LIST: 10 Obama Regulations Killing our Energy Economy

OBAMA’S BIG GOVERNMENT & EXCESSIVE REGULATIONS ARE KILLING OUR ECONOMY

The Foundry has compiled 10 of the “most troubling energy and environmental regulations implemented or proposed by the Obama Administration.” Here is a summary: (Detailed list here) 1. Slowing energy production on federal lands as a result of a molasses-like permitting and moratoriums. 2. Failing to open America’s federal lands and waters to exploration and development. 3. Delaying a decision on Keystone XL pipeline which would bring up to 830,000 barrels of oil per day from Canada to the U.S. 4. Tripling down on energy subsidies which merely concentrate power in Washington, shift labor and capital away from economically viable projects, and perpetuate mediocrity. 5. Stifling all energy projects in red tape and endless lawsuits from environmental activists. 6. Shutting down coal which could provide electricity for 500 years. 7. Giving extreme and unprecedented power to the EPA. 8. Threatening hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) with unnecessary regulations even though fracking has been successfully used in over 1 million wells in the U.S. for more than 60 years. 9. Shutting down Yucca Mountain despite data indicating that Yucca would be a safe place to store America’s used nuclear fuel. Absent any nuclear waste disposal options, the U.S. simply will not significantly expand nuclear energy. 10. Attacking consumer choice with mandates for new automobile efficiency standards.

Black Pastors Oppose Obama’s Gay Marriage Support

African-American Church Leaders Condemn Obama For Gay Marriage Support Via The Blaze: Just days after President Barack Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage, pastors and priests around Maryland took to their own pulpits with their reaction– and in some cases– condemnation of the president. [...] When Obama announced that his position on same-sex marriage had evolved, it outraged some African-American pastors like Pastor and Del. Emmett Burns. “He has said to his base, African-Americans, ‘I am going against your beliefs and your thoughts,’” Burns said. He’s so opposed to same-sex marriage, he told church members he will no longer support the president and now predicts Obama will lose the election because of it. He and many other leaders are pouring their energies into gathering the signatures needed to put Maryland’s same-sex marriage law on the November ballot. “I think it might be a call to action for people to really express what they believe,” Father Erik Arnold of Our Lady of Perpetual Help said. In Maryland, some of the strongest opposition to the law has come from the black community– about 30 percent of the population. Some African-American religious leaders are preaching about it “God said in every home, there needs to be a representation of his glory through manhood and femininity,” Pastor Harry Jackson, Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, said. Black Pastor: I absolutely, vehemently disagree with Obama: Pastor of Baltimore Maryland’s Empowerment Temple, Jamal Bryant spoke with Roland Martin, correspondent on the Tom Joyner Morning Show, today about President Obama’s announcing his support of gay marriage. “I absolutely, vehemently disagree with the president,” Bryant told Martin. “I agree with his presidency, but with this policy, I do not agree. Marriage is the original institution of the church. When asked if he will vote for the president again, Bryant said, “I think, given the option I’ve got, which is Mitt Romney, I’ve got no choice.” MORE - Kenyan Clerics Blast Obama on Gay Marriage Stance: Legalizing What ‘God Himself Objects’ - Black Pastors Blast Obama - Backlash in the black community over gay marriage (Video)

FLASHBACK: Obama Wanted High Gas Prices (Videos)

OBAMA FAVORS HIGH GAS PRICES TO ADVANCE HIS GREEN ENERGY AGENDA Summary: “Obama and his Administration have repeatedly stated that they want higher energy prices. They want to use the pressure of higher energy costs as an excuse to force their green energy boondoggle on Americans.”
H/t: NewsBusters.
Obama 2008: ‘Under my plan, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket’
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Obama 2008 on High Gas Prices: ‘I’d Have Preferred a Gradual Adjustment’
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Obama’s Energy Czar Steven Chu also Said he Wanted High Gas Prices Chu in 2008: Energy Dept Working To Wean U.S. Off Oil, Not Lower Gas Prices
In 2008, Chu advocated for $10-a-gallon gas prices: Obama’s secretary at the Department of Energy, said in an interview that gas taxes should slowly be increased over the next 15 years in order to force people to turn to alternative energy sources. “Somehow, we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to levels in Europe,” said Chu. In Europe, the price for a gallon of gas consistently hovers around $10 a gallon.
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Obama Lies. The U.S. has 60 Times more Oil than Obama Claims

OBAMA’S SELECTIVE DATA When Obama says the U.S. has only 2% of the world’s oil reserves, he is talking about the tip of the oil pyramid — that is, the “proved” oil reserves which refer to oil currently being drilled in existing fields. Obama frequently pushes the myth that oil in the U.S. is scarce, but in reality the U.S. has 60 times more oil than Obama claims. Investor’s Business Daily explains, “The U.S. has 1.4 trillion barrels of technically recoverable oil, according to the Institute for Energy Research, enough to meet all U.S. oil needs for about the next 200 years, without any imports.”

Investor’s Business Daily reported:

“With only 2% of the world’s oil reserves, we can’t just drill our way to lower gas prices,” [Obama] said. “Not when we consume 20% of the world’s oil.” The claim makes it appear as though the U.S. is an oil-barren nation, perpetually dependent on foreign oil and high prices unless we can cut our own use and develop alternative energy sources like algae. U.S. Awash In Oil But the figure Obama uses — proved oil reserves — vastly undercounts how much oil the U.S. actually contains. In fact, far from being oil-poor, the country is awash in vast quantities — enough to meet all the country’s oil needs for hundreds of years. The U.S. has 22.3 billion barrels of proved reserves, a little less than 2% of the entire world’s proved reserves, according to the Energy Information Administration. But as the EIA explains, proved reserves “are a small subset of recoverable resources,” because they only count oil that companies are currently drilling for in existing fields. When you look at the whole picture, it turns out that there are vast supplies of oil in the U.S., according to various government reports. Among them: At least 86 billion barrels of oil in the Outer Continental Shelf yet to be discovered, according to the government’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. About 24 billion barrels in shale deposits in the lower 48 states, according to EIA. Up to 2 billion barrels of oil in shale deposits in Alaska’s North Slope, says the U.S. Geological Survey. Up to 12 billion barrels in ANWR, according to the USGS. As much as 19 billion barrels in the Utah tar sands, according to the Bureau of Land Management. Then, there’s the massive Green River Formation in Wyoming, which according to the USGS contains a stunning 1.4 trillion barrels of oil shale — a type of oil released from sedimentary rock after it’s heated. A separate Rand Corp. study found that about 800 billion barrels of oil shale in Wyoming and neighboring states is “technically recoverable,” which means it could be extracted using existing technology. That’s more than triple the known reserves in Saudi Arabia. All told, the U.S. has access to 400 billion barrels of crude that could be recovered using existing drilling technologies, according to a 2006 Energy Department report. When you include oil shale, the U.S. has 1.4 trillion barrels of technically recoverable oil, according to the Institute for Energy Research, enough to meet all U.S. oil needs for about the next 200 years, without any imports. Read full report here.

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