Bob McCarty Writes

This morning, I came across a Facebook event, titled “GAS STRIKE,” that nearly a half-million people have signed up to “attend” today.  Sadly, their effort — which involves boycotting gas stations for one day — is a misguided effort driven more by emotion and ignorance than common sense. Oil companies produce the oil and make [...]

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Even Yellowstone National Park won’t be able to meet clean air standards in new EPA proposals. But that’s not all, according to folks in the energy industry.  The video below, from the Energy Tomorrow Blog, offers details worth sharing about clean air, ethanol in gasoline and more. CONTACT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., and [...]

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President Barack Obama used the occasion of his late-April visit to the POET Energy ethanol plant near Macon, Mo., to tout cellulosic ethanol as a viable alternative fuel that will generate tens of thousands of jobs.  That visit prompted me to ask the question, Does Obama Plan to Soak Taxpayers in Ethanol? Now, fast forward [...]

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Thanks in part to the Deepwater Horizon disaster and the Obama Administration’s unrelenting attacks, the nation’s oil and gas has been the focus of a lot of media attention in recent months.  On Thursday, the American Petroleum Institute hosted a blogger conference call and made several industry experts available to address a variety of topics [...]

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As so-called “cap-and-trade” legislation winds its way through Congress, many Americans want to know how they their country’s energy future might be impacted if the legislation becomes law.  Because the mainstream media isn’t being too honest about the topic, they have to find alternative sources of information, including the blog you’re reading now.  Another good [...]

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Almost nine months ago, I published a post about an offshore drilling record being set in the Gulf of Mexico.  Today, thanks to a heads up from Jane Van Ryan at the American Petroleum Institute, I bring news of the Discoverer Clear Leader, a new state-of-the-art vessel is capable of drilling wells in 12,000 feet [...]

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Twice during the past week, I’ve written about the oil and natural gas industry and the recent decision by House Democrats to allow a quarter-century-old offshore drilling ban to expire.  Today, however, I heard a CBS radio news report about the ban expiring today and felt obligated to set the record straight for benefit of [...]

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