Oldtimer said:Maybe you just bought into the right wing propoganda...
We have more oil production than we had under Bush..We are importing less foreign oil than we did under Bush and are now exporting oil products...
There are more offshore drilling permits and federal land drilling permits currently being put up for bid than ever under GW..
We are opening up access to more natural gas fields than we ever did...And with the new technology of being able to liquify natural gas more efficiently-it is opening up hundreds of new uses....
There are several clean coal plants now in the proposal stage- which includes opening up new coal fields...
Forbes Op/Ed|1/31/2012 @ 11:39AM
President Obama's Domestic Energy State Of Delusion
Larry Bell,
President Barack Obama's administration has claimed a number of remarkable accomplishments that will reduce dependence upon foreign oil and secure future energy security. Statements leading up to and during his January 24 State of the Union address take credit for highest levels of natural gas production in more than 30 years, record oil production in eight years, reduction of oil imports by an average of 1.1 million barrels per day, and making the U.S. a net energy exporter.
To hear him tell it, these achievements, to the extent they really exist, are appropriately attributable to his foresight and actions, rather to than to an entrepreneurial energy industry. Speaking at a January 17 meeting of his Jobs and Competitive Council he complained about lack of recognition of this fact, stating, "Folks are acting as if that [natural gas boon] just sprung out of thin air and is one more example of the dynamism of the marketplace." Yup, under his leadership, government did it.
Furthermore, his masterworks have but only begun. Next he will open up 75% of our potential offshore oil and gas resources for development, and approve enough renewable energy projects on federal land to power three million homes.
Of course there is obviously a small catch. He will need a little more time, another four years beyond this one, to really solve everything. But before we cast those 2012 ballots to allow that to happen, let's review the veracity of his many claims thanks to lots of fact checking help from the Institute for Energy Research (EIR) and Politifact.com.
and what does the Intstitute of Energy Research say Oldtimer :wink:
Fact Checking President Obama's Claims About Domestic Energy Production
Posted January 20, 2012 | Print this page
The Obama campaign just released a website that purports to provide "the facts of President Obama energy record." This is an intentional effort by the Obama campaign to distort the President's abysmal energy record. After all, energy production on federal land is down under President Obama and the Obama campaign is trying their hardest to hide and obfuscate this basic fact.
Obama Claim: "Since President Obama took office, oil imports have been reduced by an average of 1.1 million barrels per day."
Reality: A reduction of imports has happened without President Obama, not because of him. More than half of the reduction is because the ongoing recession and much higher price have made fuel so expensive that consumers are using less of it.
Obama Claim: 2010 domestic crude oil production reached its highest levels since 2003.
Reality: This is true, but the average production per day for 2011 is only 0.3 million barrels per day higher than in 2009. And, as noted above, the reason that U.S. crude oil production is increasing is because of production on private and state lands while production on federal lands is decreasing. The President cannot honestly take credit for the production on private and state lands, but he can take partial credit for decreasing production on federal lands.
Obama Claim: 2010 natural gas production reached its highest level in more than 30 years.
Reality: Yes natural gas production is up, but this is because of production on private and state lands because production on federal lands is decreasing. [4]
Obama Claim: The U.S. has become a net energy exporter.
Reality: This claim is 100 percent false. Because the Obama campaign does not provide a single citation or source for their information, it is impossible to know how great its ignorance of energy facts extends
Obama Claim: The Obama administration has proposed a five-year offshore drilling plan that makes more than 75 percent of undiscovered oil and gas resources off our shores available for development, while putting in place common-sense safety requirements to prevent a disaster like the BP oil spill from happening again.
Reality: When President Obama was inaugurated nearly 100 percent of the offshore areas were available for exploration and development. Since then, the Obama administration has imposed limitations and made it far more difficult to produce energy on offshore areas. For example, even though there is bipartisan support from the Virginia delegation, including the state's Democratic Senators, the Obama administration refuses to allow energy exploration off Virginia's coast.
Politicians taking credit for something good happening on their watch is nothing new, but as we have shown, the reduction in oil use is because of economic dislocation visited upon millions of American families by the longest sustained economic downturn since World War II, while the increase domestic production is occuring on state and private lands, while production on government lands over which he has control is going down. In this sense, the president's claims are simply breathtakingly in their apparent assumption that no one will bother to fact-check his numbers.
http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2012/01/20/fact-checking-president-obamas-claims-about-domestic-energy-production/
Oldtimer who has really bought into the cultist rhedoric? :?