By Alan Caruba Friday, May 2, 2008
Don Young, (R-Alaska) ranking member of the Committee on Natural Resources sent a “Dear Colleague” letter to members of both parties of the House to remind them that, as energy prices rise steadily, “Congress is doing nothing to ease the pain at the pump.”
Why The Increase In Gas Prices?By OnTheWeb Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Unless you depend on a solar power skateboard as your principle means of transportation, you have noticed that the price of gasoline has skyrocketed.
Ten Simple Truths About OilBy Alan Caruba Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Having written about the energy industry and issues now for a long time, I hope I can be forgiven for being enraged by the comments by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) in response to President Bush’s press conference Tuesday morning. There is simply no way to describe them other than false.
Inhofe Demands ‘Dramatic’ Action to Address Food vs. Fuel MandatesBy EPW Blog Tuesday, April 29, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC – Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Environment & Public Works Committee, delivered a floor speech calling for “dramatic” action to address global food difficulties caused in part by current biofuel mandates.
From the Soviet Union to Putin’s RussiaBy Alan Caruba Sunday, April 27, 2008
When the government of the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the fall was attributed to all kinds of reasons. There was the failed invasion of Afghanistan, the symbolic fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and, after some desperate efforts by Mikhail Gorbechev, Communism as a guiding principle and economic system simply imploded.
Save the Earth? Yawn!By Felicia Benamon Friday, April 25, 2008
The earth is a powerful sphere. What makes man, a miniscule speck in God’s universe believe that through our actions, we have the ability drastically change the earth’s weather patterns or mess up the Earth’s structure?
U.S. Agency Carefully Optimistic On Bakken DepositBy Dennis Avery Thursday, April 24, 2008
One of the most extensive oil deposits in the world—the huge Bakken Formation— underlies North Dakota and Saskatchewan. The Bakken holds up to 500 billion barrels of oil, double the proven reserves of Saudi Arabia. But it lies in thin, shallow shale formations that are hard to drill and don’t flow readily. Is the Bakken America’s energy independence; a dire threat of global overheating; or just expensive holes in the ground?
Earth Day 2008. Get Over It!By Alan Caruba Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Of the many things most people do not know about Earth Day is that it is also the anniversary of the birthday of Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union. Coincidence? I doubt it.
Promoting Alternative Energy for the Right ReasonsBy Nancy Salvato Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich are featured together in a television commercial which focuses on how conservatives and liberals can come together to find solutions for problems caused by climate change.
Earth Day Is a Holiday For LiarsBy Alan Caruba Monday, April 21, 2008
Earth Day is a holiday for liars. I have followed the apocalyptic claims and the legislated mandates of the environmental movement since the 1970s and their single unifying factor has been the lies told to achieve various elements the Green agenda.
Green Masters of PropagandaBy Alan Caruba Sunday, April 20, 2008
Have you ever wondered why a former vice president and failed candidate for the presidency merited a Nobel Prize for “peace” which was, in fact, shared by a United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change? What does claiming that global warming will destroy the world have to do with peace?
Conservation Loses Out to Global Warming PanicBy Dennis Avery Wednesday, April 16, 2008
A global food crisis looms, as crops are diverted to biofuels. Food prices have soared 83 percent in three years. Thousands of U.S. farmers are pulling their land out of the government’s biggest conservation program to plant millions of acres back to crops and pasture. U.S. environmentalists warn that “years of conservation progress” will be lost as America’s 35-million-acre Conservation Reserve dwindles, especially in the important bird-nesting areas of the northern Great Plains.
Global Food FightsBy Alan Caruba Sunday, April 13, 2008
It takes a decent respect for the obvious truth to admit that mankind has no control over the climate. What is occurring, however, based on actual and anecdotal information, is a trend toward global cooling. Between rising food costs driven by an environmental agenda and real, not imagined climate change, the word famine is going to be heard more often.
Environmentally, We’re Number OneBy Alan Caruba Thursday, April 10, 2008
As we approach the birthday of Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union…opps, I meant Earth Day…it’s so easy to confuse the two because they occur, quite by coincidence I’m sure, on the same day. Anyway April 22 will bring forth an avalanche of the usual accusations that America is a sinkhole of pollution, et cetera.
Huge Dakota Oil Pool Could Change Energy Climate DebateBy Dennis Avery Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Al Gore is launching a $300 million ad campaign to support the banning of fossil fuels. But our faith in man-made global warming will now be tested by news that up to 400 billion barrels of light, sweet crude oil for America’s future can be pumped from under Manitoba and North Dakota. That’s more oil than Saudi Arabia and Russia put together.
The Worst Moment in History to Demand BiofuelsBy Dennis Avery Wednesday, April 2, 2008
This is the worst moment in history to demand billions of gallons of biofuels from our farms.
Cold North Pole. Cold South PoleBy Alan Caruba Thursday, March 27, 2008
I was suspicious when the Department of the Interior announced it was considering the listing of polar bears as an “endangered species”, particularly since the designation has nothing to do with the current, thriving population, but a computer model projection that in fifty years they might be endangered. Since polar bears have been around for hundreds of thousands of years, the notion they might suddenly go missing in fifty years is questionable.
Green April FoolsBy Alan Caruba Wednesday, March 26, 2008
The thing most people don’t “get” is that the environmental movement is relentless in the spreading of its lies. It never stops and it takes all forms of action, all intended to indoctrinate a younger generation and advance its agenda with an older one.
Do You Want Higher Gas Taxes?By Alan Caruba Friday, March 21, 2008
My friends at the National Center for Public Policy Research have just released the results of new nationwide survey. They asked people if they were willing to pay higher taxes on gasoline in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Utilities Hide Behind the Climate Change MirageBy Alan Caruba Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Like a mirage in the desert, climate change—the term that has replaced global warming—looks real, but disappears in shimmering rays when approached.
Biofuels Forcing World To Ration Food AidBy Dennis Avery Sunday, March 16, 2008
The World Food Program is preparing to ration food aid for the world’s hungriest poor. Why? Primarily because we’re burning food in our automobiles. The rich-country mandates for biofuels have doubled and tripled world food prices in less than three years.
Why Is Everyone Lying About Energy?By Alan Caruba Sunday, March 16, 2008
In early March, President Bush, addressing an International Renewable Energy Conference, was widely quoted saying that the United States has to “get off oil.” Earlier he had said that America was “addicted” to oil. These are such huge lies one wonders why he is telling them, unless perhaps he has quietly been investing in ethanol production.
Eco-Hysteria We Pay For, AgainBy Bob Parks Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Not long ago, I wrote about the hysteria environmentalists cause in order to create “awareness”. Years ago, we were all told we were using way too many paper bags at the supermarket.
Environmentalists Should Stick to Facts and Stop Damaging the EnvironmentBy Yomin Postelnik Tuesday, March 11, 2008
On Election Day 2004, I had the pleasure of discussing the day’s events with a young and forthright Kerry supporter. I mean this with sincerity.
What Really Happens When There is No WindBy Alan Caruba Friday, February 29, 2008
Reuters reported on February 27th that, “A drop in wind generation on Tuesday, coupled with colder weather, triggered an electric emergency that caused the Texas grid operator to cut service to some large customers.”
Irrational LegislationBy Alan Caruba Thursday, February 28, 2008
I heard from Friends of the Earth, a huge environmental organization, who one would think would favor the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007 being advanced by Senate Democrats. It would impose a cap-and-trade program to force reductions of so-called greenhouse gas emissions.
Green ScammingBy Alan Caruba Thursday, February 28, 2008
Let’s say you’re planning to contract with a lawn service to tend to your property this spring. To put it simply, you want to hire a firm to mow the lawn. Time was, you could hire a neighborhood kid to do it, but now none of them will consider this or shoveling snow as a means to put some extra change in their pocket.
Listing the Polar Bear Under the ESA Could Spell DisasterBy OnTheWeb Wednesday, February 27, 2008
In reaction to the Bush Administration’s deliberation over whether to list the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Andrew Wetzler claims: “There’s no reason for them not to finalize that decision now.”
Will Kyoto turn Europe into Cuba?By Dennis Avery Monday, February 25, 2008
The EU steel industry is terrified that Europe’s new cap-and-trade system of penalizing steel-plant emissions will cost 50,000 of its 300,000 steel-industry jobs. But don’t worry, if the EU gets serious about cap-and-trade, it will simply violate the rules of the World Trade Organization and start taxing imported steel for the CO2 emissions from Indian and Chinese steel plants.
By Alan Caruba Thursday, February 21, 2008
At a time when America’s infrastructure—bridges, roads, seaports and airports—is in need of repair, the nation’s governors are gathering to discuss ways to waste time, money, and labor on something that is impossible, “an energy independent” America. No nation on Earth is energy independent.
