Archive for Energy

Global Warming Now a Religious Issue?

Recently, under direction of President Obama, there were recommendations made by the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, on a variety of issues.  One of which just happened to be Global Warming.
According to the report, “The charge from President Barack Obama to the President’s Advisory Council on Faith- Based and Neighborhood Partnerships is, [...]

Cap & Trade: 1st Degree Larceny

I read an interesting article on the American Thinker where the author showed an interesting theme from this C&T bill.
The entire purpose of C&T is to put a cap on CO2 emissions. “Presently, 40 percent of CO2 emissions in the United States are derived from electricity generation, 35 percent from transportation, and 25 percent from [...]

From Housing to Carbon: Special Interests Rule

By Dave Funk, Congressional Candidate Iowa-03 and Steve Schultz, Operation Red State.com
It really is that simple.  Right now President Obama and Senate Democrats plan to fix the environment via cap and trade (C&T).  Well, C&T is not nearly as “honorable” as the left makes it out to be.
The economic crises we are now experiencing is [...]

Cap and Trade’s Snake Oil Salesman

Cap and trade is not that complicated.  Recently Ag Secretary Vilsack has been out promoting cap and trade and touting its benefits to farmers.  Well, let’s look at these benefits that Sec. Vilsack is selling to the American people.
Sec. Vilsack is selling this terrible legislation by pointing out the money farmers can make from planting [...]

A Simple, Common-Sense Solution to Emission-Free, Clean Energy

Drill here- drill now has been my mantra for a long time, to help break our dependence on the world for energy.  Simultaneously, we need nuclear power.  For 50 years the US Navy has safely sailed around the world on nuclear power and it’s time for us to bring that technology ashore.
Bill Gates, along with Toshiba, [...]

Dave Funk on Manufacturing

Russians are Drilling in our Backyard

It really was only a matter of time.  Thanks to an agreement the Carter administration recognized during his Presidency, Cuba has partnered with Russia to build oil derricks in the Gulf of Mexico.  That’s right.  The left has spent so much time pushing green energy subsidies the Russians have now penetrated the Western hemisphere to [...]

Big Government Funds International Wealth Distribution

The incompetence of our government related to Global Warming is astounding.  Actually, as we learn more about Climategate, this incompetence may very well be gross negligence or fraudulent manipulation.
This past weekend the American Thinker released another article expanding on the American climate change manipulation.  Democratic leadership in Washington and our current administration has overwhelmingly disregarded [...]

Climategate Further Exposes the Fraudulent Left

In the face of proven statistical manipulation Al Gore, President Obama and many more still insist on the impending destruction of humanity in years to come. This issue of data manipulation has actually brought forth a much more concerning issue in the midst of the “man-made” or “natural” climate change debate. Fact is, I do [...]

California Recognizes Cap & Trade Impacts on Economy

Post Authored By Doug Mitchell, Founder of Operation Red State and Chief TechOps Officer – Funk For Congress Campaign
California has had their own cap and trade scheme since 2006.  The plan was to begin in 2012 and their goal would be to decrease carbon emissions back to 1990s levels by 2020.  The Wall Street Journal [...]