Back in 2008, the CEO of Shell Oil, John Hofmeister, testified in Congressional hearings that when oil and gasoline prices are high that big oil companies do not need the subsidies they get from the government. He also noted that executives of major oil companies agree. These federal subsidies were originally designed to encourage exploration […]
I have long believed that our “energy problems” are way overblown, both from the right (“drill, baby drill”) and from the left (“peak oil”). After all, the issue is energy, not oil, and we are literally awash in energy. The sun bombards us with trillions of times more energy than we need every single day. […]
© Bill Schorr The only thing the GOP seems to unequivocally support is the military, so it makes sense!
© Mike Thompson Between wars in the middle east, pollution, and taxpayer subsidies to oil companies, I don’t think most people realize how much our addiction to petroleum actually costs us.
© Mike Thompson How can we have a future when we are stuck so firmly in the past?
One of the funniest Jon Stewart bits in a long time, while being simultaneously sad.
© Ed Stein Instead of “Drill, Baby Drill” conservatives should be chanting “Blow, Baby Blow”. Wind farms cost less to operate than coal or oil-fired plants, and as this comic points out it is difficult to imagine a major environmental catastrophe caused by a wind farm accident. Early concerns about birds being killed by wind […]
© Lisa Benson Is Obama’s decision to allow increased offshore drilling really a political gambit to bait the right? Or is it a measured, science-based decision taking into account our energy needs and balancing them with our environmental needs?
A company in Salt Lake City has announced a new battery that can store enough energy to run your house, and is cheap enough (projected cost $2,000) and has a long enough life (10 years) to make it practical and profitable. The new battery would make it economical for homes to generate and store their […]
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