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Is this why Texas has no debt? Do they rip off the rest of the other states using their natural gas and oil refineries to suck the blood out of us?

The following are quotes by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi from the transcript of her Meet the Press interview with Tom Brokaw on 08/24/08:
"No, it isn’t, but you could — again, you could reduce the price at the pump immediately with (inaudible). You can have a transition with natural gas. You can have a [...]

With all the rebate incentives, I’m thinking about going from a 50 gallon Electric storage water heater (made in 2002) to a natural gas tankless water heater. How much will I expect to save a year? It’s just two of us in the household, but we’re planning on expanding the family. Our current [...]

I havn’t heard anything from him other than searching for alternatives, which doesn’t do squat for us now.
Do you know that china is drilling off the shores of the United states and taking oil that resides under -neath U.S waters? Below is a link you can use to send to your state rep’s demanding [...]

I’ve noticed a new charge on our electric bill called PCA. It was explained that it stands for Power Cost Adjustment, which varies from month to month to compensate for the regular fluctuations in the price of the coal and natural gas used to generate the electricity you consume.
What a crock! [...]

An oil-drilling company knows that it costs ,000 to sink a test well. If oil is hit, the income for the drilling company will be 5,000. If only natural gas is hit, the income will be 5,000. If nothing is hit, there will be no income. If the probability of hitting oil is 1/40 and [...]

now, i’ve been wanting to use natural gas for my torch. i’ve heard that at sufficiently high pressures and the right tip, it can braze quite well and even weld aluminum.
so i’ve been looking for a cheap solution for pressurizing natural gas. i found these compressors from g-tec: http://www.gas-tec.com/purchase.html .
but as of now the [...]

How many gallons of Natural Gas should a house use on average?
2 bedroom 1200sqft house.
- Gas house heater
- Gas stove
- Gas fireplace
What if all the appliances are never used for a month (just pilot light on)?
I know it will vary by lifestyle of the user… I am lookng for ballpark numbers.
I got a bill for [...]

My wife and I are currently looking to purchase a home in NJ. The house we are looking at uses oil heat. We have always heard that natural gas is cheaper and more efficient and therefore were considering the price of switching if we bought the house. Can anyone tell me a [...]

House Republican Leader John A. Boehner is highlighting today’s CNN/Opinion Research poll finding that 73 percent of Americans in favor of expanded offshore drilling for oil and natural gas in protected U.S. waters. The survey of 1,000 Americans from June 26 to 29 is the latest to show rising support among beleaguered consumers for increasing [...]

The short-run elasticity of demand for residential electricity with respect to a change in the price of a natural gas is estimated to be 0. The long-run elasticity is put at 0.5. Based on these numbers, are electricity and natural gas subsititutes, complements, or independent in the long run? What about the short run? Why [...]

heres an article, I think we should do everything now!!! Drill, for natural gas, oil, invest in wind power, solar, everything. Do you agree? Reps. predict we will be having energy wars in the not so distant future. I don’t think this is a party problem, it’s everyones.
http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/23/1688624-why-democrats-dont-want-to-lower-gas-prices-senator-lets-cat-out-of-the-bag-on-bloomberg-tv-show-1022-pm-eastern-july-22-2008-?threadId=318012
It’s all over the news, I believe [...]

my property is next door to an active oil/gas drilling job. The noise and inconvenience is unbelievable. I do not have mineral rights, but want to be compensated for my hardships that have been going for 3 weeks and they say another 6-7 weeks. What lawyer should I call? I have been on here all [...]

Comprehensive Energy Plan To Lower Gasoline Prices
This is how we will do it. And this why we will do it.
This country has so much under used industrial capacity in our Auto Plants, Airplane Plants, Steel Plants and Electronics Plants to make America Energy Independent in 2 to 5 years. We can build enough windmills and [...]

Ethanol has caused world hunger and is a net .02 loss per gallon. It takes 1 gallon of gasoline to create 1.23 gallons of Ethanol, but Ethanol only get 75% of the same energy. Your car goes 20 mpg with Gas and only 15mpg with Ethanol. So do the math and you [...]

Do you think gas is going up or down.
Here is my thought.
I see more people using their SUV and larger trucks lately. If you read about the reason why oil went up so high it is because of all the misuse of oil.
Bigger better faster was what everyone was trying to achieve. Glutenous misuse [...]

We OWN a business, as construction contractors, we have seen a 35% increase in materials due to transportation costs!
TODAY GMC laid off 3,500 people from the plant due to slowing production of SUVs and trucks.
Milk is up to 4.00 dollars a gallon, and eggs 2 bucks a dozen, I talked with a Walmart executive [...]

Because of high electricity price, more and more people are considering switching to natural gas as heating resources, especially in midwest area. But I have read/watched numerous accidents involving natural gas that caused explosion in both residential and business properties, and fatal death in spite of detailed safety installment procedures followed by the gas companies.
Sure, [...]

If Americans call petrol ‘gas’, then what do they call gas? For example, natural gas that you cook with…
Like when they talk about the price of gas, how are you supposed to know whether they’re talking about petrol prices or central heating prices?!

Why should we open up more public lands and allow Big Oil to drill in the US?
Consider:
- The 574 million acres of federal costal water that are off-limits are believed to hold almost 18 billion barrels of oil and 77 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, according to the Interior Department.
Sounds like a lot.
But consider [...]

how are gas stations allowed to keep charging alot if oil has dropped. Is there not a regulation to this?
If they lower the prices that will boost savings. I mean OPEC can not keep lowering there prices without ruining global economy. So now that there done raping us the gas stations are taking over. Whats [...]

Today, the House voted on the Drill Responsibly in Leased Lands (DRILL) Act, H.R. 6515, a bill to promote the responsible domestic production of oil and natural gas, particularly in 20 million acres of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. While 244 Members voted for the bill, it failed to get the two-thirds support necessary for passage.
There [...]

There is this company called Chesapeake gas Co. who discovered natural gas in our area. They are wanting to drill and give us money to allow them to drill. My property may or may not be above a gas reserve, BUT, they would still be running gas pipes under my property. Either way I would [...]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100331/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_drilling
Obama clears way for oil drilling off US coasts
"Reversing a ban on oil drilling off most U.S. shores, President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced an expansive new policy that could put oil and natural gas platforms in waters along the southern Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and part of Alaska."
The USSR was a [...]

What about the purposed energy tax that would raise prices on gas, natural gas and electricity for our homes?
Pelosi and the most Democrats want this pushed through ASAP.
http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=133823