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Obviously, the United States should be in a phase of precipitous falls in gasoline prices. Yesterday was “Energy Freedom Day“, as the restrictions on offshore drilling disappeared with the new federal fiscal year. “Drill Here! Drill Now! Pay Less!” There are no government restrictions in face of the Republican demands now. No obstacles to the […]

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We have all become armored against advertising and the claims of “save $26” (or more) on a CFL package are hard to believe. In addition, in our culture, we focus on the cost to buy (CTB) rather than the cost to own (CTO). Thus, in a weird perversion of Benjamin Franklin, we focus on the […]

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Amid the absurdities of trying to pawn Sarah “Pit Bull with Lipstick” Palin off as the nation’s top energy expert (http://climateprogress.org/2008/09/03/note-to-media-pork-queen-palin-is-earmark-expert-not-energy-expert/, here, or here) the simple reality is that neither John McCain nor Sarah Palin can get their energy facts right. The latest: John McCain stated that “the world’s largest oil reserves are in the […]

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Grimly he watched America walk by. A precipice that we might have already passed. Who were these people who could live so placidly while the world fell into an acute global environmental crisis. Permafrost bubbling methane. Experts at denial. Acidification of the oceans. Experts at filtering their informatioon to hear only what made it seem […]

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There are going to be millions of words already and coming out about the debate in Ole Miss. Thus, to add a few into the pile. Whether captured or not, the facts will show that John “Truthiness” McCain showed up in force this evening. We could discuss Senator McCain’s failure to fight for funding veterans’ […]

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Both Barack Obama and campaign-suspended John McCain spoke at a session of the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting.  Some have already called John McCain’s comments “the height of hypocrisy.”  Reading McCain’s speech and considering John McCain’s spinning out of control flip-flopping on energy and global warming issues over the past year, it is hard to disagree […]

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DeSmogBlog has a magnificent project, a call for letters to one’s descendents a hundred years from now. Sharon Moore offered an apology: Most of all I want to tell you I am sorry for how short-sighted we were. I thought I was doing all that I could to leave a good world for you to […]

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This Saturday, there is a nation-wide showdown between, quite literally, forces for light and forces for darkness. (Excellent video …) This Saturday, September 27th, is a national action day for Green Jobs Now, with actions and events already planned for all 50 states (and DC and …). Green Jobs Now offers a positive vision for […]

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Matt Simmons must be rated as highly energy literate. Founder/Head of Simmons & Company, he supported George W Bush for President. He is a Texas oilman and author of Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy. Here is what Matt has to say about John McCain and energy: “John […]

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One poll doesn’t say everything. One question in one poll doesn’t provide “truth” (“ground truth”). But, at times, one question, one poll can provide a shock value. According to Diageo / The Hotline, McCain is judged better than Obama for “managing America’s energy policies”. In a poll which places “the economy” as the top issue, […]

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