Energy & Environment
Consumer Demand May Breath Life Into an Endangered Species
By John Messeder at May 18, 2012 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment
The 2011 Census of Agriculture by Statistics Canada reveals the past five years have seen a 10 percent reduction in the number of farms in our northern neighbor’s inventory.
But the average farm size has increased by about seven… Read the rest
[...read more]While We Subsidize Fossil Fuels, One American Industrial Giant Invests In Green Technology
By John Messeder at May 15, 2012 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment
While some of our politicians and fossil fuel barons try, with varying success, to convince us we’re not digging up enough coal, oil or natural gas, the folks who we are told are selling us our oil are busy… Read the rest
[...read more]Sometimes It Takes Us All To Share The Expense
By John Messeder at May 11, 2012 | 10:21 am | 0 Comment
Wind power, a Pennsylvania state politician recently said, is accomplishing one thing: spending taxpayer money.
But there is growing evidence it is doing other, more positive things, such as creating jobs and supplying the electrical grid – with considerably… Read the rest
[...read more]Energy & Environment , Featured , Marcellus Shale , Pennsylvania Issues
Late May Not Be Better Than Never
By John Messeder at May 8, 2012 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment
Last month, the EPA announced new regulations that will require natural gas drillers to capture the methane they ordinarily allow to escape before they cap their well. The new rules take effect in 2015.
Last week, the Department of… Read the rest
[...read more]Energy & Environment , Featured , Marcellus Shale , Pennsylvania Issues , Political
Tom’s Top Twelve Tall Tales: Tale #2
By Timothy Dewald at May 2, 2012 | 7:01 am | 0 Comment
Governor Tom tells tall tales. Here is Tom’s Top Twelve Tall Tale Number Two – Pay no attention to the $1,000,000+ the gas, oil, and coal companies gave to me.
Candidate Corbett’s campaign team was packed with corporate contributors.… Read the rest
[...read more]Hydroelectric Power – An Alternative To Burning Dead Carbon Lifeforms
By John Messeder at April 20, 2012 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the nation’s dams not currently being used to generate electricity could, if equipped, supply more than 12 gigawatts of power to run coffee pots, computers, and cars.
One gigawatt is enough to… Read the rest
[...read more]EPA Not To Blame For Closing Refineries
By John Messeder at April 17, 2012 | 12:37 pm | 0 Comment
There is a lot of talk lately about how the price of gas in the northeast is going to continue to rise over the summer because Sunoco and ConocoPhillips have shut down, or are about to shut down, their… Read the rest
[...read more]Energy & Environment , Featured , Pennsylvania Issues , Political
Wind Off the Gitche Gumee (Lake Superior) and the Other Great Lakes Could Power U.S. Homes
By John Messeder at March 31, 2012 | 1:03 pm | 0 Comment
Wind from the Great Lakes could supply the U.S. with more electricity than 700 nuclear power plants, according to a statement Friday by the U.S. Department of Energy.
The DOE made the claim while announcing a Memorandum of Understanding… Read the rest
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Just How Much Does a Gallon of Gas Cost, Anyway
By John Messeder at March 30, 2012 | 11:02 am | 0 Comment
The U.S. Senate this week decisively shot down a proposal to eliminate subsidies to Big Oil & Gas.
The tally was 51 senators, including two Republicans – from Maine – voting to end the subsidies, and 47, including four… Read the rest
[...read more]Gas Prices and Imaginary Arm-Twisting
By T.W. Burger at March 30, 2012 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment
Check out this photo. I found it late one night while poking around on the web. I wasn’t paying really close attention to the text at the time, but the author said something like “If something isn’t done about… Read the rest
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