After a 2 Week Vacation, I’m Back!
December 6, 2009
From Jane Van Ryan – API’s President Jack Gerard and Devon Energy’s Chairman and CEO Larry Nichols talked with reporters today about the summit, and they called it a “missed opportunity,” adding that the industry could create hundreds of thousands of jobs without requiring a bailout or stimulus money.
API outlined its position on job creation in a news release here. I’ve also written a blog post about the topic here.
Jane Van Ryan
Daily Rant – December 2, 2009
December 2, 2009
After a wonderful vacation in Hawaii, I am ready to get back to work. This Obama bum is getting on my nerves. I don’t care if he is the President of the US, he dishonors the office. But in the meantime, here is an article I posted about the global warming hoax.
Man Made Global Warming Hoax Exposed – OPINION
My biggest beef with the “science” of man-made global warming is that this hoax is being used to make policies which are hurting America. If people believed it and went on about their business, that would be one thing. But they are in our government which is forcing all sorts of decisions and taxes upon us based on this lie.
It has been shown that prosperity creates a cleaner environment so why would environmentalists want to trade all that for everyone living in a hut and pooping in a compost? Sheryl Crowe wants us all to be limited to one square of toilet paper. So much craziness abounds. Why would that be?
Because if there is no crisis, there are no dollars. If the earth only has 10 years before all is lost (as was reported 20 years ago), who wouldn’t throw billions of dollars at studies to see if we could reverse the trend? Seas were supposed to boil, crops were going to burn, forests were going to become deserts. So under this pretense, what we did was throw money at the problem to try and solve it. The problem was, the crisis was created to tug at our heart strings and pull at our wallets. Plus, no progress has ever been reported, no matter how much money we seem to spend.
The media has gone right along with the hoax as willing accomplices. Even commercials have gotten into the act and jumped on the “save the planet” bandwagon. All of this reinforces the notion that global warming is really happening. The only problem is that no warming has happened for the past 10 years. And why has the sun’s activity been taken out of the discussion altogether?
When having my discussion with seemingly reasonable people about the latest discovery of the e-mails illustrating the scam being perpetrated by many in the “global warming industry”, I often come up against the argument that man has certainly made his share of messes in the world. While true, is this evidence that man is causing global warming? Or that the earth’s temperatures are really rising? I don’t think so. I admit man can make a mess of things. But how long would the destruction last if we just left that area alone to nature?
In Panama, a project we are involved in was stopped for over two years because of financial and union issues and was essentially deserted. They had to hire people to “beat back” the jungle which kept threatening to overtake the land that had been cleared and building had begun. Many of the structures that had been started had to be torn down and rebuilt because of decay and pests after construction started up again. My point is, even on a small scale, this shows how nature finds a way to reclaim what was once belonged to it. If the earth recovers when man goes away, isn’t this same recovery happening while we are standing around in the middle of it? Over time, the earth recovers because there is a greater intelligence running things.
So if we can’t count on science to tell us the truth based on the facts, then it just becomes politics. If people are ignoring facts to prove a preconceived conclusion, then they are not scientists, but manipulators. And make no mistake; these people are zealots. As with any zealot, they have their followers.
Actor Ed Begley Jr. and people like him live their whole lives around the global warming lie. They are so invested in being right, they bristle when challenged at the notion that maybe they have been lied to. As a result they become willing dupes in the propaganda. Because of their notoriety, people listen to them and believe what they are saying, even though they have no background in science. Will we ever get an apology from them? I think they are so invested in being right that they will go to their graves convinced they are right, regardless of the truth. Just like the people who believe that 9/11 was a planned event, they will not be talked out of their beliefs.
Al Gore, king of the environmental movement, has a house that consumes many times the amount of energy as a common household does in year. While flying around the world in his huge jet from appearance to appearance, he tells us we must all do our share to cut our carbon output. I say walk the talk, Al.
What really amazes me is Gore’s carbon credit scam. In Mill Valley, I see people proudly displaying “TerraPass” bumper stickers saying to the world, “I’m gullible as hell!” The mathematics of this scam don’t work out. Let me get this straight. They are paying for the privilege to pollute more than their share by buying credits from someone who doesn’t pollute as much? How does that REDUCE carbon output? It doesn’t. We are also told these carbon offset companies will plant a few trees on your behalf. Has anyone proven that the trees actually been planted? And has anyone done the math on how many trees it takes to offset the carbon footprint of one person? I just don’t believe the earth is that delicate.
- FedUpEditor
Daily Rant – November 20, 2009
November 20, 2009
I’M TIRED! I don’t know about you folks, but I am tired of fighting every day. Here I am in Hawaii trying to take a vacation away from the craziness of Washington, DC, and Harry Reid comes out with a massive health care package of his own. Of course, it contains much of the same stuff we objected to in the Pelosi bill that Congress passed last week. It’s like they are not listening to us. No, it’s not LIKE… it IS that they are not listening to us.
Reid’s bill has the same abortion and illegal immigrant coverage we didn’t like the first time around, the provisions they promised to take out in the House, so you know they will try and put it all back once it is in conference. They must. There is no reason to pass the bill otherwise.
Some Republican heroes are stepping to the front to challenge this massive piece of… legislation by threatening to read the entire bill on the floor of the Senate. This is almost equal to a filibuster, is it not?
I am working on letters to the editor regarding Woolsey’s cap and trade votes and post them once I have finished. I also have a take on the Hopenhagen summit that I culled from listening to Rush and reading a few news stories. All this hot air in Washington is probably doing more to contribute to man-made global warming (if there is such a thing) than any amount of car exhaust or factory emissions!
Now I know how our parents felt during the years of WWII, only they were fighting enemies on the outside of our country. Instead, we are fighting the enemies who are inside our government!
- FedUpEditor
Chilling Effect – News About Global Cooling!
September 22, 2009
September 22, 2009 – Energy and Environment: Around the Interwebs
Do you want to pay more for less energy?
August 12, 2009
From Heritage.org - When they return from their August vacations, Senators will debate the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade legislation, which is intended to curb global warming. As lawmakers debate the proposal, which already passed the House, Heritage Foundation experts are once again reminding Americans of the significant economic losses the nation faces should the plan become law.
A new study released by Heritage’s Center for Data Analysis directly challenges government analyses and exposes the devastating effects cap-and-trade would have on individual families, the job market and the nation’s finances.
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin quoted at length from this Heritage report on her Facebook page. Add your comments and join the conversation here.
The recession has left millions of Americans facing unemployment, pay and benefit cuts, and salary freezes. According to Heritage’s careful projections, by 2035 the Left’s global warming plan will only increase the economic pain.
- Paying More at the Pump. Gasoline prices will rise 58 percent (or $1.38) above their natural increase. Americans will also pay 55 percent more for natural gas, 56 percent more for heating oil and a whopping 90 percent more for electricity.
- Hurting Families. Annual energy costs for a family of four will grow by $1,241 — $4,609 including taxes — forcing families to reduce consumption of goods and services by $3,000 each year as incomes and savings fall.
- Creating a Poorer America. By 2035, America will be $9.4 trillion poorer with cap-and-trade than without it. On top of that, the national debt will increase by $12,803 per person.
- Stifling Job Creation. In addition to establishing a framework for a less prosperous country, cap-and-trade will stifle opportunity and hurt an already-struggling job market. The supposed “green jobs” the Left claims Waxman-Markey creates pale in comparison to the nearly 2.5 million jobs it destroys.
So what do we get for all this? Not much: “no more than .2 degree (Celsius) moderation in world temperature increases by 2100 and no more than a .05 degree reduction by 2050,” writes Heritage energy expert David Kreutzer.
Heritage experts have a better idea. Lawmakers should grant “access to all energy sources, including domestic oil production, nuclear energy, coal, and new renewable fuels. Instead of new taxes, the President should aim to lower gas and electricity prices. When government impediments are lifted, America’s energy entrepreneurs can develop innovative and market-driven solutions to our energy needs.”
