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As a part of President Obama’s “We Can’t Wait” initiative, seven nationally and regionally significant solar and wind energy projects will be expedited, including projects in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Wyoming.

According to a statement released from the White House, this is “part of a Presidential Executive Order issued in March of this year, the Office of Management and Budget is charged with overseeing a government-wide effort to make the permitting and review process for infrastructure projects more efficient and effective, saving time while driving better outcomes for the environment and local communities. Additional expedited infrastructure projects will be announced in the coming weeks.”

Speaking about the project, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said, “As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above strategy to expand domestic energy production and strengthen the economy, we are working to advance smart development of renewable energy on our public lands.  These seven proposed solar and wind projects have great potential to grow our nation’s energy independence, drive job creation, and power economies across the west.”

Salazar also released a statement through the Department of Interior, in which he said, ““Energy security is critical to our national security. Under our ‘Smart from the Start’ approach to spurring renewable energy development, we are making millions of acres of public lands and offshore areas available that have the greatest potential for utility-scale solar and wind projects and the fewest resource conflicts.

Mohave Wind Energy project

Salazar also mentioned part of what the term “public lands” would entail, saying, “our nation’s military lands hold great renewable energy potential, and this partnership will help ensure that we’re tapping into these resources with a smart and focused approach to power our military, reduce energy costs, and grow our nation’s energy independence.”

The Department of Interior also highlighted that Military Services has committed to deploy 1 gigawatt of renewable energy on or near its installations by 2025, thus it would be wise to expect many more facilities like these coming from the Obama Administration.

In the past three years, the Department of the Interior has approved 31 new utility-scale renewable energy projects on public lands – more than the past two decades combined.

According to the White House, “when constructed by the companies, these projects are expected to generate enough renewable energy to power 2.3 million American homes.”

NextEra Energy’s McCoy solar site

The agency is fast-tracking the 425-megawatt Mohave Wind Energy project and the 100-megawatt Quartzsite Solar Energy farm in Arizona; the 150-megawatt Desert Harvest and NextEra Energy Inc.’s 750-megawatt McCoy solar sites in California; the 200- megawatt Moapa and First Solar Inc.’s 350-megawatt Silver State South projects in Nevada; and the 3,000-megawatt Chokecherry/Sierra Madre wind farm in Wyoming.

Quartzsite, Desert Harvest and McCoy are expected to receive final permitting and reviews by December, according to the statement.

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On February 25th, 2012, I posted the following short article here on CDN:

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It seems that Americans are enraged – yet again (sarcasm intended) – with the price of gasoline.

Is this outrage justified?

Not when you take a few things into consideration.

#1 – Gas prices are at the levels they were in the late spring/early summer of 2008. (Graph 1)

#2 – Inflation has spiked tremendously since the same time in 2008 – when gas prices went even higher.  Thus the reason that gas prices dipped in 2008, and have climbed since then in conjunction with the inflation rates. (Graph 2)

#3 - Oil is currently trading about 34% lower than its all time nominal high set in July of 2008 (Graph 3)

#4 - Declining retail inventories will (and have?) help setup the perfect storm for massive price inflation across the board (Graph 4)

Again, Is this outrage justified?  No, because the American people are outraged at the wrong people.  Rather than being outraged at the oil companies and oil producers, the outrage needs to be on those who control the money supply – The Federal Reserve.

Instead of President Obama talking about releasing oil from the US Reserves, he should be talking about – and pressuring Congress for – the need for monetary reform in the United States.

…given the data, that’s where I believe the outrage should be pointed.

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Upon posting this article, I was called a “Idiot Socialist” for not blaming President Obama and the Democrats in Congress for the high gas prices.  But a mere four days after I posted my article, Ben Swann, anchor at WXIX-TV in Cincinatti, aired the following “Reality Check” on gas prices:

http://youtu.be/Cdd4selSYE0

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And now the Washington Times has done the research that many fail to do, and proved both Ben Swann and myself to be correct:

FOX19.com-Cincinnati News, Weather

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WAKE UP PEOPLE!  Partisan Politics will never fix the problems this nation faces.  Only common sense, and the willingness to listen to those who try to tell you the truth.  You don’t have to like what we say, but listen, and fact-check.

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The announcement was made today at the Farnborough air show outside of London.

UPDATE:  PLANES TO BE MADE IN USA

According to a Boeing spokeswoman, the planes will be manufactured at the current Boeing facility in Renton, Washington, she stated during a telephone interview.  Boeing will be using their current assembly line, but also “hopes to look at more hires” in the future, said the spokeswoman.

Boeing 737 MAX

Boeing announced Monday that Air Lease Corp., run by Steven Udvar-Hazy, has placed an order for for 75 of the 737 Max aircraft – worth an estimated $7.2 Billion.  The order is for 60 of the MAX 8 version and 15 of the MAX 9 versions of the aircraft.

The announcement was made today at the Farnborough air show outside of London.

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