President Obama’s signing of the $1.1 trillion spending bill ends America’s opportunity for energy independence! How? As you may or may not be aware, a rider to the spending bill is another bill, (originally H.R. 702), eliminating America’s ban on the export of crude oil. H.R. 702 removing America’s ban on crude oil exports could […]

What does ‘Energy Security’ mean to Americans? This is a question which many Americans have not really thought about but must be answered if a viable energy and environmental plan for America is to be developed. America has the most developed and secure electricity network of any country in the world. America’s electricity is generated […]

It’s 2 am and I cannot sleep. Why? There is a movement by oil producers to convince Washington to remove the ban against exporting America’s crude oil and no one seems to be questioning Big Oil’s motivation to overturn the law! Big Oil, as any business should be, is focused on profits and now that […]

Americans can remain on the current path of reducing carbon emissions and watch America’s jobs continue to move to other countries which have few or no environmental regulations. But at some point Americans, along with most of the World, will be standing around ‘scratching their butts’ wondering what happened to America being the ‘Land of Opportunity’? […]

Based on the actions of some influential political leaders, regardless of the impact on the lives of middle class Americans, everything is being bet on ‘Green Technology’. By denying Americans access to America’s most abundant and productive fossil fuel resources, this group of politicians and activists are depriving America’s economy of the abundant, secure, stable and affordable […]

America is the World’s largest oil consumer. America is the World’s largest producer of oil and natural gas. America has the World’s largest reserves of fossil fuels. Based on these three facts, there is no excuse for the World’s economies to be required to endure unstable and excessively high energy costs. The economic stability, and […]

Gradients in CO2 concentration in this layer are due to CO2 exchange between the atmosphere and the earth’s surface, including fossil fuel emissions, air-sea exchange, and the photosynthesis, respiration, and wildfire emissions of the terrestrial biosphere. Americans must require elected leaders to confront the reality of global climate change as well as the fact that […]

A barrel of oil is a concentration of carbon formations. The only element which creates more chemical formations than carbon is hydrogen. Quite simply, without carbon, life cannot exist. A barrel of oil consists of 42 gallons of crude oil and will result in the production of roughly 46 gallons of carbon based products from gasoline to lubricants. The […]

How should American energy independence be defined? The obvious response would be: America producing all the energy it needs. But realistically in the foreseeable future, what is the probability of America attaining that level of energy production? Besides, America producing all the energy it consumes is really is the definition of energy security which should […]

America has endured an extended period of unstable, unreliable and overpriced oil. Only Americans in their 60’s and 70’s can recall a time when fuel prices fluctuated very little and the cost of a tank of gas would not decimate a family budget. Surprisingly, Americans may again be able to enjoy stable and affordable energy. But that opportunity […]

The oil industry is pushing for the overturn of America’s prohibition of the export of America’s crude oil and they will succeed unless the American voters unite against it! Quite simply, if this regulation is overturned, the oil industry will be selling the future of all Americans including Americans not yet born! Until there is a […]