A blog about politics, business, faith and life in and around Greater Binghamton, NY
Category: EnergyBy Jim Willis on Aug 13, 2008 in Energy, Environment, Government & Politics | 1 Comment
It’s hard when you’re passionate–and upset–not to use words like “psycho nut-job” and “communist thugs” when it comes to our state “leaders” who believe they know better than we citizens how we should live our lives. But I’ll try to behave myself.
My latest rant has to do with kool aide drinkers who believe man is [...]
By Jim Willis on Aug 4, 2008 in Energy, Environment, Government & Politics | 0 Comments
Chucky Schumer, one of our two socialist U.S. Senators from New York, thinks fuel prices are too high. The latest sleazy way he’s keeping his name in the news (and in front of dimwits who vote for him) is to talk about the price of diesel fuel for school districts in Upstate New York. He’s [...]
By Jim Willis on Jul 28, 2008 in Energy, Environment, Government & Politics, Marcellus Shale | 0 Comments
Another chapter in Grimm’s (Environmentally Amended) Fairy Tales…
Once upon a time big bad energy companies did something really really bad. They wanted to drill for natural gas where (gasp) natural gas actually existed! Can you imagine raping the ground for something natural? Anyway, these big bad energy companies were of course enabled by and codependent [...]
By Jim Willis on Jul 27, 2008 in Assy Donna Lupardo, Energy, Environment, Government & Politics, Marcellus Shale, Uncategorized | 0 Comments
A lot has happened since I’ve first written about drilling for natural gas around the Greater Binghamton region. For one thing, groups of land owners have banded together and signed contracts worth millions. Yes, millions. Some local farmers who have struggled for years working the farm, paying high taxes and trying to hold on to [...]
By Jim Willis on Jul 15, 2008 in Energy, Government & Politics | 2 Comments
According to the Press & Sun-Bulletin (Schumer presses for utility-merger deal), New York’s esteemed senior Senator, Chuckie Schumer (D-New York), wants to help a foreign company take over most of Upstate New York’s energy utilities. Yes, the good Senator has thrown his weight behind the proposed Iberdrola takeover of Energy East, the company that doesn’t [...]