a:3:{s:16:"field_story_body";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:2043:"<span style="font-size: larger;">President Obama vilifies the Oil and Gas industry daily and touts his love for green energy. He talks about removing subsidizes for the oil and gas companies while maintaining his energy departments policy of pouring good money after bad into ill-advised and failing enterprises.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">It&rsquo;s time to face the facts and look at ALL SUBSIDIZES and determine if any of them should be given. It&rsquo;s time to stop the crony politics and let private enterprise determine the winners and losers with THEIR MONEY NOT OURS.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">FACTS ON ENERGY COSTS:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">Natural-gas -- costs 6.3 cents a kilowatt-hour (the lowest)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: larger;">Coal -- costs 9.5 cents per kilowatt-hour</span><br />
<span style="font-size: larger;">Wind turbines (land based) -- from 8.2 cents to 11.5 cents per kilowatt-hour</span><br />
<span style="font-size: larger;">Wind turbines (offshore) -- 290% higher in price than natural gas</span><br />
<span style="font-size: larger;">Solar photovoltaic -- 230% higher in price than natural gas</span><br />
<span style="font-size: larger;">Solar thermal -- 400 % higher in price than natural gas</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">For some interesting facts on energy subsidizes click on the following story links:</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-27/energy-subsidies-stymie-wind-solar-innovation-nathan-myhrvold.html"><span style="font-size: larger;">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-27/energy-subsidies-stymie-wind-solar-innovation-nathan-myhrvold.html</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2012/02/16/the-obama-budget-and-wind-power/"><span style="font-size: larger;">http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2012/02/16/the-obama-budget-and-wind-power/</span></a><br />
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