Category Archives: Energy

Spain Learns That Solar Really, Really Needs Government Handouts

Apparently, without government money, solar power might not even be able to power its own life support The Spanish government has launched a new regulatory framework that will result in subsidized tariffs for ground-mounted solar energy projects drop 45% this year, killing future investment in the trade, which industry leaders expect will be frozen in […]

What Say To Turning Roads Into Solar Receptors?

For a change, here is a great idea, even if it is more about globull warming than power production Walk barefoot on an asphalt road and you’ll soon realize how good the substance is at storing solar heat – the heat-storing qualities of roadways has even been put forward as an explanation as to why […]

Republican Who Co-Authored Light Bulb Law Wants Energy Chair

Here’s a test for the GOP: do they let this guy have the chairmanship? He has some really good points and some really bad points, yet, we have this little bit of Big Government climate alarmism Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) may have some explaining to do to fellow GOP colleagues as he seeks the chairmanship […]

Last Liberal Media Gasp Day: A Reid Loss Could Reopen Nuke Debate

Politico must see the writing on the way, regarding Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, as the pull out a scary “if Sharron Angle wins” op-ed disguised as a straight story Opponents of a Nevada nuclear waste dump thought they’d finally managed to kill the Yucca Mountain project. Then came Sharron Angle. The tea party-backed […]

EPA Set To Greenlight Use Of Ethanol 15 This Week

You’ll remember that I mentioned, back on September 21st, that the EPA was considering greenlight the use of 15% ethanol gasoline, and the confusion it would create. Looks like they do not care, they’re on a mission from Gaia The Obama administration plans to allow higher levels of ethanol for gasoline used by newer cars, […]

Gulf Drilling Moratorium To Be Lifted

What’s the catch? The Obama administration is lifting the six-month moratorium on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico imposed after the BP oil spill, officials said Tuesday. The Interior Department scheduled a 1 p.m. news conference in which Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is to “discuss the current suspensions on deepwater drilling,” the Interior […]

Chumps Weekly Address Finally Address Jobs, Greenie Ones Which Don’t Exist Yet

Don’t worry, though, he slammed some people. Just not the ones he thought Over the past twenty months, we’ve been fighting not just to create more jobs today, but to rebuild our economy on a stronger foundation.  Our future as a nation depends on making sure that the jobs and industries of the 21st century […]

Clinton Initiative Looks To Stop Global Climate Disruption With New Stoves

On the surface, this seems like a good idea At the Clinton Global Initiative today, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and various partners described details of a plan to curb the clouds of toxic cooking smoke killing nearly 2 million people a year in the world’s poorest places. More than 2 billion people rely […]

EPA May Greenlight E15 Biofuel, Create Confusion

Welcome to Government World, the wackiest place around! New study green lights EPA to OK 15 percent ethanol blend for older cars With the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the turmoil in the Middle East, the continuing concern with greenhouse gases and the need to generate jobs in cutting-edge industries, President Obama has […]

Sen. Sherrod Brown Now Blames Green Energy Stimulus Fail On……China!

Let’s spin the Wheel Of Blame Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is warning that Chinese trade practices in growing markets for renewable energy components could undermine the goals of U.S. energy spending in the big 2009 stimulus law. “They absolutely can,” Brown said in an interview broadcast Sunday. The 2009 stimulus law steered tens of billions […]

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