The problem the U.S. faces, of course, is not too much overseas competition per se from adversaries like Cuba or China. It is domestic restrictions and regulations that restrict the nation’s ability to drill for its own oil and natural gas.
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Powerful Democrats help Chinese energy firm chase stimulus money
Top Democratic fundraisers and lobbyists with links to the White House are behind a proposed wind farm in Texas that stands to get $450 million in stimulus money, even though a Chinese company would operate the farm and its turbines would be built in China.
November 20, 2009: The Day “Global Warming” Ended
It was the day that a total fabrication, a hoax, was revealed to be the work of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), aided and abetted by a vast network of governmental and business leaders, a compliant media, and scientists who sold their souls for grants and other funding.
Stink in the air – Carnahan’s brother gets $107 million for wind farm
“The stimulus has shown to be a payout to special interests and family members; it’s not focused on jobs,” adding that the Carnahans are a prime example
Energy Department Says It Has ‘Mandate’ to Force ‘Market Transformation’ for Household Appliances
First they took our toilets, then our light bulbs and now our appliances. Assistant Energy Secretary Cathy Zoi said Thursday that the U.S. Department of Energy has a “mandate” to issue regulations to determine what household appliances are available to Americans in the future.
Obama’s ‘green’ jobs role model, Spain, is next European bailout
Every “green job” created with government money in Spain over the last eight years came at the cost of 2.2 regular jobs, and only one in 10 of the newly created green jobs became a permanent job. Now the same union socialist policies being pushed here by Obama are collapsing the economy in Spain.
Questions arise about White House ties to failed Chicago bank
The story about the bailout attempt of ShoreBank first began breaking last Thursday night. The FDIC was demanding that the bank have $125 million in investments by Friday, but discussions to bail out the bank, which has close ties to both senior members of the Obama Administration, as well as the Clinton family, went deep into the weekend as Chicago politicians scrambled to save the bank.
More government incompetence -EPA and Energy Department energy efficiency ratings fraudulent
As the Washington saying forewarns, the difference between 98 percent and 11 percent is close enough for government work. And this government will run our health care?
Obama administration hides truth on ‘green’ jobs with help of big wind businesses which stand to make big money with government subsidies
After two studies refuted President Barack Obama’s assertions regarding the success of Spain’s and Denmark’s wind energy programs, a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request reveals the Department of Energy turned to George Soros and to wind industry lobbyists to attack the studies.
Department of Energy Cathy Zoi husband’s company gets big tax credit & Obama praise
Cathy Zoi, who oversees $16.8 billion in stimulus funds, much of it for weatherization programs that benefit Serious Materials windows company is the wife of Robin Roy, who happens to be vice president of “policy” at Serious Materials.