Ban Ki-moon Warm-Monger: Climate Bill Loses 2 Million Jobs: Stabenow Embarassing

I do not want to wish away my days, but I can hardly wait for four months from today - that would be December 12th. We should have intensified droughts, floods and other natural disasters by then, if...we do not "seal the deal" on climate change. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, says we have just four months...

We have just four months. Four months to secure the future of our planet.

We fund these people. U.N. members come from all the world and enjoy the generosity and luxury of the United States. They are devious and worthless in every way. The U.S. needs to get out of the United Nations and we need to get the United Nations out of the U.S. The Hill is reporting a recent study indicates that we will lose 2 million jobs by 2030 if the House climate bill passes.

The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF) released a study Wednesday that found under a high-cost scenario the House global warming bill could reduce economic growth by 2.4 percent and cost 2 million jobs by 2030. ...And though the impact of the bill will grow over time, the economy will start feeling the effects of the carbon cap almost immediately. “Industrial production begins to decline immediately in 2012, relative to the baseline,” the report notes.

This is a very interesting report. Read it here. And then there is the liberal Senator, Debbie Stabenow, not making Michigan very proud these days. The lady "feels" global warming when she flies. Did she actually leave the ground or was she smoking something when she gave this interview?

Detroit, Mich. - Michigan just experienced its coldest July on record; global temperatures haven't risen in more than a decade; Great Lakes water levels have resumed their 30-year cyclical rise (contrary to a decade of media scare stories that they were drying up due to global warming), and polls show that climate change doesn't even make a list of Michigan voters' top-ten concerns.
Yet in an interview with the Detroit News Monday, Senator Debbie Stabenow (D., Mich.) - recently appointed to the Senate Energy Committee - made clear that fighting the climate crisis is her top priority.

"Climate change is very real," she confessed as she embraced cap and trade's massive tax increase on Michigan industry - at the same time claiming, against all the evidence, that it would not lead to an increase in manufacturing costs or energy prices. "Global warming creates volatility. I feel it when I'm flying. The storms are more volatile. We are paying the price in more hurricanes and tornadoes."

And there are sea monsters in Lake Michigan. I can feel them when I'm boating.

Can we get any more ridiculous than the reports on this page? ChicagoRay: Liberal Senator Debbie Stabenow "Feels Global Warming" Everytime She Flies...
The Admonition: Debbie Stabenow Global Warming: She Feels It

Video: Palin Sues Over Polar Bears - Straight Talks with Glen Beck

Alaska's Governor, Sarah Palin, explains WHY Alaska wanted admission to the United States of America (watch to the end of the video). She explains the non-polar-bear-myth, why the people of Alaska want to produce oil for their Nation, and why Alaska is suing the Feds. Thanks to YouTube.com Video filed June 3, 2008

Former Greenpeace Founder: Wind and Solar not Feasible

Paraphrasing a few snippets from Patrick Moore, Co-Chair, CASEnergy Coalition. View video below.

Wind and solar are inherently intermittant. We cannot run our hospitals and schools and factories on power sources that disappear for 3 or 4 days at a times. Hydro-energy and nuclear power produce the least greenhouse gas per capita. Denmark is among the highest per capita in C02 admissions in Western Europe Sweden and France have actually shown an achievement in greenhouse gas reductions. Doesn't make sense to plug electric cars into coal fired power plants because it will increase a number of emissions, including C02. We've built so much wind in some parts of the west and south that there's not enough transmission lines to carry the wind - another unintended consequence. My old colleagues in the environmental movement are actually the main impediment to reducing fossile fuel consumption and C02 emissions, because they oppose the practical solutions...

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How to Beat-Down Liberal Thinking on Drilling Here and Drilling Now

In every Conservative family, we have Liberal-leaning family members whom we love very much. It seems the hardest issue to confront with these dear ones is the environment. How do you explain to your rock-repelling, trout fishing, river-rafting, brewmaster little brother, who is just the greatest ever, that the polar bears are really not in danger of extinction, and certainly not from drilling now! Or your very astute 80's something Auntie who reads every major newspaper on her computer, works diligently to save "all God's animals as well as His children" and on election day, serves the whole-day-long at the polling place in her district? It's just not something we can speak of, but you may be better skilled at confrontation than I, and so I offer up some good arguments and fine sources for those of you spirited enough to actually try to make difference within your family: Contrary to the popular fiction, ANWR.org tells us that the caribou population

...in the Prudhoe Bay oil field has increased by over 900% and yet caribou in ANWR with no human contact other than Gwich'in Indian hunting have plummeted by over a third.

ANWR.org asks: Do the Caribou Really Care?

Are caribou affected by oil development on the North Slope? It would appear not, based on scientists' observations. The Central Arctic Herd, which uses the area around Prudhoe Bay, has tripled in population since oil development started in the early 1970's.

Please note that it is ANWR.org that did not capitalize the "C" in caribou. I am not being disrespectful. ANWR.org explains the caribou conundrum:

The 1.5 million-acre tract accounts for just 8 percent of the 19 million-acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. And rather than the calendar art of the last frontier, the land at issue is a flat, boggy, treeless place where temperatures can drop as low s 40 degrees below zero. The place, therefore, is virtually uninhabitable by animals most of the year.

Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Gale Norton, testified at Congress recently and got down to actual numbers:

The Central Arctic Herd is the caribou herd in the North Slope whose range includes the Prudhoe oilfields. Their numbers have increased from 5,000 in 1977, at the beginning of oil development, to 27,000 in 2000. Alaska Fish and Game has published the most recent census showing the population is now more than 31,000.

I've learned that all caribou are not just caribou. In the area of Alaska that we are concerned about, the Porcupine caribou differs from the Central Arctic Herd caribou. Some are concerned that the Porcupine species may not calve in the ANWR coastal plain, but according to Congressional testimony:

...a U.S. Geological Survey study found that under the most realistic scenario for developing the 1002 Area there would be a 95% chance of having no impact on calf survival. Finally, it is also important to remember there are years where the Porcupine caribou herd does not use ANWR’s Coastal Plain at all for calving. In fact, in 2000, 2001, and 2002 that was the case.

Former Secretary Norton on polar bears:

We often see pictures of polar bears in appeals for funds to save the Arctic Refuge. One organization begins its plea with a statement that development “could force polar bears to abandon their maternity dens, which they dig in the snowdrifts, and leave their cubs to die.” This comes from a 1985 report of one polar bear leaving its den as a result of older seismic activity.

Norton referred to the North Slope development oil fields, which she says is "far more intense" than any potential Coastal Plain [ANWR]development, where

Polar bears have thrived since 1967. The NAS report found there have been no known cases where polar bears have been affected by oil spilled as a result of North Slope industrial activities. NAS sums up its polar bear discussion by stating there is evidence to support a finding that there have been no serious effects or accumulation of effects on polar bears.

Oil Spills are not something any of us take lightly. It's an ugly thing. The land, fish and wildlife, residents and those working to clean-up the mess suffer from oil spills. As with everything, though, we should put it in perspective. This from the Anchorage Daily News about a year after the Prudhoe Bay spill in 2006:

...an upcoming state study shows that all kinds of spills, from crude to gasoline to tainted water, have occurred with regularity over the last decade on the remote wetlands of the Arctic tundra.

Wildlife in this area are still doing okay today. Environmental hazards are a reality for all us. In my area it's chicken waste from Tyson foods, polluting the rivers, or so it's report. Here's more:

...state environmental officials and some scientists say there is scant evidence that spills have caused long-term damage. "The immediate effects really look bad, but usually they disappear pretty quickly," said Jay McKendrick, professor emeritus at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He advises oil companies on replanting techniques after a spill. "The long-term effects on the tundra are pretty minimal."

Here's the reality: the biggest "spill" in Prudhoe Bay was SEAWATER:

A large breach of seawater, which can kill slow-growing tundra plants, accounted for about half the reported amount spilled. The 994,400-gallon spill occurred in March 1997 on a gravel pad in the eastern section of Prudhoe Bay and did not cause lasting damage, officials said at the time. Saltwater that had not been separated from the oil and gas mixture was second with 349,274 gallons spilled. Crude oil was third, with 103,397 gallons reported. Of the 4,481 spills reported, 89 percent of them measured less than 99 gallons....In addition, there is little data on water quality before exploration and construction began at Prudhoe Bay in the late 1960s, making changes difficult to measure, Miller said.

Alaska has major infrastructure problems just like the rest of us, and the National Research Council says:

...damage to plants and animal populations from ever-expanding infrastructure is much more lasting and widespread. Of the 250 sites the state has labeled "contaminated" on the Slope, most are permanent installations such as roads, drilling rigs, pipelines, buildings and gravel pads. "There are certain plant species up there that tend to have tolerance to oil so they [oil companies] come back and take care of the vegetation problem pretty quickly," McKendrick said.

Lasting damage cannot be fully documented as yet, but Leslie Pearson of the Department of Environmental Conservation says"

"Based on spills reported, we haven't really noted any lasting impacts to wildlife per se,"

Technology bringing clean and safe drilling: Secretary Gale Norton, in an op-ed for the New York Times says that oil exploration in the 21st century is learning to gain access to oil and gas reserves and protect their ecosystems at the same time:

In past decades, Arctic oil development involved huge amounts of equipment that had to be moved over gravel roads and laid upon large gravel pads. The machines that transported this equipment often scarred the land, especially in spring and summer. American ingenuity has tackled this problem. Today, oil exploration in the Arctic occurs only in the frozen winter. Workers build roads and platforms of ice to protect the soil and vegetation. Trucks with huge tires called rolligons distribute load weights over large areas of snow to minimize the impact on the tundra below. Meanwhile, innovations in platform development and directional drilling mean that we need fewer and smaller pads to tap into oil and gas reserves. From a single platform, we can explore an underground area nearly the size of the District of Columbia. Likewise, satellite infrared imaging helps energy companies to avoid key wildlife habitat and environmentally sensitive areas while 3-D seismic data imaging improves the chances of drilling a successful well by 50 percent, meaning fewer wells.

The bottom line about drilling and leaving a small footprint:

When Prudhoe Bay was developed in the 1970's, about 2 % of the surface area over the field, or 5,000 acres, was covered by gravel for roads and drilling and production facility sites. If Prudhoe Bay were developed today, using lessons learned since the 1960's, gravel would cover less than 2,000 acres, a 60 % reduction. Extended-reach Drilling Advances in directional, or extended-reach, drilling now allow producing companies to reach a reservoir three miles from the surface location. Soon "extended reach" wells out to four miles will be possible on the North Slope. When Prudhoe Bay was first developed, wells could reach out only one and a half miles.

To find your U.S. Senator or Representative's email, phone or fax, enter your zip code in the "Write to Congress" box near the top left of this webpage.

DRILL HERE. DRILL NOW!

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A New Military Blog-Find, Drilling Here, Drilling Now & Afghanistan

I found a new blog today, American Ranger, written by an Iraqi Freedom and Vietnam veteran. It's probably not new to many of my readers because you keep up on our military at warp speed. There are many reasons to read this blog. Viewing the header - which is just awesome, is one reason to go there. The first post that caught my attention was Drill in ANWR Now!. Photos of ANWR are up. You may have seen them but it's good to have a reminder - especially when you pick up the phone to call your, in all likely-hood, pitiful Congressman to demand that we Drill Here and Drill Now. I know all of our Representatives and Senators are not pitiful, but some of you out there aren't as fortunate as I - having Senator Jim Inhofe to lead conservatively each and every time; Senator Tom Coburn and Representative John Sullivan most of the time. There's good information on ANWR at American Ranger, as well, and maps to point out just where and how tiny ANWR is in the whole Alaskan setting.

DRILL HERE. DRILL NOW!

Sign the petition at American Solutions

The American Ranger's current post is One Unit's Last Mission in Afghanistan from the WSJ, with some of American Ranger's commentary. It should be required reading. Technorati Tags: U.S. Military, War on Terror, Drill Here Drill Now Pay Less, Oil, Energy, ANWR,

New Alaskan Oil Field Produces in 5 Years: Let America Drill!

Note to Congress: Turn American enterprise loose to Drill Here and Drill Now!

Photo from Pioneer Natural Resources website

On June 10, 2008, Alaska Public Radio Network announced that an American company, Pioneer Natural Resources

...has brought a near-shore oil production unit on line.

Pioneer spokesman Tadd Owens says the first barrel from the Oooguruk facility was sold yesterday. The unit lies northwest of the Kuparuk river, inside the barrier islands of the Beaufort sea. Owens says Pioneer is the first independent to bring new operations on line and they did it quickly — from exploration to production took only 5 years. He says the plan is for 40 wells to be on line within 3 years.

From a Dallas news release:

Pioneer anticipates peak gross production in 2010 of 15,000 to 20,000 barrels of oil per day (BOPD) from approximately 40 development wells (approximately half of the wells will be producing wells and half will be injection wells). These wells are expected to be drilled over the next three years. The gross oil resource potential from these base development wells is as much as 90 million barrels, before expansion opportunities. Field life is expected to be 25 to 30 years.

Visit American Sentinel, the home of the Independent American Solutions Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less Blogroll, and if you have not signed the Petition, follow the links from American Sentinel.

To RedState.com: Hey y'all - I appreciate the hat tip! Readers, Josh Painter has some interesting links to follow as well as commentary on drilling now.

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Energy IQ: Man on the Street - Video

Video courtesy of Energy Tomorrow Permalink: http://maggiesnotebook.blogspot.com/2008/04/energy-iq-man-on-street-important-video.html Trackback URL for this entry: http://haloscan.com/tb/maggiesnotebook/4721373816314607014 Tracked to: Outside the Beltway, The Virtuous Republic, Rosemary's Thoughts, 123beta, Cao's Blog, Conservative Cat, D equals S, third world county, Nuke Gingrich, Woman Honor Thyself, McCain Blogs, The World According to Carl, Pirate's Cove, The Pink Flamingo, Gulf Coast Hurricane Tracker, , Stageleft, Right Voices, The Yankee Sailor, and Eric's Writing Corner, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe. Technorati Tags: Energy, Global Warming,Energy Hoax, America's Oil and Gas, Al Gore,Energy Tomorrow

Video - America's Domestic Oil & Gas Reserves

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How OPEC Works - Why Energy Prices Rise

The following from the Department of Energy - Annual Oil Market Chronology

Overview

This chronology was originally published by the Department of Energy's Office of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Analysis Division. Updates for 1995-2006 are from the Energy Information Administration. Please click here for the latest monthly chronology and for a more detailed chronology for past years. World Nominal Oil Price Chronology: 1970-2006 The price data graphed above are in nominal terms, i.e., they are in "dollars-of-the-day" and have not been adjusted for inflation. Clicking the picture above will enable you to access oil prices in real terms that are adjusted for inflation. Historical and forecast real and nominal crude oil and gasoline price information is maintained on a more frequent basis on the Short Term Energy Outlook Webpage. 1.OPEC begins to assert power; raises tax rate & posted prices 2.OPEC begins nationalization process; raises prices in response to falling US dollar. 3.Negotiations for gradual transfer of ownership of western assets in OPEC countries 4.Oil embargo begins (October 19-20, 1973) 5.OPEC freezes posted prices; US begins mandatory oil allocation 6.Oil embargo ends (March 18, 1974) 7.Saudis increase tax rates and royalties 8.US crude oil entitlements program begins 9.OPEC announces 15% revenue increase effective October 1, 1975 10.Official Saudi Light price held constant for 1976 11.Iranian oil production hits a 27-year low 12.OPEC decides on 14.5% price increase for 1979 13.Iranian revolution; Shah deposed 14.OPEC raises prices 14.5% on April 1, 1979 15.US phased price decontrol begins 16.OPEC raises prices 15% 17.Iran takes hostages; President Carter halts imports from Iran; Iran cancels US contracts; Non-OPEC output hits 17.0 million b/d 18.Saudis raise marker crude price from 19$/bbl to 26$/bbl 19.Windfall Profits Tax enacted 20.Kuwait, Iran, and Libya production cuts drop OPEC oil production to 27 million b/d 21.Saudi Light raised to $28/bbl 22.Saudi Light raised to $34/bbl 23.First major fighting in Iran-Iraq War 24.President Reagan abolishes remaining price and allocation controls 25.Spot prices dominate official OPEC prices 26.US boycotts Libyan crude; OPEC plans 18 million b/d output 27.Syria cuts off Iraqi pipeline 28.Libya initiates discounts; Non-OPEC output reaches 20 million b/d; OPEC output drops to 15 million b/d 29.OPEC cuts prices by $5/bbl and agrees to 17.5 million b/d output – January 1983 30.Norway, United Kingdom, and Nigeria cut prices 31.OPEC accord cuts Saudi Light price to $28/bbl 32.OPEC output falls to 13.7 million b/d 33.Saudis link to spot price and begin to raise output – June 1985 34.OPEC output reaches 18 million b/d 35.Wide use of netback pricing 36.Wide use of fixed prices 37.Wide use of formula pricing 38.OPEC/Non-OPEC meeting failure 39.OPEC production accord; Fulmar/Brent production outages in the North Sea 40.Exxon's Valdez tanker spills 11 million gallons of crude oil 41.OPEC raises production ceiling to 19.5 million b/d – June 1989 42.Iraq invades Kuwait 43.Operation Desert Storm begins; 17.3 million barrels of SPR crude oil sales is awarded 44.Persian Gulf war ends 45.Dissolution of Soviet Union; Last Kuwaiti oil fire is extinguished on November 6, 1991 46.UN sanctions threatened against Libya 47.Saudi Arabia agrees to support OPEC price increase 48.OPEC production reaches 25.3 million b/d, the highest in over a decade 49.Kuwait boosts production by 560,000 b/d in defiance of OPEC quota 50.Nigerian oil workers' strike 51.Extremely cold weather in the US and Europe 52.U.S. launches cruise missile attacks into southern Iraq following an Iraqi-supported invasion of Kurdish safe haven areas in northern Iraq. 53.Iraq begins exporting oil under United Nations Security Council Resolution 986. 54.Prices rise as Iraq's refusal to allow United Nations weapons inspectors into "sensitive" sites raises tensions in the oil-rich Middle East. 55.OPEC raises its production ceiling by 2.5 million barrels per day to 27.5 million barrels per day. This is the first increase in 4 years. 56.World oil supply increases by 2.25 million barrels per day in 1997, the largest annual increase since 1988. 57.Oil prices continue to plummet as increased production from Iraq coincides with no growth in Asian oil demand due to the Asian economic crisis and increases in world oil inventories following two unusually warm winters. 58.OPEC pledges additional production cuts for the third time since March 1998. Total pledged cuts amount to about 4.3 million barrels per day. 59.Oil prices triple between January 1999 and September 2000 due to strong world oil demand, OPEC oil production cutbacks, and other factors, including weather and low oil stock levels. 60.President Clinton authorizes the release of 30 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) over 30 days to bolster oil supplies, particularly heating oil in the Northeast. 61.Oil prices fall due to weak world demand (largely as a result of economic recession in the United States) and OPEC overproduction. 62.Oil prices decline sharply following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, largely on increased fears of a sharper worldwide economic downturn (and therefore sharply lower oil demand). Prices then increase on oil production cuts by OPEC and non-OPEC at the beginning of 2002, plus unrest in the Middle East and the possibility of renewed conflict with Iraq. 63.OPEC oil production cuts, unrest in Venezuela, and rising tension in the Middle East contribute to a significant increase in oil prices between January and June. 64.A general strike in Venezuela, concern over a possible military conflict in Iraq, and cold winter weather all contribute to a sharp decline in U.S. oil inventories and cause oil prices to escalate further at the end of the year. 65.Continued unrest in Venezuela and oil traders' anticipation of imminent military action in Iraq causes prices to rise in January and February, 2003. 66.Military action commences in Iraq on March 19, 2003. Iraqi oil fields are not destroyed as had been feared. Prices fall. 67.OPEC delegates agree to lower the cartel’s output ceiling by 1 million barrels per day, to 23.5 million barrels per day, effective April 2004. 68.OPEC agrees to raise its crude oil production target by 500,000 barrels (2% of current OPEC production) by August 1—in an effort to moderate high crude oil prices. 69.Hurricane Ivan causes lasting damage to the energy infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico and interrupts oil and natural gas supplies to the United States. U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham agrees to release 1.7 million barrels of oil in the form of a loan from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 70.Continuing oil supply disruptions in Iraq and Nigeria, as well as strong energy demand, raise prices during the first and second quarters of 2005. 71.Tropical Storm Cindy and Hurricanes Dennis, Katrina, and Rita disrupt oil supply in the Gulf of Mexico. 72.In response to the hurricanes, the Department of Energy provides emergency loans of 9.8 million barrels and sold 11 million barrels of oil from the SPR. 73.Militant attacks in Nigeria shut in more than 600,000 barrels per day of oil production beginning in February 2006. 74.OPEC members agree to cut the organization’s crude oil output by 1.2 million barrels per day effective November 1, 2006. In December, the group agrees to cut output by a further 500,000 barrels per day effective February 2007. More detail for 2006 here. Original concept for the chart was by the Analysis Division in the Office of Management Operations; Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Modified and updated by the Office of Energy Markets and End Use in the Energy Information Administration.

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