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Election Means More Cronyism, Attacks on Coal
8 Nov 2012 2:09 pm 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 welfare is growing—and that’s all to the good. But don’t expect well-connected special interests and politicians to go gentle into that good night. Especially if they think the darkness can be dispelled via energy subsidies that …

Another Obama Energy Dud
31 Oct 2012 6:14 pm 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 2010:
“Over the next several years, we expect to create thousands of jobs in Greater Detroit and plan to continue our expansion in the area as we do our part in helping the U.S. emerge as a …

Surprise! Another Obama Admin. Backed Solar Company Goes Bankrupt
19 Oct 2012 7:23 am 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 decision in a Wednesday news release. “This has been a difficult time for Satcon,” president and CEO Steve Rhoades said. “After careful consideration of available alternatives, the Company’s Board of Directors determined that the Chapter 11 filings …

Chevy Volt Battery Plant Floundering Despite $151 Million from Obama
26 Sep 2012 1:30 pm 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 are coming right back here to the United States of America.”
But today, those LG Chem jobs Obama claimed were “coming back” are seeing intermittent layoffs instead of growth.
In 2010, the plant, which supplies batteries for the …

Surprise! Consumers Less Willing To Pay For “Green” Products
25 Sep 2012 8:44 am 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 that “green” products are expensive
(Daily Caller) Call it the effect of a slow economic recovery or the results of excessive hype, but consumers have become less willing to pay for environmentally friendly products.
According to new …

Washington Post: Hey, Obama’s Chevy Volt Is A Real Stinker
14 Sep 2012 9:10 am William Teach

It’s never a good thing when a Democrat loses the editorial board of a major liberal leaning paper
GM’s vaunted Volt is on the road to nowhere fast
The Energy Department study assumed that General Motors would produce 120,000 plug-in hybrid Volts in 2012. GM never came close to that and recently suspended Volt production at its Hamtramck, Mich., plant, scene of a presidential photo-op. So far, GM has sold a little more than 21,000 Volts, even with the help of a $7,500 tax credit, recent dealer discounting and U.S. government purchases. …

Sierra Club: Hey, North Jersey, You Really Don’t Need Power
11 Sep 2012 9:03 am William Teach

It’s interesting to note that every time there is a big storm that knocks out power, people immediately assault power companies for failing to spend oodles of money upgrading their infrastructure. Like just last year in New Jersey. This past July saw people and government freaking out on PepCo, a Maryland power company, along with a few others, blaming them for the power outages, for having done nothing to upgrade the system, even threatening fines. Remember how much people freaked out after the giant Northeast power outage in 2003 and …

Good News: Wind Turbines Supposedly Making People Sick
9 Sep 2012 8:17 am William Teach

Proponents of wind turbines say that this is all incidental and coincidental. Enough so that there is actually a medical condition name for it
(UK Daily Mail) It was Uplawmoor’s tranquility and wild beauty that drew civil servant Aileen Jackson to settle there 28 years ago.
She’d had enough of life in the big city. Now she wanted somewhere quiet and rural to start a family, keep her horses, and enjoy the magnificent views down the valley and out to sea to the western Scottish isles of Arran and Ailsa Craig.
Then, two …

Spain’s Present is Obama America’s Future
5 Sep 2012 1:31 am 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 Spaniards to withdraw a record $94 billion from their banks. That amounts to 7 percent of Spain’s total domestic economic output.
Capital flight is beginning to include educated entrepreneurs who are fed up with scant job opportunities …

White House to Blame for High Gas Prices
29 Aug 2012 3:28 pm 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 $3.75 a gallon on Aug. 26. “We expect the national average price of gasoline for Labor Day this year to be the highest ever for the holiday,” said Michael Green, a spokesman for AAA. Drivers could be …

Politico Offers 4 Roadblocks To Romney’s Energy Plan
24 Aug 2012 9:00 am 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 by 2020 would be almost impossible to reach — and anyway, there’s not much in what the Republican candidate laid out Thursday that counts as a concrete plan.
Really? Perhaps we can compare …

America Needs a New Sheriff
23 Aug 2012 4:12 pm Michael Fell

The American labor market showed few signs of new life in the latest jobs report. First time filings for unemployment benefits rose again last week to a one-month high. Claims rose for a second week, by 4,000 for the period ended Aug. 18. After economists had predicted 365,000 new claims, the number climbed to 372,000.
The administration continues to cite the European debt crisis and economic slowdowns in Asia as deterrents to investment.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-23/jobless-claims-in-u-s-climb-for-second-week-to-one-month-high.html
It is far easier to blame the global economy than to admit that this administration’s energy policies are killing …

Mitt Romney To Offer Energy Independence Plan
23 Aug 2012 7:05 am William Teach

Sorry, Obama peeps, it does not include energy from unicorns and fairies
(Washington Post) Mitt Romney on Thursday will outline a plan that he projects would achieve North American energy independence by 2020 by opening new areas for offshore oil drilling, starting in Virginia and the Carolinas, and by empowering the states to lease federal lands for oil, coal and natural gas development.
Under the plan, environmental statutes and regulations would be removed or loosened to green-light more coal production and other industry priorities, and the …

OK, So Now Geothermal Energy Is Verbotan By Climate Weenies
11 Aug 2012 11:49 am 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 angry. It’s geothermal energy, which taps into the natural warmth below Earth’s surface, providing an abundant heat source. The problem? New geothermal techniques requires hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and environmental crusaders have convinced themselves that fracking …

Obama Administration Has Your Drilling, But Wants Your Oceans, Too.
9 Aug 2012 12:49 pm 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 Administration “efforts” to “help” our nation gain “energy independence.” Luckily, despite all of the awesome assistance they’ve been willing to give, the oil and gas industry still manages to keep employing Americans and producing roughly …

Surprise! GASLAND Loaded With Half-Truths
1 Aug 2012 4:28 pm Matt Vespa

With GasLand 2 on the horizonand just in time to influence the 2012 election, more and more discrepancies are coming out about the film. The documentary, directed by Josh Fox, details the horrors of fracking and the environmental damage it leaves in the process. One of the most famous scenes in the film deals with flammable water. You lift the tap, light a match, and boom the water ignites. Pretty scary, however, water has been flammable for centuries.
Furthermore, as Peter D. Robertson, former chief of staff and deputy administrator the …

Crazy Juan Cole: Coal Should Be Criminalized
1 Aug 2012 9:19 am William Teach

I’m sure all Warmists (cough JoeB cough) will now refuse to use any power that comes from coal, right? (via Tom Nelson)
(Informed Consent) Muller’s study analyzed all the weather data available since 1750 and found that the average temperature of the earth increase by 1 percent from 1750 to 1850, and has increased another 1.5 percent since 1850, for a total of 2.5 percent since the beginnings of the industrial revolution.
That sounds evil and “we’re doooooomed”, eh? What Muller stated was that there was a whopping 1.5 degree Celsius rise …

American Energy Means American Recovery
13 Jul 2012 11:50 am 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 contributing to the cost of goods and services to consumers.
“progressives” feel a compulsive obsessive need to force Americans into accepting their “green energy” fantasy. Three plus years of actions taken by the current administration and …

Obama Chasing Spain’s Failure
12 Jul 2012 9:48 am Michael Fell

Just last year Obama was telling America how “green” energy technology was the guaranteed pathway to energy security and independence:
“The future is here. We are poised to transform the ways we power our homes and our cars and our businesses”.
He said America risked falling behind the rest of the world in the design, production and implementation of renewable or “green” technology. The nation he most often cited as the example for America’s green energy development to follow was Spain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3UebL-x-sw
Spain announced on April 7, 2012 that they would halt all new …

Bernie Goldberg: Media Will Ignore Obama’s Five Major Broken Promises
10 Jul 2012 8:43 pm 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 jobs report shows the second quarter of 2012 was the worst for job creation in two years, the media must and will criticize the president to some degree on the economy, but they will mostly resort …

Paul: Obama ‘Failing,’ ‘Drunk on Power’

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