Lithium is often dubbed as “white gold” for the development of electric vehicles. The cost of lithium needed to make electric car batteries is up 472% just in the past 12 months and 850% since Biden took office. Biden, Harris, Buttigieg, and Democrats want America to go all green and want to force Americans to […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/li-mining.jpg339510Dr. Rich Swierhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngDr. Rich Swier2022-03-29 01:55:122022-03-26 10:53:23Biden’s Dream of ‘Clean Cars’ is Turning Into a Lithium Nightmare
A refreshing article in the Washington Examiner demonstrates what I have repeatedly said for more than a decade: climate change does not pose an “existential threat.” In fact, that’s the title of the article: “Climate change is not an ‘existential threat.’” In discussing the energy crisis that has arisen during Joe Biden’s brief tenure as president of […]
If there is one thing you can say about the Russians it is that they stick to their proven playbook no matter what carnage they inflict on the innocents or how greatly they deceive the gullible. During the height of the Cold War, they sought to stop America’s introduction of sophisticated weapons that would have […]
Whenever I have lunch or dinner with someone – especially with recent events — I ask a very straightforward question. “In your wildest dreams did you ever believe they would muck things up this bad, this fast?” I use more vivid language, but I am against using such language in a public forum so I […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/bidenhands-1536x975-1.jpg9751536Bruce Bialoskyhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngBruce Bialosky2022-03-24 02:00:142022-03-22 10:16:37Did You Ever in Your Wildest Dreams Think They Could Mess Up Things This Much This Fast?
With oil prices topping $125.00 per barrel and gasoline prices averaging $4.17 per gallon nationwide for regular as I write, the White House and Democrats in Congress persist in the delusion that the economy can rapidly transition completely to green energy. Their belief that wind, solar, batteries, and electric vehicles can effectively and cheaply power […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/man-on-the-tracks.jpg338507H. Sterling Burnetthttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngH. Sterling Burnett2022-03-24 01:50:122022-03-22 10:42:51Democrats Can’t Solve Energy-Related Problems Because They Don’t Understand They Are Causing Them
The increased pressure on the U.S. oil supply and soaring gas prices have left the vast majority of Americans calling for more domestic oil production. Convention of States Action along with The Trafalgar Group released new polling data that showed that 77.3% of surveyed American voters say that, “in the wake of Russia’s invasion of […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/oil-prod.jpg338508Casey Harperhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngCasey Harper2022-03-22 02:00:512022-03-20 07:18:38Poll: Americans Want More Domestic Energy Production
Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced a probe into several green energy groups reported to have taken money from an allegedly Russian-funded foundation seeking to undermine U.S. energy security. The GOP committee members wrote to three groups Thursday — the League of Conservation Voters, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/shutterstock_70168156_lowres.jpg657800Thomas Catenaccihttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngThomas Catenacci2022-03-18 01:55:362022-03-18 06:54:25Republicans Probe Putin’s Alleged Effort To ‘Undermine American Energy Security’ By Funding US Green Groups
The misappropriation of the economic freedom of millions of mom-and-pop investors by BlackRock Inc. CEO Larry Fink has unintended consequences. “We have a new bunch of emperors, and they’re the people who vote the shares in the index funds,” Charlie Munger, business partner of philanthropist Warren Buffett and a big proponent of index fund investing, recently said. “I […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/fink-1.jpg544800Patrick Tyrrellhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngPatrick Tyrrell2022-03-17 09:26:482022-03-17 09:26:48When ‘Emperors’ Preaching ESG Purport to Represent Millions of Us, a Lot Can Go Wrong
President Joe Biden has insisted that rising gas prices are not a result of his administration’s policies. This week, he announced the United States would ban oil imports from Russia because of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine. Biden also has suggested that U.S. oil companies are responsible in part for the higher prices […]
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine marks the end of the West’s Era of Illusions. It was an era in which Western elites were obsessed with solving climate change because the climate crisis was far more dangerous than issues of war and peace and the stability of the international system. They even convinced themselves that climate […]
Biden’s Dream of ‘Clean Cars’ is Turning Into a Lithium Nightmare
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, Politics/by Dr. Rich SwierLithium is often dubbed as “white gold” for the development of electric vehicles. The cost of lithium needed to make electric car batteries is up 472% just in the past 12 months and 850% since Biden took office. Biden, Harris, Buttigieg, and Democrats want America to go all green and want to force Americans to […]
Climate Change Poses No Existential Threat. Nada. Not Any.
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by H. Sterling BurnettA refreshing article in the Washington Examiner demonstrates what I have repeatedly said for more than a decade: climate change does not pose an “existential threat.” In fact, that’s the title of the article: “Climate change is not an ‘existential threat.’” In discussing the energy crisis that has arisen during Joe Biden’s brief tenure as president of […]
The Russia/Bermuda Dark Money Subterfuge
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, National Security, Politics/by Lawrence KadishIf there is one thing you can say about the Russians it is that they stick to their proven playbook no matter what carnage they inflict on the innocents or how greatly they deceive the gullible. During the height of the Cold War, they sought to stop America’s introduction of sophisticated weapons that would have […]
Did You Ever in Your Wildest Dreams Think They Could Mess Up Things This Much This Fast?
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Bruce BialoskyWhenever I have lunch or dinner with someone – especially with recent events — I ask a very straightforward question. “In your wildest dreams did you ever believe they would muck things up this bad, this fast?” I use more vivid language, but I am against using such language in a public forum so I […]
Democrats Can’t Solve Energy-Related Problems Because They Don’t Understand They Are Causing Them
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by H. Sterling BurnettWith oil prices topping $125.00 per barrel and gasoline prices averaging $4.17 per gallon nationwide for regular as I write, the White House and Democrats in Congress persist in the delusion that the economy can rapidly transition completely to green energy. Their belief that wind, solar, batteries, and electric vehicles can effectively and cheaply power […]
Poll: Americans Want More Domestic Energy Production
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, National Security, Politics/by Casey HarperThe increased pressure on the U.S. oil supply and soaring gas prices have left the vast majority of Americans calling for more domestic oil production. Convention of States Action along with The Trafalgar Group released new polling data that showed that 77.3% of surveyed American voters say that, “in the wake of Russia’s invasion of […]
Republicans Probe Putin’s Alleged Effort To ‘Undermine American Energy Security’ By Funding US Green Groups
/in Environment, Featured, National Security, Politics/by Thomas CatenacciRepublicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced a probe into several green energy groups reported to have taken money from an allegedly Russian-funded foundation seeking to undermine U.S. energy security. The GOP committee members wrote to three groups Thursday — the League of Conservation Voters, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the […]
When ‘Emperors’ Preaching ESG Purport to Represent Millions of Us, a Lot Can Go Wrong
/in Culture War, Environment, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Patrick TyrrellThe misappropriation of the economic freedom of millions of mom-and-pop investors by BlackRock Inc. CEO Larry Fink has unintended consequences. “We have a new bunch of emperors, and they’re the people who vote the shares in the index funds,” Charlie Munger, business partner of philanthropist Warren Buffett and a big proponent of index fund investing, recently said. “I […]
Fact-Checking 3 Biden Claims on Gas Prices
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, National Security, Politics/by Fred LucasPresident Joe Biden has insisted that rising gas prices are not a result of his administration’s policies. This week, he announced the United States would ban oil imports from Russia because of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine. Biden also has suggested that U.S. oil companies are responsible in part for the higher prices […]
John Kerry: Putin’s Useful Climate Idiot
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, National Security, Politics/by Rupert DarwallVladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine marks the end of the West’s Era of Illusions. It was an era in which Western elites were obsessed with solving climate change because the climate crisis was far more dangerous than issues of war and peace and the stability of the international system. They even convinced themselves that climate […]