Tag: energy blackmail
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Breaking Russia’s Energy Stranglehold
EUROPE CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE ITS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC POLICIES DICTATED BY PUTIN’S BLACKMAIL by Paul Driessen, ©2014 (Sep. 30, 2014) — European Union nations want to impose tougher economic sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine and providing the missiles that shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. However, they are worried about biting the hand that…
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The Loony Anti-Keystone Campaign
IT IS THE SYMBOL OF BIG GREEN’S DIEHARD OPPOSITION TO HYDROCARBONS AND MODERN LIVING STANDARDS by Paul Driessen, ©2014 (May 19, 2014) — What is this incessant nonsense over Keystone XL? It’s a pipeline, for crying out loud. The United States already has 185,000 miles of liquid petroleum pipelines, 320,000 miles of natural gas transmission pipelines,…
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The Ignorance and Hypocrisy Behind Oil Export Bans
HELP CONSUMERS, SECURITY, ENVIRONMENT BY ELIMINATING PROHIBITION ON EXPORTING U.S. OIL AND GAS by Paul Driessen, ©2014 (Feb. 9, 2014) — US oil and gas production was already declining, when the 1973 Arab oil embargo sent oil and gasoline prices skyrocketing and created block-long lines at gas stations. Increased domestic production could have eased the supply…