Archive for the ‘Energy’ Category

If the Senate Republicans who are trying to sponsor legislation to cut off oil exploration are successful, it would mean a huge setback on the road to energy independence.  Nevermind the political ramifications of taking a key issue away from Republican candidates around the nation, this new legislation will dramatically ...

Hat tip to The Drudge Report on the new car being offered by Ford Motor Co. in the European Market.  In this BusinessWeek article, the Ford Fiesta ECOnetic is profiled.  A diesel powered car that can get up to 65 miles per gallon and compete directly with Toyota and Honda ...

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has authorized more additional threats to be made against Poland.  This is after the United States and Poland officially signed an agreement to place defensive military systems in Poland.  Obviously, this agreement was spurred on by the illegal Russian invasion of Georgia that was initiated approximately ...

The much anticipated withdrawal of Russian forces from Georgia has not occurred.  In direct defiance on the cease fire agreement, signed by Russian "President" Medvedev, Russian forces continued aggressive military actions today seizing the strategic port of Poti. As is being reported in the Wall Street Journal this morning, Poti is ...

The common mantra from the leadership of the Democratic party has been that benefits from starting to drill for oil now wouldn't be seen for 7-10 years.  This statement is puzzling on many fronts.  Does that mean that we never initiate anything that isn't immediately beneficial?  Is this rolling 7-10 ...

Given the amount of Iran's natural resources and its ability, if managed properly, to be a wealthy nation, many wonder why would they pursue nuclear weapons.  Iran's goals, driven by radical religous beliefs,are to expand their control across a wide spectrum of people in the Middle East and beyond. They are ...

The conflict in Georgia has developed much in the way the Russians surely wanted.  Georgia was strategically cut in half, unable to defend itself against overwhelming Russian military superiority.  That small country has paid a tremendous price for its attempt at independence.  We will now see if Georgia continues on ...

Regardless of the response to Russia's aggression in Georgia, the instability of international oil supply and delivery has been reinforced over the course of the past several days.  Undoubtedly, the price per barrel of oil will increase today and future incidents will have a similar upward effect on the price ...

It seems as though Russia may intend to overthrow the democratically elected government of Georgia.  During an exchange at the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations made the following comments as reported by CNN. "Sometimes there are democratically elected or semi-democratically elected leaders who do things ...

With the announcement that Georgia has pulled its military out of South Ossetia, declared a cease fire and expressed interest in starting discussions, the invasion of Georgia by the increasingly Soviet-stlye Russia has certainly accomplished it's goals. This successful incursion into a sovereign state will effectively freeze Georgia out of NATO.  ...