Horse dung, Texas tea spills or Obama’s less

    Like the modern world? Oil made it. Before the Iron Horse, there was the horse, the wheel and pedestrians. For over 5000 years, the fastest man on earth got from point A to point B equinally. Then came the Choo Choo, which first spit steam before the greener fuel arose from the Quaker State one year before Fort Sumter. Edison’s bulb beat the Model T | Read More »

    Will President Obama kill Carolina oil drilling jobs?

    Last Saturday, the federal government approved sales of offshore plots for oil drilling off the North and South Carolina coasts: The Carolinas’ coast is included in areas a federal agency proposed Friday for possible oil and gas drilling. Leases off most of the Atlantic coast could be offered for sale between 2010 and 2015, the Minerals Management Service said in a draft proposal. Ten of | Read More »