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Written by Gary North on April 23, 2013
Of the 50 states in the United States, 29 of them have state laws mandating renewable energy programs for local power generation plants. The trouble is, these alternative fuels are expensive. Natural gas costs have fallen by 70% since 2005. Fracking has made the difference. New supplies have lowered natural gas prices. This means that […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on January 22, 2013
Barack Obama, who did not close Guantanamo, prosecute corrupt bankers, or get American troops out of Afghanistan, delivered his second inaugural yesterday. The address was a judicious combination of platitudes, deception, code words, and a large dose of bloviation at the end. To bloviate is to give long speeches with high-flying words, yet communicate little. […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on November 12, 2012
This was posted on one of my GaryNorth.com forums on Friday. The Long Island Power Authority is toast. 200,000 customers on Long Island still don’t have power after Hurricane Sandy, and won’t have power for another two weeks. But this story is not getting a lot of press from MSM, at least not yet. It […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on October 24, 2012
In this hard-hitting, no-holds-barred report, America’s path to energy independence is made clear. The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook ,Br> Unfortunately, that was broadcast in 2010. For the latest information on America’s road to energy independence, click the link.
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on October 23, 2012
The Greens have recruited an interfaith council of liberal Jews, liberal Protestants, liberal Orthodox, and Liberal Roman Catholics. These people have formed an organization to make big civil government even more intrusive in our lives. This is The National Religious Partnership for the Environment. There is a rival organization of conservative, Bible-believing activists, whose economics […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on October 12, 2012
The Obama Administration’s Department of Energy put up $150 million to help fund a company that promised to produce batteries for the Chevy Volt car. You know: the hybrid car produced by the federally bailed-out General Motors company. Problem: Nobody wants to buy Chevy Volts. So, Chevrolet is not ordering batteries. So far, the plant […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on October 11, 2012
Solyndra was a boondoggle. The Department of Energy put taxpayers on the hook for half a billion dollars in loan guarantees. The company made solar panels. It went belly-up in September 2011. (How time flies!) Taxpayers will pay off its creditors. It was all part of green energy, which is energy that produces mostly red […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on August 16, 2012
Private investors are always on the lookout for new technologies that will make them rich if the technologies are successful. But when they spot turkeys that are likely to become money pits, they pass. That’s where the Department of Energy steps in. This month, the DOE is focusing on energy storage technologies. It’s all part […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on August 9, 2012
The White House on August 7 issued a press release. It invokes the following: “the Obama Administration’s record of success in permitting an unprecedented number of utility-scale renewable energy projects. ” I have no doubt that these will be equally successful. Obama just can’t wait. I am not making this up. See it for yourself. […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on August 8, 2012
The U.S. Department of Energy and the Department of Agriculture have decided to use $1.37 million in taxpayer funds to see if there is a commercial market for hybrid shrub willow. Apparently, commercial enterprises did nott think it was worth $1.37 million to find out. Two researchers at Cornell University have been researching this since […]
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