Energy

As evidenced by his use of the phrase “mistaken imperial war,” Chris Powell and I are hardly simpatico, but he makes an important point, here: Oil and oil products are hardly the only things whose prices have soared lately; nearly all commodities are up sharply, with the Commodity Research Bureau index reporting an increase of…

Think on this Dave Granlund cartoon as you consider whom to throttle (or merely to vote out of office) in reaction to growing energy prices and the resulting inflation. As the costs of necessities go up, it will surely dawn on the Average American that we could drill for oil within our own borders to…

Deliberately withholding aid to hundreds of thousands of cyclone victims under your direct control probably constitutes a crime against humanity. What is going on in Darfur definitely constitutes a crime against humanity. A good case could be made that a “justice system” that prescribes the death penalty for sixty eight different crimes constitutes a crime…

The subject of Justin’s post is so off base, it has me speechless. (… though not altogether, it would appear.) This legislation would introduce the seriously misguided concept of, as Rep John Loughlin (R) phrased it on the Matt Allen Show, paying National Grid a 3% commission on “clean” energy purchased, a commission that is…

I have been so busy recently that I have not done any blogging for Anchor Rising. I thank Justin for posting something about my recent pieces on energy in the ProJo and the Wall Street Journal. Justin’s post elicited a response from “Ken” concerning the way in which I am identified and the fact that…

Mac’s series on domestic energy policy continues in today’s Providence Journal: The attack on Big Oil is a witches’ brew of old-fashion demagoguery, economic ignorance and an apparent lack of historical perspective. To the degree that this attack is successful in punishing the oil and gas industry, it will ensure that Americans will be worse…

Mac Owens has a piece in today’s Wall Street Journal, “Blame Congress for High Oil Prices.” A sample: To understand the depth of congressional complicity in the high price of gasoline, one must understand that crude oil prices explain 97% of the variation in the pretax price of gasoline. That price, which has risen to…

Under Justin’s post, Mark Steyn observes … if the House of Representatives has now declared it “illegal” for the government of Saudi Arabia to restrict oil production, why is it still legal for the Government of the United States to restrict oil production? In fact, the government of the United States restricts pretty much every…

Although the Democrats deserve some credit for taking a decidedly non-blame America first position here, I still don’t get how you could realistically enforce any penalty associated with this proposed law (short of say, declaring war) passed by the U.S House of Representatives yesterday…The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation on Tuesday allowing the Justice…