Category Archives: Energy Supply

It’s always about the oil

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Contrary to many American’s perception, Syria has oil and natural gas fields. Before Barack Obama decided the Dictator Assad had to go, despite winning a three way election with 10 million votes, Syria was making deals to increase oil production, … Continue reading →

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The politics of the Caspian Sea

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Fred Stiening

Headlines are starting to appear that Iranian warships are headed to Russian military bases! OMG! Stupid Obama! Nuke Iran! Nuke Russia! Kill Assad! Kill the people trying to kill Assad! Nuke the West Bank!… Errrr – hold the phone. The … Continue reading →

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Looking back on energy policy

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Should you ever think Jimmy Carter is not a moron, reread his energy speech from 1977 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/carter-energy/ Carter advises that all of the world’s oil resources will be gone by 1990, and the solution is to force electric utilities to … Continue reading →

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Trails to Rails

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Fred Stiening

You may have noticed there is a blog category of “Trails to Rails”. It wouldn’t be shocking if you thought that was a typo. 😉 As the United States has deliberately been weakened by deindustrialization, one marker of “Progress” by … Continue reading →

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The Natural Gas shortage

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Fred Stiening

My cousin from Boston who has been cheering as coal fired and nuclear power plants have been decommissioned and / or converted to natual gas is outraged that there is now a natural gas shortage forcing prices up. Who possibly … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Collapse of America, Energy Supply | 33 Comments

“Free” CFL light bulbs!

Posted on January 25, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Duke Energy has a program where they will send you 15 “free” light bulbs a year, as long as you are a residential customer and agree to not sell them on eBay. This is not a new program – Duke … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Collapse of America, Energy Supply, Individual Liberty, North Carolina | 23 Comments

Trouble in McAdenville

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Fred Stiening

http://www.wcnc.com/news/editors-pick/Llights-out-in-McAdenville-after-traffic-crash-236899131.html So you know that one guy who gets obsessed with putting up more and more elaborate Christmas lights until it consumes his entire income and life… Now imagine a town where all those people decide to move to and … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse of America, Energy Supply, North Carolina | 4 Comments