...from the American Energy Alliance this morning: I'm pretty sure it wasn't the best of times.  But everyone is entitled to their opinion. IER (10/3/12) reports: “The Energy Information Administration just released its Annual Energy Review 2011 that provides U.S. energy data trends from 1949 through 2011. In short, it was a year that might be called “the best of times and the worst of times.” Production is up for oil, natural gas and hydroelectric power, but the largest landholder in the country — the federal government — is suffering from restrictive [...]