Category: Energy

Court Blocks EPA Biofuels Mandate

Posted on by William Teach

The big news on court decisions was about the Obama violating the Constitution when he made 3 recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (which made Lawyers, Guns, and Money’s Scott Lemieux go barking moonbat with his headline). Yet, another was just as important but slid under the rada (Daily Caller) A federal court […]

 

Fuel Transport in the Age of Obama

Posted on by Dave Blount

When economic activity is guided by the pursuit of profit, everything is forced to make sense; resources are allocated in the most efficient way possible, like water finding its natural level. When economic activity is guided by government coercion, everything is forced not to make sense; resources are wasted on lunacy like this: A cargo […]

 

Wind Energy Subsidies Must Die

Posted on by Dave Blount

By watching the “mainstream” media, you could get the impression that the crucial issue of the day is whether the government will be able to raise taxes high enough fast enough to avoid disaster. In reality, Big Government already has too much money if it has even a penny to waste on moonbat insanity like […]

 

Government Green Energy Leech Calls for Death of Critics

Posted on by Dave Blount

Be careful when relaying information relating to the massive sums of money our rulers are flushing down green energy boondoggles — unless you want sociopathic moonbats like Kerrilee Ann Crosby calling for your death: A woman angered by a Watchdog investigation into the government lab where she works retaliated by threatening mass murder against this […]

 

Election Means More Cronyism, Attacks on Coal

Posted on by Brian Garst

Following President Obama’s reelection, coal stocks took a hit in anticipation of an acceleration in his war on coal. Lining up against coal as well is the natural gas industry, which has cozied up to both the administration and environmental groups in an effort to knee-cap its energy competition: Public outrage at cronyism and corporate […]

 

Another Obama Energy Dud

Posted on by Michael Fell

A123 Systems, a Massachusetts-based battery manufacturer, received $249 million from Barack Obama’s failed stimulus program. : At the time they received the money, A123 pledged that the nearly quarter-billion-dollar stimulus money would lead to the creation of thousands of new jobs. Said company President David Vieau when the company opened a factory in Livonia, Mich., in […]

 

Surprise! Another Obama Admin. Backed Solar Company Goes Bankrupt

Posted on by William Teach

I’m sure this is somehow George Bush’s fault (Heritage) A solar company that got a multi-million-dollar grant from the Department of Energy earlier this year announced Wednesday that it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, making it the second taxpayer-backed green energy company to file for bankruptcy this week. Satcon Technology Corp. announced the […]

 

Chevy Volt Battery Plant Floundering Despite $151 Million from Obama

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Another in a long list of Obama-touted and tax-supported “green energy” companies is on the verge of going out of business, this time in Michigan. Two years ago, President Obama visited the LG Chem battery plant in Holland, Michigan. Obama then hailed the plant saying, “You are leading the way in showing how manufacturing jobs […]

 

Surprise! Consumers Less Willing To Pay For “Green” Products

Posted on by William Teach

The main problem with “green” is that it’s no longer about being environmentally friendly: it’s about globull warming, the climate change hoax, hotcoldwetdry. Every issue has been linked, no matter how commonsense, and consumers are constantly barraged with preachy advertisements and news reports. Oh, and they realize that there are a ton of scams, and […]

 

Spain’s Present is Obama America’s Future

Posted on by Michael Fell

Although Spain is not as bad off as Greece, a look at Spain’s current economic reality reveals the future of America under four more years of Barrack Obama. Despite European commitments to inject up to 100 billion euros into Spain’s faltering banking system, bank withdrawals have accelerated.:  During July, doubts about Spain’s financial system caused […]

 

White House to Blame for High Gas Prices

Posted on by Michael Fell

With Hurricane Isaac’s slamming the American gulf coast putting a temporary halt to oil production and refinery output, consumers can expect to see higher prices at the pump. Just in time for the Labor Day holiday. Before Hurricane Isaac came along, gasoline costs were at an almost four month high.:  The nationwide average rose to […]

 

Politico Offers 4 Roadblocks To Romney’s Energy Plan

Posted on by William Teach

Romney just released his detailed energy plan Thursday morning, a 21 page plan that outlines how America can strive for energy independence. Fortunately, Politico is there to attempt to shoot it down just a few hours after it was released, offering four roadblocks Energy experts say Mitt Romney’s goal to achieve North American energy independence […]

 

OK, So Now Geothermal Energy Is Verbotan By Climate Weenies

Posted on by William Teach

Remember how they wanted every alternative type of energy? Well, they block transmission lines for the “clean energy” projects, block solar and wind projects, don’t like hydrothermal because of a raft of reasons, and now, geothermal is evil (Global Warming Policy Foundation) The most promising renewable energy of all is making pro-renewable Greens frightened and […]

 

Obama Administration Has Your Drilling, But Wants Your Oceans, Too.

Posted on by Unicorn Jones

Remember when that oil rig exploded off of the Gulf of Mexico, giving the Obama Administration the perfect excuse to exercise complete control over our offshore drilling? Yeah, it might not be the top priority going into the campaign, but American drilling has been severely impacted – and continues to be severely impacted by Obama […]

 

American Energy Means American Recovery

Posted on by Michael Fell

There is widespread consensus that America needs to become energy independent. America’s ever growing dependence on foreign energy puts her at ever-greater risk in a world that is increasingly unstable. Given the current political upheavals in the Middle East, this reality is slapping America in the face with increasing costs at the pump, which are […]

 

Bernie Goldberg: Media Will Ignore Obama’s Five Major Broken Promises

Posted on by Matt Vespa

The liberal media will make sure to go through the motions and occasionally hit President Obama with some critical points, but they will hold their fire when it comes to addressing five major unfulfilled campaign promises, former CBS reporter and media critic Bernie Goldberg told Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly last night. Given that the latest […]

 

Simulus Funded Nevada Geothermal Close To Going Bust

Posted on by William Teach

Back on June 26th, Obama cheerleading The Politico was rating “green” companies that received DOE loans, and determined that Nevada Geothermal Power (NGP) as a “mixed bag” Nevada Geothermal: The company’s Blue Mountain project in northern Nevada received a partial loan guarantee for $98.5 million in 2010. The project is already generating power, but production […]

 

Good Grief: Dallas Reboot Incorporates “Green”

Posted on by William Teach

For those who watched the new Dallas reboot (I didn’t. Wasn’t interested in the first, not interested in this one), did you catch the underlying theme? No? Well, let Time Magazines Ecocentric explain it In case you thought that the battle between big oil and alternative fuel had cooled down, Hollywood has proven that the […]