DAVID BLACKMON: Enviros Head To Memphis For Another Attack On American Industry
The rapid growth of AI technology, the associated data centers, and how they source the electricity they need to meet large-scale electricity needs are one of the hottest topics of discussion in the energy space for a year. Many people like me have been making long comments on the logistics and technical issues involved in […]
DAVID BLACKMON: The Oil Price Spike That Didn’t Happen
What if they spike oil prices and no one comes? It’s certainly like the lame play of an old proverb about political parties, but that happened over two weeks from June 12, when Israel launched its first attack on Iran. At the end of the day’s deal, domestic US WTI prices soil $68.04 per barrel. […]
DAVID BLACKMON: Burgum Says What’s Good For Offshore Oil Is Good For Offshore Wind
Interior Secretary Doug Burgham ordered Epiner to halt all work late Wednesday in New York off the Empire Wind Project. Equiner complied with the order early on Thursday morning. Report on Reuters. Burgham cited concerns raised by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) is housed at the Department of Commerce, but failed […]
James Carville Calls David Hogg Gutless For Threatening To Primary Dems From His DNC Perch
Democrat strategist James Kerrville on Wednesday criticized Democrats’ National Committee (DNC) vice-chairman David Hogg for attempting to exclude certain incumbent Democrats in Congress in the 2026 primary. We, We Shoulsers, a political group that Hogg co-founded in 2023, announced on Tuesday its plan to spend $20 million to help elect young Democrat leaders, including key […]
DAVID BLACKMON: Reconciliation Permitting Reform Will Make America Go Big Again
Congressional Republicans I’m installing a push Includes reform language permissions in the final version of the budget adjustment bill currently under consideration. Reforming the bloated environmental review process within the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) has gained top priority. Too long, there is a bloated review process for NEPA Constrained and critical infrastructure All Energy […]
DAVID OZGO: Want To Bring Back Manufacturing? Here’s How
President Trump’s tariffs, no matter what form they take, are unclear what impact they will have on US manufacturing, and will likely take place over several years. Hopefully they will be driving the manufacturing renaissance where the Trump administration is giving birth to banks. But one surefire way to boost our manufacturing bases right away […]
DAVID BOSSIE: Only Trump Is Brave Enough For This Job
Apart from Congressional Democrats, there is widespread agreement among Americans that the current situation that has failed in Washington must be faced soon. There is also an agreement that sailing our country around an economic iceberg that is rapidly approaching after decades of bad policy decisions is not a challenge for the weak-minded. President Trump […]
DAVID BLACKMON: ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ Or $50 Oil — Trump Can’t Have Both
President Donald Trump often revealed his goal of lowering the price of energy as part of his overall agenda to break the background of chronic inflation left behind by President Biden. When talking about this goal, the President has placed a particular emphasis on lowering the prices of crude oil given the essential relationship between […]
DAVID BLACKMON: Trump Takes More Action To Get Government Out Of LNG’s Way
The Trump administration moved this week to eliminate another artificial obstacle to another Biden-era artificial infrastructure development. In April 2023, Biden’s Energy Bureau was founded under the overpolitical leadership of Secretary Jennifer Granholm. implementation A new policy requiring LNG projects to begin exports within seven years of federal approval. Granholm has somewhat hilariously argued that […]
DAVID BLACKMON: Trump’s Tariff Strategy Isn’t A Big Mystery
In relation to his evolved attitude and policies related to tariffs, what most people tend to forget about Donald Trump, or in many cases, simply ignore it, is that he, by his nature, is a deal maker by his very nature. It is in his bones to negotiate transactions using leverage tools, and as President […]
