Our Progressive Nightmare Explained

[Jim]

   

Bill Whittle Explains our Progressive Nightmare - Part 1
I'm going to keep this on top for a few hours.

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[takncarabizniz]

Listening to it in the background...
 
He really doesn't have trouble expressing truths...
 
That's cool...
 
 

[Jim]

Bill Whittle was a best friend to Andrew Breitbart, and at times I believe I can hear Breitbart in his voice.
 
Which reminds me: I saw a remark left by someone a few days ago on another youtube video. 
It was a guy who simply said "I am Andrew Breitbart."
 
I thought that was a pretty good testament of honor. So - I am Andrew Breitbart!
 

[takncarabizniz]

I love the analogy of the spears and baskets...
 
That is the beauty of capitalism...
 
 
And his analogy of our founding fathers...
And boiling down the natural laws...
 
 
 
I love that he expressed that our freedom of speech is considered a natural law...inherent from birth, and that the Constitution says the government cannot violate our natural law freedoms...
And his line "Obama cannot take away my right to free speech, because Obama didn't give me freedom of speech"...
 
 

[Jim]

 
"Socialism never works. It has NEVER worked. And the entire world is waking up to that fact.
 The problem with Socialism is that you always run out of other peoples money."

[hoosier_daddy]

breitbart was a lying punk ass bitch.  this guy is, too.  why do you dumbfucks admire liars and wimpy assholes like the late breitbart and this clown?

[sweetwater5s9]

In 2011, oil production on federal lands declined by an average of 275,000 barrels per day.  The CRS's analysis aligns with that of the Energy Information Administration, which found that oil production on federal lands dropped 14 percent in 2011.

“Increasing
domestic production on public lands would create jobs, reduce the
deficit, decrease our trade imbalance, grow the economy, and place
downward pressure on gas prices”

Ha. All the things obama is dead-set against.



http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/03/22/report-oil-production-on-federal-lands-dropped-275000-barrels-a-day-in-2011

[hoosier_daddy]

and then there's this-
 
The United States' rapidly declining crude oil supply has made a stunning about-face, shredding federal oil projections and putting energy independence in sight of some analyst forecasts.
After declining to levels not seen since the 1940s, U.S. crude production began rising again in 2009. Drilling rigs have rushed into the nation's oil fields, suggesting a surge in domestic crude is on the horizon.
The number of rigs in U.S. oil fields has more than quadrupled in the past three years to 1,272, according to the Baker Hughes rig count. Including those in natural gas fields, the United States now has more rigs at work than the entire rest of the world.
"It's staggering," said Marshall Adkins, who directs energy research for the financial services firm Raymond James. "If we continue growing anywhere near that pace and keep squeezing demand out of the system, that puts you in a world where we are not importing oil in 10 years."
There are doubts that energy independence is that close. But many say the booming shale oil fields in Texas and North Dakota and the growth of deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico will allow the nation to cut its reliance on oil imports significantly over the next couple of decades.
Last month, the U.S. Energy Information Administration upgraded its forecast of crude production in 2025 to 6.4 million barrels per day - 1 million barrels more than were pumped in 2010.
Previously, the EIA had projected the U.S. would peak at 6 million barrels in 2022.
"The growth that we've seen in shale, that's one of the biggest changes that's contributing to our outlook," said Dana Van-Wagener, a research analyst for the agency. "It's evolving so quickly. We weren't anticipating enough growth."
Crude prices stable
By the EIA's forecast, the United States will challenge Saudi Arabia as the world's top oil producer when crude and other forms of liquid petroleum are included. But the U.S. is also the world's top oil consumer, demanding nearly 20 million barrels a day. So even with an oil boom, the nation still falls far short of its energy demands.
The technology that fueled the national shale gas rush is moving into oil fields. The pairing of fossil fuel production techniques called horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing allowed companies to access previously hard-to-reach natural gas trapped in dense shale rock.
The rush has unleashed a flood of natural gas onto the U.S. market, causing price to dive and making some gas wells uneconomical. Companies have started to close natural gas wells and pull rigs out of gas fields.
Meanwhile, crude oil prices have remained high, with the domestic benchmark West Texas Intermediate price rising 93 cents to $103.24 on Friday.
Pumping crude out of shale rock is more expensive and difficult than getting at natural gas, said Eric Potter, program director for energy research at the University of Texas at Austin's Bureau of Economic Geology.
Oil molecules are larger and harder to squeeze through the cracks created by hydraulic fracturing. But the high price of crude makes it worthwhile for many companies.
"With natural gas prices being as low as they are, your company could go out of business if you don't manage this carefully," Potter said. "People are moving quickly to get into these oil plays. It's a matter of their existence."
The Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas, the Permian Basin in West Texas, and the Bakken Shale in North Dakota have been hubs of the domestic crude boom. They now make up about 40 percent of the nation's land-based oil production, noted Adkins, the Raymond James analyst. He projects that proportion will grow to two-thirds by 2015.
Fields underestimated
Adkins says the Energy Information Administration is vastly underestimating the rapid growth of those oil fields. He believes that crude oil production in the United States will reach 9.1 million barrels by 2015, some 45 percent more than the EIA's forecast.
The reason for the varying projections about the nation's crude potential is uncertainty about how much oil is underground and whether technological advances will make it reachable.
That also causes debate about future crude oil prices.
Adkins, for example, says the rising production will help reverse the surging price of oil, pushing it down to $90 per barrel next year.

[sweetwater5s9]

Last fall the U.S. government’s Energy Information Administration reported a 40 percent decline in oil and natural gas production on federal lands compared to 10 years ago.

EIA released an updated analysis last week. And while the number isn’t as drastic as originally reported, EIA confirmed the Obama administration is overseeing a sharp decline in fossil fuel production (coal, oil, and natural gas) on federal lands, which recently hit its lowest point in nine years.

During this same period, production on state and private lands has increased, boosting overall production numbers for the United States. That’s a point even President Obama will acknowledge.  He just can’t rightfully claim the credit, since the vast majority of America’s new oil and gas production is happening on private lands in states like North Dakota, Alaska and Texas.

The administration, meanwhile, has also taken several steps to limit production.


•Withdrew areas offered for 77 oil and gas leases in Utah that could cost American taxpayers millions in lost lease bids, production royalties, new jobs and the energy needed to offset rising imports of oil and natural gas.

•Cancelled lease sales in the Western Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic coast and delayed exploration off the coast of Alaska and kept other resource-rich areas off-limits.

•Finalized rules, first announced by Secretary Salazar on January 6, 2010, to establish more government hurdles to onshore oil and natural gas production on federal lands.

•Withdrew 61 oil and natural gas leases in Montana


“The big picture is clear that government policies undertaken by the Obama administration have produced a significant decline in offshore oil production on federal lands in fiscal year 2011,” the Institute for Energy Research said in response to last week’s updated EIA analysis. “That is certainly not a way to increase domestic production of oil and keep oil and thus gasoline prices in check.”

Since it can take seven to 10 years for a permit to turn into a producing well, that means less oil coming off federal lands in the years to come, even as global demand is rising.

Advocates of more domestic drilling say we know a crunch is coming, so we should be drilling more now -- otherwise, the result could be ugly.

Global oil consumption will increase by 1.2 million barrels per day over the next five years, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said.

Even with alternatives, the Energy Department predicts that in 2035 we'll still be relying on oil for 83 percent of our transportation needs.

[hoosier_daddy]

and then there's this-
 
The United States' rapidly declining crude oil supply has made a stunning about-face, shredding federal oil projections and putting energy independence in sight of some analyst forecasts.
After declining to levels not seen since the 1940s, U.S. crude production began rising again in 2009. Drilling rigs have rushed into the nation's oil fields, suggesting a surge in domestic crude is on the horizon.
The number of rigs in U.S. oil fields has more than quadrupled in the past three years to 1,272, according to the Baker Hughes rig count. Including those in natural gas fields, the United States now has more rigs at work than the entire rest of the world.
"It's staggering," said Marshall Adkins, who directs energy research for the financial services firm Raymond James. "If we continue growing anywhere near that pace and keep squeezing demand out of the system, that puts you in a world where we are not importing oil in 10 years."

[sweetwater5s9]

Obama just can’t rightfully claim the credit, since the vast majority of America’s new oil and gas production is happening on private lands in states like North Dakota, Alaska and Texas.

The administration, meanwhile, has also taken several steps to limit production.

IA confirmed the Obama administration is overseeing a sharp decline in fossil fuel production (coal, oil, and natural gas) on federal lands, which recently hit its lowest point in nine years.

Global oil consumption will increase by 1.2 million barrels per day over the next five years, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said.

Even with alternatives, the Energy Department predicts that in 2035 we'll still be relying on oil for 83 percent of our transportation needs.

[Oz]

Not only has oil production quadrupled in the past 3 years, but drilling leases on federal land have quadrupled, also, plus an area the size of South Carolina has been leased offshore by the government, in addition to the 63 million acres of leases already let on government land that oil companies aren't drilling.
 
America actually exports more petroleum products than it imports for the first time in decades.
 
 
sweetie: Splitting hairs?  It didn't happen under Bush - it has happened under Obama....
 
Bush also didn't bring the terrorists to justice... Obama did... and continues to do so.