interestingly, the 61-page May 2005 report doesn't say the reason that we're paying so much less at the pump now is because President George "Dubya" Bush invaded Iraq and stole Iraq's oil. Related: Here's a Congressional Research Service briefing from April on policy options Congress might consider...
The Energy Crisis, March 24, 2005
Dick Armey has some good advice about our national energy policy, and notes a rather astounding stat: According to the National Energy Policy Group (NEPG), since 1973, the U.S. economy has grown 126 percent, while energy use has increased only 30 percent....
Oil!, April 08, 2004
Oil found in Tennessee.Last month, a Kentucky company hit oil on a farm in Pickett County. The pressure of oil naturally bubbling to the surface has been so great that the producers have been unable to remove the drill for the past 25 days. In a state not known for its oil industry, the new well has created a stir. The world's high oil prices, which translate to steep gasoline prices at the pump, give...
More About that Alaskan Oil, April 06, 2004
Here's some follow-up to my April 1 post about the governor of Alaska moving to open up the waters off the coast of the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling....
ANWR To Be Opened Sideways, April 01, 2004
Alaska Governor Frank H. Murkowski announced yesterday that the state will open for oil drilling certain areas off the coast of the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge. The state has sovereign authority for off-shore development, just as Texas and Louisiana are doing today....
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