Multiple sources have added to the long list of evidence that green jobs do little to reduce the current US unemployment rate and has refuted Senator Harry Reid’s assertion that Nevada is the Saudi Arabia of solar and geothermal energy. It is rather unsettling, though not surprising, that the green industry has added just over 3,000 jobs in [...]

Last winter I had the opportunity to attend the UN Climate summit in Cancun Mexico. I had an amazing time and I learned a lot but the things that the “greens” were saying appalled me. As many people know Africa is one of the poorest continents, high levels of death and is largely under developed. [...]

This past weekend CFACT held their annual Truth to Power Eco-Summit in Cable, Wisconsin and it was one of the most enlightening experiences and interesting events I have attended. Granted I got lost and it took me twice as long to get to T2P but once I got there I was really excited. There were [...]

To meet new, more rigorous EPA standards the Michigan electric utility Detroit Edison will have to shut down 10 of its coal-burning power plants over the next four years. In a summer that provided record breaking heat and plenty of stormy weather around the country a Detroit Edison executive noted that the utility’s ability to [...]

The impending congressional ban and phase-out of the sale of incandescent light bulbs has met opposition from CFACT since its inception.  It opposes three of CFACT’s four tenets: Prospering Lives, Promoting Progress, and Protecting the Earth.  This is because the ban and the resulting prominence of Mercury-containing compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) creates a two-fold [...]

In 1999, my parents bought a boat.  It was a gorgeous 24-foot Sea Ray.  This purchase began a two-year period marked by great fun and greater expenses due to fuel and maintenance.  Usually the first step taken after buying a boat of that size is locating a marina to dock it in when not in [...]

The push for renewable energy is nothing new, but still on many people’s’ minds.  Too often, the government decides to get involved.  The problem is that they often cause more harm than good. Currently the government spends huge amounts of money on ethanol subsidies.  Their logic is, that if they incentivize farmers to produce corn [...]

Rants, lies, subsidies and job-killing policies How our government subsidizes job, wealth, revenue and people-killing energy policies Paul Driessen President Obama’s speeches sum up his views on oil, natural gas and energy prices in just 44 words. “We have less than 2% of the world’s oil reserves. We’re running out of places to drill. We’re [...]

The News of the week…month…year: Osama bin Laden is dead.  I realize this is probably no longer news to most of you, but what may be of interest is…how will this effect our economy, and more specifically, energy costs? In the few days since his death, the price of oil/barrel has dropped about $12. As of this [...]

OSU tries to expel PhD candidate children of scientist who ran against Cong. Peter DeFazio Paul Driessen Confused visitors will be forgiven for thinking Oregon State University is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Congressman Pete DeFazio and the “progressive-socialist” wing of the Democratic Party. Or for likening what’s going on there to political retribution as practiced [...]