Comments on: Justice Dept. Battles Vermont on Emissions Ruling

By: Engineer-Poet

Engineer-Poet — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:31:50 +0000

A much more detailed look at the Bakken formation and how much oil we're likely to get out of it (vs. how much is in there but will never come out) is now at The Oil Drum. Disclaimer: I write for them occasionally.

By: Engineer-Poet

Engineer-Poet — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:43:52 +0000

Bakken has between 3.0 and 4.3 billion barrels of recoverable reserves, according to the United States Geological Survey. Why are you exaggerating this by more than a factor of 100, Eric? Are you a Saudi propagandist, trying to keep Americans from ditching oil soon enough to save themselves from the Islamists?

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:19:56 +0000

If the eco-Marxists and their Democrat allies would stop blockading access to our own oil resources offshore and in ANWR then oil wouldn’t be $100/bbl and we wouldn’t be funding terrorism. Need a scapegoat for oil prices? Look no further than Washington D.C.

And Google “Bakken” when you get a chance. May be up to 500 BILLION barrels.

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justice, justice-department, vermont, vermont-co2 | Men's Blog — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:37:57 +0000

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By: Auto Blog » Blog Archive » Bush administration backs automakers in Vermont in GHG emissions case

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:04:43 +0000

[...] to that fight,” according to USA Today. You can find the administration’s amicus brief here. Thanks to Jon for the [...]

By: Auto Clerks » Bush administration backs automakers in Vermont in GHG emissions case

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:43:48 +0000

[...] to that fight,” according to USA Today. You can find the administration’s amicus brief here. Thanks to Jon for the [...]

By: Bush administration backs automakers in Vermont in GHG emissions case » Hybrid News

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:17:45 +0000

[...] The auto industry got some White House support this week in an ongoing legal case in Vermont over states’ rights to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. The White House filed a friend-of-the-court brief backing the automakers and asking that a federal judge’s ruling granting states these rights be set aside. The Justice Department’s reasoning is that since the ruling was dependent upon an EPA waiver that California had hoped to receive but was rejected in December, the ruling is invalidated. Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell disagrees and said yesterday that, “there’s a long way the Bush administration has to go before they’re going to uphold the validity of the denial of the waiver. We look forward to that fight,” according to USA Today. You can find the administration’s amicus brief here. [...]

By: Maisy P

Maisy P — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:43:56 +0000

The Justice Dept should go back after Vermont for all the methane their dairy cows produce. Talk about producing greenhouse gasses! Honestly, in the summer, stand even near one of these big farms and you get woozy from the smell.

By: Bill Bradley

Bill Bradley — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:42:42 +0000

John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama all endorsed allowing California the ability to set its own standards as has been the case since the passage of the Clean Air Act. Vermont and many other states are following along.

This will happen.

By: CaptDMO

CaptDMO — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:30:33 +0000

What, exactly, is the average MPG of a
Lamborghini, Ferrari, Avanti, Lotus, or BMW on the Autobahn?
How about when shopping around town?
If the US didn’t import any oil, how would all that “waste” water get distilled out of the squeezins from extra corn for B5 and E85?