tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664957094233317169.post2892304451621790617..comments2023-12-26T05:33:56.740-05:00Comments on John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Natural Gas & President ObamaJohn Hangerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565915866938789295noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664957094233317169.post-59221587430373077952011-10-28T09:12:20.909-04:002011-10-28T09:12:20.909-04:00That is part of it. This administration does view ...That is part of it. This administration does view gas and oil differently. Yet remember a month before the disaster in the Gulf the administration had moved to open more offshore drilling. The President 5 weeks later had egg all over his face in the minds of many and took a lot of heat from his base.<br /><br />This President like President Bush has also been pursuing the theme of breaking the addiction to oil (President Bush's language).John Hangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06565915866938789295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664957094233317169.post-14118945954976838592011-10-28T08:43:59.869-04:002011-10-28T08:43:59.869-04:00I think lumping oil and gas together is the proble...I think lumping oil and gas together is the problem. Clearly, with EPA's regulations that are impacting coal plants, the administration has to hope (at least privately) that natural gas development continues to roll, and the extended timeline (2014?) for developing wastewater discharge regulations indicates they don't want to stop gas development. <br /><br />With crude oil exploration, I don't see the administration as supportive, given the delays on the Keystone pipeline, the restrictions on public lands and the new and de facto regulations in the wake of the Gulf Deepwater incident. This distinction may be well-supported based on emissions (gas favored over crude oil) and economics (gas much cheaper than crude on a BTU basis).Carbon Blacknoreply@blogger.com