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Michael Moore, the documentary film-maker is at it again. Viewers can count on him to create controversy. His films usually take aim at subjects that often involve a powerful player abusing a smaller player, such as “Where’s Roger”, a film about General Motors and its CEO. In that film the CEO appears to treat some employees of GM and the city of Flint, Michigan with heartless disdain. Or “Fahrenheit 9/11” which delves into the terrorist attack of 9/11. Or “Sicko” which purports to examine our heathcare system. Moore is the executive pro...
The US is the world leader for extracting natural gas and oil resources from shale and tight formations. Unfortunately, Democratric presidential candidates want to ban or restrict drilling. What started as a rallying cry by enviornmental groups to “keep it in the ground,” has evolved in the 2020 campaign season with calls to ban or restrict fracking. Numerous Democrats have jumped on the bandwagon, with many asserting they will do what they can to restrict or ban the process if they are elected. Energy industry leader, Daniel Yergin, vice cha...
The supporters of Green Technology never tire of claiming that sunlight and wind are free and endlessly available and are therefore the obvious choice for the future of energy. The sun and wind are free, they say, and for that reason we should accept their claim that renewable energy will be the low-cost energy that will replace oil, coal and natural gas. But they omit an important fact. Critical components in the equipment that converts sun and wind into electricity depend on specific metals. Those metals have characteristics necessary for...
