Category Archives: energy

Boulder may be stoopid but California and Governor Moonbeam Jerry Brown are stoopider. Observations from John Hinderaker… The Wall Street Journal headline tells the story succinctly: “California Budget Hit By Facebook’s IPO.” Wait a moment: how exactly is a budget … Continue reading

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The environmental and economic benefits of fracking greatly outweigh the costs

Reason Magazine: The Promised Land of Fracking Environmental activists, who once hailed natural gas as the bridge fuel to the renewable energy future, have turned with a vengeance against it. Originally, activists who worried about man-made global warming produced by … Continue reading

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Greens, better get busy…

Walter Russell Meade reports that America’s oil imports are reaching new lows. Our increasing energy independence has a lot to do with the new drilling technologies changing the domestic oil production landscape. Because of new extraction techniques like fracking and horizontal … Continue reading

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“Never before have so many EPA resources been devoted to a single regulation. “

The death of coal. Next stop: The death of fracking or a Romney administration.

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Boulderites: Your fossil fuel update

US may soon become world’s top oil producer U.S. oil output is surging so fast that the United States could soon overtake Saudi Arabia as the world’s biggest producer. Driven by high prices and new drilling methods, U.S. production of … Continue reading

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Just Kidding…

   And alternative energy still isn’t close to being competitive with fossil fuels.

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Blue Crab Boulevard: “Losing 36,000 MWs of the most cost-efficient generation capacity in the US is a disaster.”

“…Electricity Rates Would Necessarily Skyrocket” Here’s the source article from The Daily Caller that Blue Crab is commenting on and his conclusion… I shudder to think of what this is going to do to grid reliability as well. A lot … Continue reading

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Sure don’t hear much about gas prices

It would be funny if it wasn’t so pathetic. Glenn Reynolds notes: See, if you want media scrutiny of the regime, you need to elect a Republican president. It’s as simple as that. Ya think? Media bias, say it ain’t … Continue reading

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Transportation: Natural Gas Conversions

A summary of Rick Santelli’s reporting on converting a vehicle to natural gas. Key features: ‎80 miles per gallon equivalent w/natural gasWhere do you fill up? In your garageFuel cost? 66 cents per gallon equivalentYou can switch between Nat Gas … Continue reading

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Natural Gas prices hovers around $2 per mmBTU

Thanks Fracking!

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T Boone Pickens warning to Boulder

“I’m in the wind business … I’ve lost my ass in the business.” Host Joe Scarborough said laughing, “You’ve invested more in alternative energy than anybody else.” “Exactly,” replied Pickens. “My issue is not political. I mean, this is an … Continue reading

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“With 98 percent of the world’s oil reserves in the hands of other countries…”

Such a statement should prevent this editorial being published in any creditable newspaper. Only Barack Obama and his minions are stoopid enough to believe this idiocy. Of course, the editorial staff of the Boulder Daily Camera do qualify as Obama … Continue reading

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Keystone Pipeline

Today the Senate turned back the Republican’s effort to green light the construction of the Keystone pipeline without President Obama’s approval. John Hinderaker: At this point, I think it is safe to say that Barack Obama and the Democrats own … Continue reading

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Energy “Leadership”

GOP Turns Up Heat After Obama’s Keystone ‘Double Back Flip’ Senator Kaye Bailey Hutchison: “What the president does favor is the Saudis increasing oil production, and increased use of solar, wind and algae here at home,” Hutchison said. “Mr. President, … Continue reading

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Good News on the Energy front

U.S. oil gusher blows out projections It’s staggering,” said Marshall Adkins, who directs energy research for the financial services firm Raymond James. “If we continue growing anywhere near that pace and keep squeezing demand out of the system, that puts … Continue reading

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Obama take down from Canada

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What Boulder (most likely) can look forward to

EU Leak Shows Wind, Solar Energy to Double Power Bills From the source Financial Times article(registration if not subscription required)…. Average electricity prices for households and businesses would rise “strongly up to 2020-2030” under all scenarios, the document says, and … Continue reading

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Let them buy smaller cars

From our clueless leader… But President Barack Obama did tell an American worried about gasoline prices that he should buy a new car: “If you’re complaining about the price of gas and you’re only getting eight miles a gallon, you … Continue reading

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Two new oil and gas leases in a year?

Wow.

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Obama energy policy

An energy policy a Boulderite could love.

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