Category: Energy and Oil

Andrew Watts: The insanity of greenery

From one of the best energy/climate blogs on the web, this sort of stuff would make you laugh if it weren't costing you so much money... http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/04/13/the-insanity-of-greenery/ more »

Hickenlooper: We won't get fooled again

I wrote the following letter to the Denver Post a week ago in response to an article about oil and gas regulations "no longer (being a) hot button issue in (the) governor's race":The Denver Post seems to be buying into John Hickenlooper's campaign str… more »

Have we passed the peak of "peak oil" nonsense?

Once again, H/T Don Boudreaux for bringing the Exxon report to my attention. Just a week ago, the Wall Street Journal strangely allowed a "peak oil theory" piece on its opinion pages even though "peak oil" is every bit the hoax that man-made global wa… more »

French Supreme Court overturns proposed carbon tax

Last week, as something between a Christmas present and New Year's resolution for the French people, France's Supreme Court ruled that a carbon tax which was scheduled to take effect on January 1st was unconstitutional. The court's ruling was based on… more »

Don't be fooled by Senate Dems pushing to "drop Cap-and-Trade"

The Politico is reporting that Senate Democrats are urging the Obama Administration to stop pushing cap-and-trade.  If they are correct that "at least half a dozen" Democrats are against the massive tax on everything produced or transported using energy,… more »

Lord Christopher Monckton explains the Marxist plot to control your world under the guise of "climate change"

Lord Christopher Monckton, who was a senior advisor to Margaret Thatcher, was interviewed on Glenn Beck's radio show on Monday.  During the discussion, which was both serious and humorous, Monckton explained just how much free nations, but especially the… more »

Note to Lindsey Graham

Following is the text of a note I faxed to the Washington, DC office of Senator Lindsey Graham...   October 13, 2009Dear Senator Graham,As an active blogger for my own site (Rossputin.com), for the Denver Post, FreedomWorks, and the National Taxpayer… more »

Lindsey Graham, economic traitor

In Saturday's New York Times, Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) co-authored an op-ed in support of cap-and-trade legislation.  Graham is apparently using the fig leaf of adding support for nuclear power to the otherwise disastrous bill… more »

The economic insanity of global warming alarmists

The International Energy Agency (just think about the fact that such a thing exists) is reporting a "surprising" and "significant" decline in worldwide CO2 emissions in 2009, versus 2008.The reason, of course, is the deep worldwide recession which ha… more »

Global Warming: If you don't have good science, lose the science you have

One thing you can say about global warming climate change alarmists is that (like all leftists), they are almost amusingly utilitarian, i.e. they will do or say anything to reach their goals, even if their goals are based on a concept that has no foundat… more »
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