Posts Tagged Offshore Drilling

Senator Lamar Alexander’s Brilliant Energy Plan

Posted by Josh on Wednesday, 10 February, 2010

In four simple steps:

Well, the four steps that we suggest actually help us reach the Kyoto goals for the year 2030. Step 1 was double nuclear power production. Two is offshore exploration of natural gas. Three is make half our cars and trucks electric in 20 years. And finally doubling energy R&D spending to make solar costs competitive. By our computation, we’d actually get where we want to go.

You see, first we round up all of the world’s unicorns…


Rep. Tom Price Claims Offshore Drilling Would Create 36 Million Jobs

Posted by Josh on Friday, 15 May, 2009

Rep. Tom Price, in this Republican Study Committee summary of the American Energy Innovation Act (PDF), makes this dubious claim:

Opening the full Outer Continental Shelf to energy production would create 36 million jobs over the next 30 years.

Read that again so it sinks in.  The oil and gas extraction industry currently employs about 168,000 Americans.