Investors Business Daily interviewed Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska on the subject of ANWR. Instead of being the source of domestic production to help the ‘Lower 48′, she feels that her state is being treated like the red-headed stepchild of the Union.
I am all for saving energy. I work in natural light for most of my day. I recycle. I only drive when necessary (It took me 23 days between fill-ups the last time I went to the service station.) OK, I’m not totally ‘Mr. Green’ but I try! But whatever responsible things I do to [...]
I went to a Catholic Parochial school. Being the naughty little hooligans we were, someone was always getting in some sort of trouble. There was this kid Timmy and he was more mischievous than he was pure evil. After he was caught passing notes, teasing some girl, or doing something unmentionable with paste, the nuns [...]
I was reading an article in the Wall Street Journal‘s ‘Eyes on the Road’ column by Joseph B. White titled “Relearning How to Drive 55“. I was astonished with what I read and was compelled to ask myself a question: ‘Is this article really in the Wall Street Journal??” I thought for a second…maybe we [...]
Will Doing the Double Nickel Save Drivers Some Change? Some people – probably not Sammy Hagar – are pining for the 1970′s again, saying the 55MPH speed limit will save us at the pump. I got my driver’s license in 1976. Americans had suffered with a Federally-mandated 55MPH speed limit for two years. The first [...]
Earlier today, President Bush upped the ante to combat rising gasoline prices. He challenged Congress to follow suit.
First, it was Concord. Then, it was Bobby Thompson. Today, it is President George W. Bush. At around 1pm today, President Bush is set to announce that he is lifting the Executive Order, issued by his father, George H. W. Bush, to prohibit offshore drilling for oil and gas. The Armchair Energist supports this move [...]
To: Senator Obama, Senator McCain and any candidate for the Senate or House of Representatives From: The Armchair Energist The number one topic on the voter’s minds these days is the increasing cost of energy. More than the Iraq war, more than uninsured citizens (my apology to the people who view these topics, and many [...]
I didn’t realize that when I wrote the original post on the Iraqi oil fields that it would become a series!
Coal is to America as oil is to Saudi Arabia. Coal power is also one of the least expensive and most abundant fossil fuels that we in America possess. It is also historically known as a ‘dirty’ form of energy. We all have visions of tall smokestacks belching soot out of the top into the [...]
