US crude oil output just hit another record high of 13.84 million barrels per day (MBPD).  That’s roughly triple the amount of crude oil produced in the US 20 years ago.  Our country’s new oil wealth comes from learning how to drill horizontal wells in shale plays like the Bakken (North Dakota) and Permian (Texas and New Mexico).  Due to the shale miracle, US oil production has increased 9 MBPD from 20 years ago.  Today the US is the world’s largest oil producer by far…with 2

The stereotype of an oil or gas producer is a cigar-smoking fat cat, rolling in money.  Reality is different, particularly for PA’s small...

In January of 2024 President Biden signed an executive order banning consideration of new liquefied natural gas export terminals.  It was...

When we nudge the thermostat, or stop at the gas station, we probably don’t think of the upstream struggles—the oil and gas worker who...

Holy Shoot.  Have you seen the numbers?  Ford Motor Company just reported it lost $5.1 billion on its EV business in 2024 and that it...

Governor Shapiro is determined to shut down Pennsylvania’s economical coal-fired power plants and increase our electricity costs. The...

We all should pay attention to what happened recently in the small city of Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia (population 20,000). ...

Here is MORE bad news about the hidden costs of wind and solar energy.  Operators of electrical grids must do a careful dance to keep the...

This blog has been posting much, recently, about the unworkability of unreliable wind and solar.  Now, Germany has given us a name for...

Below is a picture taken December 1, 2024 in Waterford, Pennsylvania.  Located just 15 miles from Lake Erie, Waterford is in the...

Martha’s Vineyard residents are angry with the company installing the wind turbines just off their coast.  We’ll tell you why in a...

The People’s Republic of California has a new plan to “improve” the petroleum industry.  In a report published August 1, 2024,...

The EPA has quietly issued another new massive regulation.  The unelected bureaucrats in DC have decided that our nation’s coal and...

In April 2024 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) passed a new rule that requires coal power plants to capture at least 90% of...

In the last blog we talked about the “Green” Agenda and how it is repeated so often that some people take the green claims as given:...

The “Green” Agenda is repeated so often that some people take the green claims as given: recycle plastic to save the planet; buy electric...

Since the first light bulb, Pennsylvania has chosen affordable electricity.  First with a mix of coal and nuclear energy, and now with...

Our supply of oil is in trouble.  In 2021 the International Energy Agency (IEA) called for an end to new investment in oil, gas and coal...

On day one in office President Biden signed executive orders committing our nation to “net-zero” greenhouse gas emissions.  The Biden...

The pig’s lipstick is hiding an important truth: the United States electrical grid is becoming dangerously unreliable. Coal and nuclear...