1000 Days of Oil

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Thursday August 23, 2012 · 5:43 AM PDT

2012/08/23 · 05:43

RL Miller read Romney's Action Plan for Energy so I didn't have to. But I did anyway. I just wanted to quickly pick on one quote that is used to (apparently) amplify the fact that Obama is standing between us and "Energy Independence":

Did You Know?

At Least Sixty-Two Percent Of Known Oil Resources On Federal Lands Are Off-Limits.
“Approximately 60 percent (165.9 million acres) of the Federal land is inaccessible. Based on resource estimates, these lands contain about 62 percent of the oil [on federal land] (19.0 billion barrels) and 41 percent of the natural gas (94.5 trillion cubic feet).” (“Inventory Of Onshore Federal Oil And Natural Gas Resources And Restrictions To Their Development,” U.S. Departments Of The Interior, Agriculture, And Energy, 2008)

Wow, impressive. 19 billion barrels of untapped reserves!

So, what exactly does that mean? The US, in 2012, is using approximately 19 million barrels of oil a day. Convenient, that - makes the math really easy. So, if we sucked every hole completely dry on every piece of federal land (a technological impossibility, by the way) we would have enough oil to be 100% energy independent for ... wait for it ...

1000 Days

That's right, ladies and gents, less than 3 years.

"he doesn't have the chops to be Batman so he decided to run for President"

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Tuesday August 14, 2012 · 6:50 AM PDT

2012/08/14 · 06:50

The problem with Mitt Romney is that Mitt Romney looks and acts exactly like a cliché of what he actually is, a rich white guy.
He’s a bored rich guy who doesn’t have to work for a living and has run out of things to do, he doesn’t have the chops to be Batman so he decided to run for President.

Mitt Romney is literally the rich preppy asshole upper classman from every single John Cusack 80’s teen movie.

Somehow it appears that the dKos community has missed the writings of blogger extraordinaire Jim Wright at Stonekettle Station: Don't just embrace the crazy, sidle up next to it and lick its ear.

I'll start with Jim's disclaimer:

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This site may contain profanity. It also may contain ranting, strong opinions, misspellings, poor attempts at humor, and pictures of cats. If that bothers you, look away now. (Why, yes, my wife did make me add this disclaimer, thanks for asking.)

Jim is a retired US Navy Chief Warrant Officer (ret.) from Alaska who is just a god-damn brilliant writer. Follow me over the fold for excerpts from his latest on The Unsinkable Mitt Romney. Read More

GovEnergy 2012 - Cancelled

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Tuesday July 17, 2012 · 3:52 PM PDT

2012/07/17 · 15:52

The federal government's biggest energy conference of the year - GovEnergy- has been cancelled a little more than a month before.

GovEnergy 2012, August 19-22, 2012, St. Louis, MO is Cancelled.
After a rigorous review of the 2012 GovEnergy conference, GSA has decided to postpone this year’s conference. GSA has decided to postpone the GovEnergy conference because of new standards that GSA has put in place for conferences and contracts surrounding conferences. There was not sufficient time to make the GovEnergy compliant with these new standards for an August 2012 conference.

Come with me over the divider doodle for my personal conspiracy theory. Read More

Germany - Emissions Up? Emissions Down?

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Wednesday May 30, 2012 · 9:17 AM PDT

2012/05/30 · 09:17

Who the heck knows? There has been quite a bit of speculation here and elsewhere. I think I've found a reference that adds real value to the conversation. This diary is an extension of a comment found here.

From Lenz blog, I find a pdf (auf Deutsch) that appears to be quite useful in answering the question. The source is, according to Lenz:

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Energiebilanzen, a leading German organization for statistic data on energy.

It should also be noted that these data are "Vorläufige Angaben, z.T. geschätzt" which, I believe means something akin to "preliminary data, some values are estimates".

Results below the Kos Doodle.

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Saturday September 25, 2004 · 8:36 AM PDT

2004/09/25 · 08:36

I'm wondering if I post a link to a picture on yahoo, can the dKos community raise it to "Most Viewed Photo" status. I don't really have any idea as to how to measure this other than to post a link and see if it rises to the top. Mainly I just want to get rid of the picture of Bush on my yahoo page.

I thought about putting it into the main entry, but thought that some of our dial-up cousins might not appreciate the extra baggage, so all of you broad-band brothers and sisters in arms, do me a favor and click on the extended entry. (actually, it's a pretty modest 32kb, so even dial-ers can join in the fun if they want)

the winner is ... Read More

Question about tracking Senate Schedule

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Thursday April 29, 2004 · 7:09 AM PDT

2004/04/29 · 07:09

So, basically, I'm going to lose my job in the next week or so unless the Senate passes s.1637 (JOBS) sometime very soon. I'm probably already hosed, but anyway ... Does anyone have any pointers on how to track a bill's future progress through that wonderful institution? I've googled and Thomased and have found the text and the history/status, but is there any way to find out the plan? or is it asking to much of our honorable upper house to have a plan?

Anyone want to fight back?

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Monday April 12, 2004 · 12:28 PM PDT

2004/04/12 · 12:28

google bomb about kerry.

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Anyone want to fight back?