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Coal: It's what's for dinner. AEA (10/19/12) reports: “The American Energy Alliance traveled to West Virginia with the "American Products. American Power." bus tour and met with the hardworking coal miners that keep the lights on for the rest of America. Bill Raney, President of the West Virginia Coal Association, describes in this video just how important coal is for our daily lives.”  

  More movie fun for a Friday morning . This time, petrochemicals are for dinner.   

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This video makes us laugh.  Until we remember that we are paying for this mess. Michigan Capitol Confidential (10/8/12) reports: “In the video, Gov. Granholm’s press conference on A123 Systems was interrupted by a phone call… It was President Obama on the line to remind the audience that it was his American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that enabled A123 Systems to be the “first American factory to start high-volume production of advanced vehicle batteries.””  

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Why we fight. 

  How in the world did this run in the Washington Post? Washington Post(10/15/12) reports: “Al Gore is about 50 times richer than he was when he left the vice presidency in 2001. According to an Oct. 11 report by The Post’s Carol D. Leonnig, Gore accumulated a Romneyesque $100 million partly through investing in alternative-energy firms subsidized by the Obama administration.”   When the Bloomberg crowd starts running things like this, you have to think they are...
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  Here is the deal.  It turns out you can’t get rid of an affordable, reliable energy source (like nuclear), and rely on an expensive, unreliable source (like solar and wind), without increase the cost to ratepayers (like me and you). Renewable Energy World  (10/12/12) reports: “German Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to cap taxpayer subsidies for renewable energy is aimed at limiting the political fallout among voters from a surge...
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Vice President Gore won his Nobel Prize for his “work” on climate change.  But you know, the market doesn’t really care about that.  They only care that he keeps backing losers. The Street (10/4/12) reports: “Three years ago, First Solar seemed on its way: Interest in solar was at an all-time-high -- as were subsidies for making, installing and using it. So America's largest manufacturer of solar equipment seemed ready to cash in… So did Generation Investment. According to SEC...
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Dan is right.  The Obama crew has a relentless preference for unreliable, expensive forms of graft and corruption that require taxpayer support.  They have waged relentless war on affordable, reliable energy.  How much simpler can we make it? IER (10/10/12) reports: “IER Senior Vice President Daniel Kish released the following statement in response to the Interior Department's announcement regarding the Chokeberry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project in Wyoming: "The constant message...
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Well now.  The Obama crew favors a carbon tax.  Governor Romney does not.  Maybe the Romney campaign should make that difference more visible, obvious, and well-known. The Hill(10/8/12) reports: “An Obama campaign representative speculated Friday that the White House would consider a carbon emissions tax if Republicans were interested in negotiating — a political circumstance the surrogate cast as highly unlikely.”   And George Shultz favors a carbon tax.  But in all fairness...
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It really is quite simple. More energy = more jobs.

  Doubling down on the automobile mandate does make sense, if you are in favor of more deaths on the highway, a $3000 increase in the average price of a car, pricing millions out of the new car market, and limiting consumer choice. White House  (10/8/12) reports: “On energy, I’m big on oil and gas, and developing clean coal technology, but I also believe that if we’re ever going to have control of our energy future, then we’ve...
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Why we fight. WCYB (10/5/12) reports: “Mitt Romney's campaign stopped in Abingdon on October 5, 2012.”  

  All of the above means nothing from below. Human Events  (10/5/12) reports: “The Obama administration’s plan to lock up nearly half of the National Petroleum Reserve from energy production has drawn criticism from key Alaska officials and Iñupiat Eskimos who say the plan is unacceptable and should be canceled… The 23 million acre reserve on Alaska’s north slope was...
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This fight is far from over. And if you haven't signed your name on the bus, it's pretty much the cool thing to do these days. 

  As the Greeks sing during Mass:  Wisdom!  Let us be attentive! Reuters (10/4/12) reports: "Mitt Romney's support of the coal industry during his debate with President Obama sent coal company stocks higher on Thursday, analysts said… "It's amazing what 15 words about coal in a presidential debate can do for the stocks," said Michael Dudas of Sterne...
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