I am working on a critique of President-elect Obama’s energy proposals. I am working to complete this before Monday, as I fly back to Europe then and will be quite busy for a few days. […]
Tag: politics
Congratulations President-Elect Barack Obama
The networks haven’t called it yet, but this deal is done. It’s too early to tell if it’s going to be the 100 electoral vote margin that I predicted, but it is looking like a […]
Democrats and Big Oil
Yesterday I participated in a blogger conference call with the American Petroleum Institute. The topic was Industry Earnings and Recent Oil Prices, and the audio and transcript may be found here. My question was a […]
The Debate Over Energy Policy
From last night’s presidential debate transcript, both of the candidates sound off on energy policy. Comments from me are inserted into the text as [RR: comment]. Schieffer: Let’s go to — let’s go to a […]
McCain Losing It
I have held my tongue this week, but the McCain/Palin tactics are starting to really disgust me. I have been scratching my head and asking myself what has happened to this man. I once admired […]
Revisiting Palin
On Sarah Palin as McCain’s choice for VP, I came out immediately and said that it was a mistake. I wrote in part: Count me among those stunned by McCain’s pick for his VP candidate. […]
Come Again?
It seems that the Democrats have crafted a plan to “make America energy-independent of foreign oil within a decade:” Democrats are working on drilling bill WASHINGTON — Oil and natural gas producers might soon be […]
Extend Renewable Energy Tax Credits
A big pet peeve of mine is the way we have gone about handling tax credits for renewable electricity. I believe renewable alternatives warrant tax credits, because we simply do not pay the “true cost” […]
Palin a Friend of Big Oil?
Count me among those stunned by McCain’s pick for his VP candidate. It neutralizes the strongest argument he had against Obama: Not enough experience. Never again can he utter these words. Further, I can’t comprehend […]
The Press on Obama’s Energy Plans
No time right now for editorial comment from me, just a sampling of the press on Obama’s energy plans following his speech tonight: History echoes during Obama’s big speech “For the sake of our economy, […]