Bob McCarty Writes

Half of the branches of one of my Bradford Pear trees tumbled to the ground today around noon. At first, I attributed the damage to strong winds that blew through the St. Louis area.  Later, I discovered something else — or, more accurately, someone — was to blame:  my high school-age son, the artist, had [...]

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Greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. oil and natural gas industry declined more than 48 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent from 2007 to 2008, a reduction comparable to taking 9.7 million cars off the roads, an American Petroleum Institute-sponsored study estimates.  Among the factors contributing to the reduction is more than $58 billion [...]

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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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The United States could be energy independent if it possessed the collective political will to make it happen.  After all, the country has the largest energy reserves on earth, according to a recently-released Congressional Research Service report. As shown in the first chart below, the United States’ 1,321 billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) tops [...]

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I knew it would happen eventually and, yesterday, it did:  I found my first offer to purchase so-called “carbon credits” had arrived in the mail. A review of the offer, which arrived in the form of a postcard-size insert inside the envelope carrying my monthly electric bill, left me scratching my head and wondering. Delivered [...]

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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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If I had to describe this morning’s weather in the St. Louis area this morning with one photo, the photo above does it: Grey skies, small hail, plenty of rain and, of course, wind. Thankfully, though, no tornadoes!

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