Bob McCarty Writes

Imagine 212,000 new jobs during the next 10 years in Pennsylvania alone. Contemplate generating $1.8 billion in state and local tax revenues during the next 18 months. Think about the energy security provided by a natural resource that has the potential to produce 13.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. Now, go beyond [...]

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Below are some designs from The Bob McCarty Shop that I haven’t highlighted in quite a while.  Click on any image below to see the variety of t-shirts, sweatshirts and other merchandise on which the image appears.  Thanks in advance for supporting Bob McCarty Writes!

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According to the folks at Overthinkingit.com, the decline in U.S. oil production is explained by the Hubbert Peak Theory, which states that “the amount of oil under the ground in any region is finite, therefore the rate of discovery which initially increases quickly must reach a maximum and decline.” Makes sense, right? Further, they explain [...]

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A glance at the chart below, released today by the American Petroleum Institute, proves the nation’s oil and natural gas companies are not immune to the global recession and have, in fact, experienced a sharp decline in first-quarter net profits versus the same period last year. Instead of asking for bailouts, however, leaders of the [...]

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In a post published Aug. 15, I highlighted “news” about a supposedly-bipartisan energy plan hatched by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and a “Group of 10″ U.S. senators. Less than 30 days later, my friends at the American Petroleum Institute tell me the group of senators has now grown to include 16 members.  Unfortunately, the [...]

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