Obama’s Stealth Carbon Tax

By: davenj1 (Diary)  |  March 16th at 10:55 AM  | 

President Obama recently announced a plan to develop an Alternative Energy Research trust fund from government royalties received from the oil and gas industry for drilling on public lands and offshore. It would amount to about $200 million a year. In effect, this is a tax on the fossil fuel industry which will be passed on to consumers. It is nothing more than a carbon | Read More »

A Coherent Energy Policy: Obama’s Choices

By: davenj1 (Diary)  |  March 8th at 08:14 AM  | 

Regarding solar power, not too much can be said about it since it does not nor will it ever meet our energy needs. Recently, a large scale solar power project was planned for the Mojave Desert. One would think that a desert is the perfect place to site a solar plant. However, Diane Feinstein blocked the project out of environmental concerns. The fact is, without | Read More »