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Posted in Energy, Environment on Jan 27th, 2012
The Obama stimulus backed electric car company is going into chapter 11 (reorganization not liquidation). I guess 118 million dollars wasn’t enough to put it on its feet. 3 high profile difficulties in 6 months is not good for the PR of new energy.
Posted in Action File, Energy, Environment, Stuff on Nov 13th, 2011
I was pleased to be a part of the National League of Cities (NLC) delegation for Dover. It was better than advertised. I was able to get some valuable information which went along with some projects that I had been working on. It may have accelerated my progress by months by giving me real time [...]
Posted in Alternative Fuel, City of Dover, Energy, local government on Oct 21st, 2011
The Dover Post examined the Dover Sun Park beyond the hype. It would cause a minor increase in electric rates today, but the long term contract locks in inflation of our rates into the future for the next 20 years. In fact the number is $65,000,000 in rate increases over the next 20 years. What [...]
Posted in Energy on Oct 13th, 2011
1.2 billion dollars and 15 permanent jobs. Who benefited? The company was represented by the son of oversight committee ranking member George Miller. Maybe we should send some people to occupy 1000 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20585 until we get answers.
Posted in Energy, Environment, bailouts on Oct 13th, 2011
1.2 Billion to Congressman George Miller’s son’s client. The company is building its new factory in Mexico.
Posted in Energy, Environment, Jobs on Oct 12th, 2011
The Obama administration’s jobs council gave tepid approval the vital Keystone pipeline which would create 20,000 jobs and give America a plentiful, safe, and stable North American oil supply. America would be the main market for the Canadian Oil Sands output. It sounds like just the type of success NAFTA was intended to achieve. Set aside that [...]
Posted in Energy, Environment on Jul 25th, 2011
DATE: 7/1/11 A plan to offer a guaranteed price for Solar Renewable Energy Credits (SREC) to purchasers of solar panels is way off course. A homeowner or small business who buys a solar panel can sell one SREC for each megawatt-hour of power produced by the panel. A typical home unit might generate 7 to [...]
Posted in City of Dover, Energy, local government on Jun 27th, 2011
An item has been added to the Dover Elec Comm Final 062711 1035 hrs[1] the agenda of the Dover Utility Committee, there is an offer to merge Delaware Electric Cooperative and the City of Dover Electric operations. This is important not only to Co Op members and city residents, but this is seen as a [...]
Posted in Energy, Environment, Tom Carper on May 2nd, 2011
Sen. Carper Joins Sen. Feinstein and 16 Colleagues in Call for Stronger Fuel-Economy Standards Will reduce pollution, increase consumer information and save money for American families WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and 16 other Senate colleagues, called for the Department of Transportation and Environmental Protection Agency to establish [...]
Posted in Biden, Carney, DNREC, Energy, Jack Markell, Stuff, corruption on Apr 3rd, 2011
Posted in Energy, Environment, Guest Opinion, Guest Posts on Apr 1st, 2011
March 28, 2011 by David Stevenson used with permission see the CRI blog for this and more great information. The nuclear crisis in Fukushima, Japan shows, beyond a doubt, the time has come to open existing, secure nuclear storage facilities in the United States to avert a similar tragedy. Stored fuel is the biggest [...]
Posted in DE General Assembly, Energy on Apr 1st, 2011
Delaware is realizing that it will not be able to meet its ambitious renewable mandate so we are getting out of RGGI is that correct? No, we are going where I always predicted to Energy Rationing. The nonprofit power providers will like this bill. It takes some of the pressure off of them and puts [...]
Posted in Energy, Environment, Guest Opinion, Jobs on Mar 21st, 2011
RE: Where are the Green Jobs? repost from CRI DATE: 3/16/11 Green jobs will make the economy grow, or so the often repeated mantra goes. Actually there are fewer green jobs in Delaware now than in 2003 (750 in 2003, 650 in 20111) and significant job growth appears to be unlikely. Furthermore, [...]
Posted in Deficit, Election 2010, Energy, Healthcare, Jobs, Oil, Revolutionary Reform, Spending, Taxes, Tea Parties, economy on Oct 4th, 2010
We, the citizens of the United States of America, call upon those seeking to represent us in public office to sign the Contract from America and by doing so commit to support each of its agenda items and advocate on behalf of individual liberty, limited government, and economic freedom. Protect the Constitution Reject Cap & [...]
Posted in Election 2010, Energy, Glen Urquhart, Press Releases, Taxes on Jul 16th, 2010
URQUHART SIGNS NO CLIMATE TAX PLEDGE AND PREPARES TO ANNOUNCE MAJOR ENERGY POLICY INITIATIVE On July 16, 2010, Republican Congressional Candidate and former Reagan Appointee Glen Urquhart will sign a pledge to the people of the state of Delaware to oppose any climate tax. At the Great Conservative Cookout at the Yoder Farm near Greenwood [...]
Posted in Energy on Jul 11th, 2010
In today’s News Journal a headline says that more nuclear power puts the region at risk. The facts are the real risk is in doing nothing. Nuclear power done properly is the best alternative energy source in existence. It provides safe, nonpolluting, plentiful energy. What we really need is to get over our irrational fears by [...]
Posted in Energy, Environment on Jun 6th, 2010
While I do not like the language used by the administration that we are going to have a boot on the throat of BP, I sympathize with the anger. This foreign company is harming American energy independence because of its carelessness. There were a number of warning signs, but they were ignored. The workers argued [...]
Posted in Alternative Fuel, Energy on May 3rd, 2010
Some wonder why I am abig fan of wind-power, here is one reason. Wind-power lowers energy costs and benefits the people. I am a big fan of an all of the above energy approach. Wind-power is part of it.
Posted in Energy, Environment, Stuff on May 1st, 2010
The Gulf oil incident is rare due to the technology, but it shows that we can not get complacent. Oddly enough the best solution is to get newer technology in place. That can only be achieved by expanding the leases and allowing the new multi-well platforms to give us fewer platforms and more sites. The [...]
Posted in Alternative Fuel, Energy on Apr 1st, 2010
May GOD bless President Obama, he needs good advise from somewhere. The President stopped his regime from foot dragging on opening up drilling areas as mandated in a law passed in 2008. The problem is that he opens exploration, but holds back on actual leases to drill. It is like trying to date someone who [...]
Posted in Americanism, Deficit, Economics, Energy, Entitlements on Jan 4th, 2010
America is at a point of decision. Some say that we are a power in decline just like Rome of old. The case for decline pretty strong. We have gone from surplus to huge deficits in a decade. We have gone from almost of a third of the world’s GDP to less than a quarter. We have [...]
Posted in Energy, Environment, Stuff on Dec 7th, 2009
In a blatant display of hypocrisy and extravagence, the discredited Global Warming aristocracy is piling up a global warming CO 2 footprint that dwarfs the CO 2 output of many countries. Just like the Inconveniet truth hypocrite Al Gore, whose power consumption equals about 20 regualar households, The global warming fruitcakes are sparing no expense [...]
Posted in Biden, Comment Rescue, Employment, Energy, Jack Markell, Jobs on Nov 20th, 2009
Valero to close Del. refinery (good job Mr. VP, evil energy co. gets its just deserts)–The Democrat energy bill removed many refinery provisions. Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | 11/20/2009 | staff Valero Energy Corp., the largest U.S. refiner, announced today that it will permanently close its Delaware City, Del., plant because of losses brought on by [...]
Posted in Energy, Environment, Regional Politics, Regulation on Nov 12th, 2009
One of the top needs for America is a sustainable power infrastructure especially if we want to use renewable resources and domestic power sources. So why is the Sierra Club opposing the multistate transmission linefrom West Virginia to Maryland? Is it because the original source is from a coal plant or are they just against [...]
Posted in Energy on Oct 1st, 2009
New York joins PA in drilling for natural gas. Patterson ban gone.
Posted in Action File, Energy on Sep 20th, 2009
I received an urgent message regarding the Department of Interior’s notice and comment period for some domestic drilling. If you ever wanted your voice heard on this issue, now is the time. Remember just the removal of the restrictions last year cut oil prices in half within weeks. The knowledge of a strong supply keeps [...]
Posted in Energy, Environment, Oil on Sep 3rd, 2009
Eventually oil will be too valuable to burn, but that day is not today. Peak oil is an interesting theory, but new discovery after new discovery says that it won’t be anytime soon. The discovery of Eugene Island’s expanding oil reserves has some believing that peak oil is a conspiracy to raise prices. Regardless of [...]
Posted in Energy, Environment on Aug 17th, 2009
The Green Regime would be on the march with an expanding bureaucracy. The Cap and Tax bill advocates say that green collar jobs will be created. The jobs that we can promise appear to be government collar. The House-passed climate change bill, if enacted, would expand the federal government so much that it would take [...]
Posted in Energy, Jack Markell on Aug 16th, 2009
Governor Markell touted the cash for clunkers program claiming that over a million and a half dollars had already been allocated for Delaware. You may know that from the papers. He touted the program as a reason to back his energy rationing scheme. “The ‘Cash for Clunkers’ program shows we grow our economy while also [...]
Posted in Energy, Environment on Aug 5th, 2009
A group of trial lawyers have declared that they are “waging a legal war” on Global Warming. In reality they are waging a war on energy production in America. When I say such things, it is not out of my imagination. I read their own writings and I notice that these are not cranks. They [...]
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