Posted 17 hours ago

I received an interesting e-mail yesterday:Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House and Author of Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters will answer questions in a live discussion on washington

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Posted 1 day ago

I was traveling the past couple of days, or I would have been all over this story. As it stands, I certainly won't be the first one to make this point.You may know that Barack Obama recently suggested

Posted 2 days ago

The RAND Corporation, a nonprofit research organization, has just issued a report comparing the effectiveness of fossil-fuel taxes versus renewable energy subsidies for increasing the usage of renewab

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Posted 4 days ago

George Stephanopoulos was relentless with Nancy Pelosi on ABC News regarding the question of allowing a vote on opening up more areas for drilling. In between repeated questions of Why won't you allo

Posted 5 days ago

Now that Blogger has determined that I am in fact a real person (see this note for an explanation), I am back in business. I notice the Barack Obama is now in favor of my proposal for allowing drillin

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Posted 1 week ago

An off-topic post to be sure, but I need to find some engineers who want an opportunity to get rich while working in a 'green' job. My company, Accsys Technologies PLC, is looking for more engineers t

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Posted 1 week ago

Mostly off-topic (but energy-related), I just got a notice that one of my patents that has been working it's way through the system was finally granted:Reactor and process for making synthesis gasUnit

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Posted 1 week ago

I said I wasn't going to update until Wednesday, but have a little free time this morning. Imagine my surprise to read this headline today:Senate Democrats offer deal to break energy bill standstillTu

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Posted 1 week ago

Per a story in today's Austin American Statesman:Is oil at its peak? Experts splitA sampling of the opinions cited:'As much as you're uncomfortable with today's oil prices, these are going to be the g

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Posted 2 weeks ago

I have given a lot of thought to the issue of opening up new areas for drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). My position has always been to l

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