Energy

Sensible Energy Policies

May 21, 2008

By: David Deming

If the price of gasoline is $3.50 a gallon, Americans have no one to blame but themselves.

For decades, we have demonized the people and businesses who supply our energy. Energy fuels our economy and prosperity, but bad public policies have made it increasingly more difficult to develop our own vast resources.

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Off-shore Drilling Makes Sense

October 26, 2006

by Brett A. Magbee America's energy independence has been restrained ever since Congress passed the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act in 1978. That legislation requires the Secretary of the Interior to prepare and maintain five-year programs through the U.S. Mineral Management Service for offshore oil and natural gas leasing. The current program runs through June 30, 20... Read More >

Deep Drilling Frenzy

October 20, 2006

by Brett A. Magbee For national security reasons, there are regions we need to be drilling but aren't, like the Artic Wildlife Refuge and Florida's coast. Then there's the "most drilled and least explored" location in the world -- Appalachia -- a region which stretches across eight states from New York to Tennessee. "Gas production in most Appalachian states peaked in t... Read More >

Energy Alternatives Can Reduce Dependence

October 12, 2006

Brett Magbee notes that a biofuel revolution could be on the horizon, reducing our dependence on foreign oil. Read More >

Oil and Global Strategic Positioning

October 05, 2006

by Brett A. Magbee "It is only a matter of time until America's energy security, including its economic health and defense capabilities, will be jeopardized by the growing political instability, terrorism, and potential warfare in the Middle East. Over time, the U.S. needs to limit its dependence on foreign oil, especially from the Middle East, shifting to other sources... Read More >

Foreign Oil Sources: Shaky at Best

September 28, 2006

by Brett A. Magbee In concluding his remarks at The Heritage Foundation in March of 2003, Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Montana) stated, "Before 9/11, the U.S. Congress had the luxury of passing environmental laws that locked up huge areas on federal land and offshore. We could afford, some said, not to know what was 'out there.' The prevailing fear was that if we found oil or gas... Read More >

The "Hidden Cost" of Imported Oil

September 21, 2006

OCPA's Brett Magbee explores how dependence on foreign oil comes at a high price. Read More >

OCPA FaxLine Report: ANWR Wackiness

September 14, 2006

by Brett A. Magbee Though there's a battle waging over the 19 million acres of the Artic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), the 1.5 million acres of coastal plain where the oil actually is located has less than 2,000 acres which would be affected. It is a region that "is a vast mostly barren, arctic desert most of the year." That is what Linda Chavez a nationally syndicated... Read More >

OCPA FaxLine Report: Good News from the Gulf

September 07, 2006

by Brett A. Magbee As previously mentioned in the FaxLine Report, the Gulf of Mexico has great potential for oil and gas reserves. So much so, that earlier this year Cuba announced plans to hire the Chinese to drill for oil some 45 miles off the shores of Florida. This was made possible by a 1977 agreement under President Jimmy Carter that created for Cuba an "Exclusive E... Read More >

OCPA FaxLine Report: Energy Policy Redo

August 31, 2006

by Brett A. Magbee For years, policy makers have been telling us we need a comprehensive energy policy. After four years of partisan wrangling, Congress finally passed their big energy bill in August of 2005. But the bill according to Ben Lieberman, Senior Policy Analyst in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation has had as much ... Read More >

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