The Renewable Energy Blog

How much influence does Big Oil have over our Government? The House of Representatives, The Senate, The judicial system and of course, the Vice President and President?
How much money are they receiving from lobbyists?
How much stock in oil companies do they own?
These factors affect how the government reacts to issues involving not only oil, but [...]

The proposed gas tax holiday by both Senators McCain and Clinton is preposterous. This falls under the same stupidity that Speaker Pelosi showed by asking to reduce the oil being sent to the strategic oil reserves. All this to save a few cents per gallon when the market is blowing that amount a way on [...]

While I’m on conspiracy theories, which may or may not exist, you can’t ignore the fact that energy policy is HIGHLY influenced by politicians who are HIGHLY influenced by special interest groups, many of which happen to be connected to Big Oil. Corporate greed trickles downhill. It makes me wonder why we haven’t made greater [...]

Last week oil futures jumped over $100 a barrel twice; one seemingly legitimately, the other by manipulation. If it’s that easy to manipulate oil future prices, what regulations are in place to deter this?
It makes for interesting thought.
What would it take for oil companies to enlist help from oil trading brokers to drive oil futures [...]

Boy, the last couple of years energy prices have left me reeling. I dusted off my wood burning stove and invested in a couple of electric space heaters. See, my home has 3 heating zones: Main, Bedroom and Basement. 
The basement is set at 45 to keep the pipes from freezing. Can’t change that too much. [...]