Energy

For the past year, House Republicans have been working on an all-of-the-above energy strategy that will lower gas prices and create jobs.

The Keystone XL Energy Pipeline will create over 20,000 jobs while battling the high price of gas.

The Keystone pipeline had been planned for years.

It was supported by Republicans, Democrats, and Unions.

President Obama canceled it.

House-Passed Bills to Maximize American Energy Production:

  • Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act(H.R. 1230)
  • Putting the Gulf of Mexico Back to Work Act (H.R. 1229)
  • Reversing President Obama’s Offshore Moratorium Act (H.R. 1231)
  • Jobs and Energy Permitting Act (H.R. 2021)
  • North American-Made Energy Security Act (H.R. 1938)
  • Congressional Replacement of President Obama’s Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan (H.R. 6002)

Responses to “Energy”

  1. Caleb Davis says:

    The federal subsidy for corn based ethanol for automotive fuel should be eliminated. The manufacture of ethanol consumes more energy than ethanol produces as fuel. Ethanol mixed with gasoline reduces mpg; E10 by 2%; E-15 by 3% and E85 by 17% (approximately.) Subsidies for corn based methanol increase animal feed and food prices and distorts the marketplace for alternatives such as Compressed natural gas (which is available from domestic sources and is cleaner than gasoline); and diesel which is 20% more efficient than gasoline and (as ULSD) burns cleaner than gasoline. Diesel also does not required oxygenates such as methanol. Both these options if promoted would reduce our dependence on foreigin oil with appropriate tax policies (not subsidies!)

  2. We need a hydrogen base economy no more BP dirty little empire. Convert Sea Water into fuel I have a Solar Battery with the Department of Energy since 1980 my copy stolen. Am on disability want to get back to work. On January 14, 2008, I was run over, sir.
    Regards
    Robert William Rommel

  3. Mike M says:

    I thought you would find this interesting about Texas/EPA from a DC Attorney who is a very good friend. Mike
    http://www.m2c2law.com/post-detail.php?id=324

    On August 12, 2010, EPA announced that the following states, or portions thereof, were not ready to implement the Tailoring Rule: Alaska, Arizona (portions), Arkansas, California (portions), Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky (portions), Nebraska, Nevada (portions), Oregon and Texas.

    With the possible exception of Texas, which appears to be overtly resisting EPA’s plans to regulate GHG emissions, some of the states are simply jammed on time in implementing the necessary domestic laws and regulations. Florida, for example, seems to have cried uncle for practical implementation reasons and just wants EPA to deal with GHG emissions in the state.

    What happens to the states that aren’t ready to enforce GHG emission limits by January 2, 2011? EPA itself will enforce applicable GHG emission limits in those states under what is called a “Federal Implementation Plan,” or FIP.

    EPA just announced that it will hold a public hearing on these matters on September 14, 2010 in the Washington, D.C. area (either downtown or in Arlington, VA — the public notice is unclear as to the location of the meeting).

    Texas, which is separately suing EPA over the Tailoring Rule, is adopting an Alamo-esque stance vis-a-vis EPA on the issue of carbon regulation. In a letter dated August 2, 2010 that would make a Tenth Amendment scholar proud, Texas informed EPA that the state had “neither the authority nor the intention of interpretating, ignoring, or amending its laws in order to compel the permitting of greenhouse gas emissions.” Texas also referred to EPA’s climate actions as the “centralized control of industrial development.” We’re expecting a FIP cram-down in Austin on January 2, 2011. If resistance thereafter continues, perhaps the federal troops recently deployed for border duty will be ordered to march north.

  4. Ron says:

    Rep. Culberson,

    I don’t care if you believe in climate change or not. What I do believe in is having clear air, and our fair city of Houston my friend does not. If you haven’t seen the nice warm smog blanket over the city on a warm morning, you are really missing out. There is plenty of room for the Left and Right to agree on areas to improve the gaseous waste that enters our air. Global warming? Who knows, I do know we there is enough junk in the air to hurt people regardless of melting icecaps. Clean coal? Yes please. Wind? Not to bad either. Nat Gas? Sure, just don’t follow Ft. Worth’s example. Nuclear?….hmm, kinda shady if you ask me. If you can bridge this gap, you will be a hero to the People (no kidding!).

    Keep your ears on, you hear?
    Ron Grife

    PS, how will I know anyone ever read this???

  5. Charles W. Chase, (Chuck) says:

    The Honorable John Culberson, Rep, TX 7th district.

    Sir.

    Now that this global warming hoax has been exposed, it is time to repeal all of the worthless, tax dollar wasting legislation that has been happening over the last 20+ years. This includes environmental legislation that has taken away private property rights and has shut down domestic energy developement.

    I am a resident in your district. I am outraged at the total disregard for individual rights being mandated in Washington today. I expect you as my representative to represent your constituants and help us take back our government.

    You need to drop support for the 2 bills you support, H.R.2828 and H.R.2846. We don’t need no sinkin energy conservation. We have all of the oil, gas, and coal right here in the US that will last us for hundreds of years and will make us completely energy independent. We don’t need to waste tax dollars on “alternative energy”. If this is a promising energy source, let the private sector develop it. We need to repeal any legislation that inhibits the exploration, harvest and refining our energy resources. We need cheap, plentiful energy now.

    I hope you are paying attention to the current conservative movement taking place in this country today. As my representative I expect you to help lead this movement in Congress and take our country back from the Marxist, Socialist radicals that are hell bent on destroying this country as we have known it our entire lives.

    We need to leave our children and grandchildren a better country than where these people are trying to take us.

    PLease help, my friend.

    Chuck Chase
    Houston, TX

  6. Gary Fortier says:

    RE: Cap and Trade

    As an Earth Scientist, I am appalled and infuriated by the claims and ‘bad science’ put forth by Al Gore and his army of “Climate Scientist” regarding man-made global warming. I believe in Global Warming. The geologic record shows it’s been happening off and on for about 4.5 billion years. This is not something new and certainly NOT caused by human activity. There are numerous papers and many “real scientist” who have refuted these bogus claims made by the IPCC. Chief amoung them is Professor Richard Lindzen, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at MIT.
    These are the real people who should be consulted regarding this issue, not Al Gore.

    At the end of the day, “man made global warming” will prove to be the largest scam ever perpetrated on the citizens of the United States and our neighbors around the world.

  7. MaryJane says:

    Recently, Christopher Monckton presenation informed a Minnesota Free Market Institute audience at Bethel University in St. Paul that the real purpose of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen on Dec. 7-18 is to use global warming hype as a pretext to lay the foundation for a one-world government. Mr. Monckton, was the science advisor to Margret Thatcher, What will be your position on global warming?

    The treaty clearly states that a world government is going to be created. The word ‘government’ actually appears as the first of three purposes of the new entity. The second purpose is the transfer of wealth from the countries of the West to Third World countries, to satisfied a ‘climate debt’ – because we’ve been burning CO2 and they haven’t. And the third purpose of this new entity, this government is enforcement.”

    It is apparent that the communists who piled out of the Berlin Wall are alive and well in the environmental movement and have taken over Greenpeace and those the original people who funded it left within a year. They are about to successfully impose a communist world government on the world because we have a president who has strong sympathies with this point of view, and he will no doubt want to sign anything. Heck, he is a Nobel Peace Prize ‘winner,’ of course he’ll sign it.

    It is critical that you be aware our constitution says that the treaty takes precedence over the US Constitution (sic) and we won’t be able to resign from the treat unless we get agreement from all of the other state parties. Because we are the biggest paying country, they are not going to let us out.

    You might recall that in the recent International Monetary Fund talks in Pittsburg, there was discussion about stabilizing the world’s economy. The next thing on the horizon will be a worldwide currency. This is completely unacceptable.

    Mr. Monckton, has provided comprehensive scientific data refuting claims made by Al Gore and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Monckton argued that President Obama will sign the Copenhagen treaty at the December meeting, without seeking a two-thirds ratification of the treaty by the Senate, or any other type of Congressional approval.

    We are in the eleventh hour. I challenge you and likeminded leaders to stop the president from signing that dreadful treaty, this purposeless treaty. There is no problem, but even if there is a problem an economic treaty does nothing to [help] it.”

  8. JC says:

    Culberson and falsehoods are a common occurance.

  9. Re: Cap and Trade bill

    The figures published by the Heritage Foundation are simply false. If you rely on them, you will be digging a hole.

    Check out the McKinsey report, which was done by disinterested analysts.


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