Category Archives: Energy

Virginia Energy Policy: Electricity Production & the Nuclear Option

Virginia needs to plan and implement now to provide adequate and reliable electrical energy well into the twenty first century. For economic growth to continue Virginia needs to expand energy production. Continue reading

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The Consumer Stake in Energy Policy

A Renewable Energy Standard will hurt Virginia. Congress needs to take it out of the climate change legislation they are currently considering. Continue reading

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Washington Needs a Wake-Up Call on Energy

As hard as it may be to believe, politicians seem to have forgotten all about the energy price spikes from just a year ago. However, unless something drastic changes the restrictions on domestic energy production will only bring a return of higher energy costs as the economy recovers. Continue reading

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Better Technology Needed if Carbon Sequestering is to be Viable.

Capturing CO2 from power plants in the quantities required is currently not technically feasible, and would substantially increase the cost of electricity. Continue reading

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Virginia’s Oil and Gas Needs Can be Met Right off our Shores

Drilling for oil and natural gas off our coast makes economic and national security sense. We need to start exploring now in order to know how much we can produce. Continue reading

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