Bob McCarty Writes

As a public service, I offer this, the third in a series of posts intended to help readers of this blog distinguish between rhetoric and economic reality when it comes to matters impacting the nation’s energy future:
RHETORIC: Most Americans want the federal government to pursue alternative and renewable sources of energy.
REALITY: A recent poll found [...]

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Under the headline, Investors suffer as US ethanol boom dries up, Financial Times reported today on the plight of people like Microsoft’s Bill Gates whose investment in the ethanol industry are not panning out:
Investors, such as Microsoft’s Bill Gates, are sitting on billions of dollars in losses after buying into the corn-based ethanol industry that [...]

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Partnership for a Secure America, a group that recently gave the U.S. Government a “C” grade for its efforts to prevent a nuclear, chemical or biological terror attack on America, used a news release this morning to raise five questions (below) for Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain to answer.  Those questions appear below, [...]

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It appears the North Dakota corn ethanol industry “shucks.” According to a report this morning in the Grand Forks Herald newspaper, the developer of a 100-million gallon ethanol plant in the Spiritwood Energy Park near Jamestown, N.D., says the plant is on hold.
Rob at Say Anything Blog points out the fact that this [...]

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So as not to appear close-minded to energy solutions aside from those offered by increased drilling for oil and natural gas, I recommend you read a SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN article published yesterday. It begins this way:

EAST AMWELL, N.J.—Mike Strizki has not paid an electric, oil or gas bill—nor has he spent a nickel to fill [...]

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