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Each day we look at more holes in the predictions of catastrophic global warming. Probably the best overall view of global warming data can be found at www.petitionproject.org. If there is a “consensus on climate change,” this is it.
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Published 8/16/2008.
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Speaking of drilling in desolate places…
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Just when 70 percent of Americans agree that it is time to relax the moratorium on offshore drilling as part of our energy solution, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi allows the senate to take a 6-week summer recess without bringing the issue to a vote.
Based on this performance, it would seem proper to ask, “Who benefits from her actions?” Very clearly, there are two loyalties that Pelosi has that trump the will of the American people:
Nancy Pelosi is willing to do their dirty work at our expense.
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Published August 9, 2008.
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1. Looks for new sources of chicken feed.
2. Builds storage silos for large quantities of chicken feed.
3. Speculates: buys more feed in bulk when prices are low.
4. Allows some of the chickens to roam the farmyard to eat slugs and worms.
5. Invests in successful chicken feed companies who appear more profitable as a result of increasing prices.
6. Considers growing more chicken feed himself.
7. Analyzes the business opportunity that probably exists since feed is in short supply. Starts another chicken feed company if the opportunity looks profitable.
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As the AGIA plan passes the Alaska Senate, we can only hope that we are spending $500 million wisely.
This week’s cartoon illustrates what we appear to be accomplishing.
Published August 2, 2008.
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The AGIA Train
On August 2nd, the Alaska State Senate will vote whether to support Governor Palin’s Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA). This will be the last hurdle to create a contractual relationship with TransCanada, a Canadian pipeline company, to do the preliminary paperwork and accept shipping commitments from gas companies.
Can the legislature stop this train?
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Published July 26, 2008.
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Alaska has always been a can-do state. Folks come here knowing they will have to work hard and there is money to be made–especially in resource-based industries.
Today, however, the environmental movement has brought these industries to a near standstill. It’s been going on for years, and today the environmentalist industry is likely the largest industry in Alaska, next to government. And their only job is to stop all other industries from being effective. Why do we stand still for this? Maybe it’s time to push back.
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Published July 19, 2008.
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The oil prices rodeo has impacted all of us. The State of Alaska benefits greatly, but the Alaskans are just feeling the pinch like everyone else. We can only hope that our elected officials agree and will work toward more affordable energy soon.
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Published 7/12/2008
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Now that skyrocketing oil prices have everyone’s attention, folks are starting to wake up. We need to develop our domestic resources. No longer can we act like elitists and purchase oil from other countries so we can keep our shores pristine and clear of those unsightly oil platforms.
Those of us who have seen ANWR coastal plain know what it is: a barren wasteland. Nowhere in the U.S. is there a place where we can drill for oil and be seen by fewer people, or impact less wildlife than in the proposed drilling area in ANWR. It’s time to realize that we’ve not been fed the truth by the environmentalists–it’s time to drill in ANWR. It’s time for our presidential candidates to pull their respective heads out of the sand and show some leadership on this issue.
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Published July 5, 2008.
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Even though global temperatures are starting to cool and all of the data shows the computer climate models are wrong, some of our favorite environmental groups have hoodwinked the U.S. Government into playing along with their global warming/melting sea ice/dying polar bear prophesy. Maybe it’s time to slow down, take a deep breath, and see what’s really going on around us before we choose the wrong solution.
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Published June 28, 2008.
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