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Cape Wind; too big to fail and too stupid to succeed
Posted on October 18, 2010 | No CommentsWhat happens when politicians ram through a massive renewable energy investment putting taxpayer dollars at risk and utility customers’ budgets in the red? You get Cape Wind, a $1 billion offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound sold by Governor Deval Patrick in 2006 as something... -
Stealth overreach of the Federal regulation factory; the insane running the asylum
Posted on October 5, 2010 | No CommentsSome seemingly ridiculous or relatively insignificant examples of government regulation run amok may tell us more than some of the glaring examples do about the magnitude of our oversized, over regulating Federal government problem. If it were a matter of only a few new regulations... -
Regulatory nuclear options will be used to destroy the American energy industry
Posted on September 29, 2010 | No CommentsFederal government regulation effectively brought nuclear power development in the U.S. to a standstill over twenty years ago. During the 1980’s nuclear plant construction costs tripled and construction time went from 5.5 to 8 years. Two regulatory practices were in play that combined to form... -
Community Organizer in Chief, incompetence and gas pipelines
Posted on September 19, 2010 | No CommentsWhat a surprise. It took the Obama administration over a week to add the gas line explosion in California to the drumbeat of their spend more, regulate more, grow government more narrative. The infrastructure is aging – spend, stimulate. Industry is evil – larger fines,... -
Obama’s Stupid Czar and using the free market to de-develop America
Posted on September 18, 2010 | 2 CommentsDoes the notion of using the free market to de-develop the U.S. sound a little screwy to you? If so that’s probably because you are one of those hopelessly ignorant Country Class bumpkins. You can’t possibly understand the sophistication and nuances of the recommendations put... -
Big Government: it is, therefore it regulates; it regulates, therefore it taxes
Posted on September 13, 2010 | No CommentsWhat if the Founding Fathers had held a competition to decide who among them could best articulate their intent in crafting a U.S. Constitution that would kick American exceptionalism into high gear? It would have been close competition but James Madison and Thomas Jefferson would... -
What in the name of liberty is a “competitive” tax?
Posted on September 13, 2010 | No CommentsYou have to hand it to Pennsylvania Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Dan Onorato. He may have just set a new standard for big government progressive economic ignorance with his notion of a “competitive” tax. Speaking on the subject of Marcellus Shale in Easton PA Onorato said... -
Did PA DEP bash Marcellus Shale drillers for failing to report they had nothing to report?
Posted on September 8, 2010 | No CommentsIt appears the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) may have taken some of the Marcellus Shale drilling companies to the woodshed for “failing to report” that they had “nothing to report” as of August 15, 2010. One can easily see why PA DEP... -
Fees a Marcellus Shale cost of doing business; severance tax remains a bad idea
Posted on September 7, 2010 | No CommentsDemocratic candidate for Governor Dan Onorato is looking for something to chip away at Republican Tom Corbett’s lead in the polls. Onorato will accuse Corbett of flip flopping on a no tax pledge over the issue of whether or not fees were included in the... -
PA DEP acts swiftly to protect citizens from potential Marcellus Shale disaster
Posted on August 28, 2010 | No CommentsThe good citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania can all sleep better knowing that their Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has posted the names of companies that did not submit a Marcellus Shale gas well production report by August 15, 2010. Failure to submit...