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ROPER: New England’s Energy Policies Are Unaffordable, Unreliable, Unrealistic…

January 17, 2026 Rob Roper

And Vermont Is Leading the Pack – But a new study shows it doesn’t have to be this way! A coalition of New England think tanks released a new study this week pithily (and accurately) titled, Alternatives to New England’s Energy Suicide, questioning the viability and cost of the renewable energy mandates adopted by most … Read more

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MacDonald: Freedom From Regional Electricity Tyranny

June 2, 2025June 1, 2025 Steve MacDonald

It may be true that we are often forced to suffer fools, for a time, but what about dipshits you can’t cut loose? I refer to the New England states, excluding New Hampshire. They are all being run into the ground by hypocrats and Proglodytes, and some of their “sovereign” actions have regional consequences. The … Read more

When Gasoline is $100 per Gallon

May 23, 2024 John Klar

It is a mathematical fact that gasoline in the U.S. will eventually rise to $100 for a gallon (perhaps $130 for those interested in higher octane). This is not fear-mongering but basic arithmetic and economics. Here’s why.

Sen. Shaheen Credits Making Everything Cost More with Saving Granite Staters Money

April 1, 2024April 1, 2024 Steve MacDonald

In a recent email newsletter update, Jeanne Shaheen, the Federal Debt Queen, credited herself with “Working to Save Granite Staters Money on Energy Costs.” Don’t be surprised when I tell you that hers is the fiscal equivalent of tossing another cinderblock to someone who is drowning.

Climate Wokesters Find A New Way To Destroy Middle America

October 27, 2023 Op-Ed

With the filing of California’s latest lawsuit against American energy producers, the ill-advised and foreign-funded national climate litigation campaign is ramping back up again.

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Biden Admin Energy Policy Would Leave “Indigenous” People in The Dark

September 26, 2023 Steve MacDonald

This headline has layers of meaning. First, referencing the preferred progressive definition, people whose relatives were here before ours are getting screwed by the Biden Administration’s energy policy. Its bureaucrats are reinterpreting statutes with the force of law.

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Firewood Prices Rise With Demand as Folks Look for Ways to Stay Warm

November 24, 2022 Steve MacDonald

Nothing says “environmentalism” like an energy policy that encourages deforestation. With oil and gas prices rising or in short supply, folks are turning to firewood to keep warm. It’s been trending in Germany, and now Maine is wrestling with increased demand and insufficient supply.

Irony Alert: Economy “Created” to Sell EVs is Making Them More Expensive to Drive than Combustion Engine Vehicles

July 15, 2022July 14, 2022 Steve MacDonald

Democrats are economic illiterates. It’s the only explanation why so many believe an economy they planned wouldn’t be a total disaster. Take energy. They made oil prices rise to make Electric Vehicles competitive before they had the grid bandwidth to charge them.

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Remember: Joe Biden and the Democrats Did This to Gas Prices

March 6, 2022 Skip

We have Democrats absolutely THRILLED that gas prices (thanks to Biden’s killing off pipelines and access to our own oil) are soaring. Instead of being energy independent, we are now beholden to both Middle Eastern despots and this guy.

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Biden Hands Russia Another Victory

February 18, 2022 Steve MacDonald

One of Russia’s critical pieces of leverage is energy. Europe is dependent on Putin. Trump’s energy policy had begun to kneecap that advantage, but Biden has done everything in his power to give Russia the upper hand.

What do you say we Kill off 80% of America’s Energy Production and Replace it with Unicorns.

February 3, 2021February 3, 2021

Biden wants to kill 80% of America’s energy. What the hell is he thinking? Maybe it is time for that radical cranialrectalectomy. Are Americans willing to pay $4 or $5 a gallon to fill up the tank with Saudi oil or Russian gas? Are you willing to pay our enemies double for what we can produce for ourselves?

Great News: America Still Leads the World in (Meaningless) CO2 Emissions Reductions

March 2, 2020 Steve MacDonald

The Climate Cult made CO2 a dragon to be slain. But CO2 is not a greenhouse gas. It is not a pollutant in our atmosphere. It’s plant food. If you accept that Donald Trump is your affordable energy hero. Even if you refuse to accept that, Donald Trump is still your energy emissions hero.

Irony?

September 26, 2018January 14, 2013 Steve MacDonald

If you gave Exxon Mobil an army, the ability to print their own currency, the power of taxation, the ability to set national energy policy, and executive authority to enforce it, what do you think might happen? If Democrats are to be believed they would do with oil and gas what Barack Obama and the … Read more

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Grab Some Sticky Notes…

May 27, 2022March 29, 2012 Steve MacDonald

The Post-It® note revolt is gaining steam. People are making it habit of leaving little messages at the gas pump, portable little blog posts for fellow consumers who might need something else for their eyes to settle on aside from the climbing-scrolling-rising cost of their fill-up. So here’ s a free stock tip. Buy some … Read more