Energy…

Our Energy Secretary has a Nobel Prize,  but he possesses neither common sense  nor a car.   The Democrat-controlled Senate  defeated an attempt  to approve the Keystone pipeline over Obama’s disapproval,  but it took His Oneness  calling Senators  in his own party to eke out the win.   Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised that the Fiskar Karma plug-in hybrid car  didn’t even survive  the check-in process at Consumer Reports.

Secretary Chu said last year’s $10 million award, dubbed the “L Prize,” for any manufacturer that could create a “green” but affordable light bulb would offer LEDs at prices “affordable for American families.”    The  winning bulb is from  Philips at $50 a pop.   You can see how a man who doesn’t pay for a vehicle might have a distorted notion of what the average family pays for light bulbs,  but only a bunch of  bureaucrats could decide that the winner could be something so far out of line.

Chu grades himself as an A- for the  past year, by the way,  despite the fact that his energy policies are a direct cause of gas prices and  lack of energy production.   Meanwhile, two Republican senators,  DeMint and Lee,  have proposed  a revenue-neutral plan  for cutting the subsidies of energy companies.

I don’t believe the current solar storms were mentioned,  but despite a lack of congressional notice,  the flares are  producing fantastic auroras.