Pedro van Meurs On Mexican Constitutional Amendments
70th Annual Remembrance Of The Normandy Invasion: D-Day
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Dave Harbour
We're now watching the Canadian Broadcast Corporation's 70th D-Day Anniversary remembrance online, here.
Earlier this morning in Alaska, we heard former Anchorage Mayor George Wuerch (NGP Photo), a Marine veteran himself, give a moving address to the Alaska Miners Association in his role as Chairman of Veterans For Energy Security (Alaska Chapter).
His speech title could, indeed, have been, "National Security Depends On Energy Security".
Wuerch reminded the audience that the attack on Pearl Harbor (Your author's parents were there) began following President's Roosevelt's decision to stop exporting fuel and steel in support of the imperialistic and expansionist Japanese government.
Access to abundant energy supplies — supported by domestic rationing during WWII — enabled the United States to mobilize 67 Army and 6 Marine divisions, Wuerch said, along with 2710 'Liberty Ships', while supplying Russia with 85,000 trucks, 8600 tanks and 6100 airplanes.
Yesterday, US Senator Lisa Murkowski's  office sent us her reaction to the EPA's Power Plant rule: “I am greatly concerned EPA’s rules – particularly in combination with one another – will result in a grid that is less stable and less reliable. The cumulative effect of federal regulations on baseload capacity – resources such as coal and nuclear which provide electricity on demand – must be examined and appreciated, not discounted or ignored.” |
Wuerch warned against excessive governmental regulation that could constrict energy production and threaten the country's ability to defend itself.
Examples he gave of Federal overreach are very familiar to our readers, including unlawful use of the Clean Water Act, prohibiting projects from even petitioning the government for legal permits to operate; improper use of the Endangered Species Act and the disastrous effect implementation of the EPA's carbon guidelines this week will have on the economy–particularly among the poor.
"The Keystone XL pipeline would provide secure supplies of crude oil to America's Gulf Coast refineries, helping to replace crude imports from Arab countries," Wuerch noted.
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Today, we also think of another Marine veteran, community leader, our dear friend and reader, Maynard Tapp (NGP Photo). Tapp's birthday is today, always on D-Day.
As we remember D-Day, we remember all veterans like Mayor Wuerch (Thank you for your message today) and Maynard Tapp (Happy Birthday), one of the Alaska Support Industry Alliance's strongest voices in support of free enterprise and energy security on America's Last Frontier. May their dedicated voices in support of freedom long be heard and always remembered. -dh |
Tapp is co-owner of Hawk Consultants, LLC., and a tireless supporter of Alaska's oil and gas industry and the economic benefits it provides to all Alaskans."Two-thirds of Americans — and Governors of states hosting the pipeline right of way — support the project. The Obama Administration's opposition to the Keystone Pipeline has delayed the project for over 5 years, longer than it took this country to win WWII," he said.
Wuerch talked about energy independence, saying that the US is now the world's largest natural gas producer. He said that USA Today predicts the US will be the largest crude oil exporter by 2020.
With oil accounting for reducing last year's trade deficit by over $60 billion, continued growth in oil production bodes well for a stronger balance of payments position over the next few years.
But current, political opposition to fossil energy production could reduce the potential and the optimism.
"The Administration's opposition to reasonable development of the National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska and a small sliver (the 1002 area) of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is producing a loss of one to nine million jobs."
"Now is the time for energy policies to further energy independence," he concluded.
Our friend, Pedro van Meurs (NGP Photo) writes us that,
"The passing of the Constitutional amendments in Mexico was a very positive development which has significant potential to induce large scale investments in the country, increase petroleum production and create significant revenues for government, business opportunities and employment over the coming decades."
He offers, "a commentary on this Constitutional amendments … on my website. I prepared this document at the request of various parties. If you are interested in downloading this document please click here.
I hope this document is of interest to you. If you have any questions or comments feel free to contact me.
Best regards,
Pedro van Meurs
Van Meurs Corporation
PO Box CR-56766 # 1261
Nassau, Bahamas
Phone 1-242-324-4438
Fax 1-242-324-4439
Email: info@vanmeurs.org
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www.vanmeurs.org
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