When it comes to wind power, just say no!  It’s a line from former First Lady Nancy Reagan.  She was talking about drugs.  In some respects, wind power is like an intoxicant for the American left.  Unless the turbines are near their homes.  Jim Geraghty is a writer for the conservative National Review.  He says liberals are among the loudest opponents when their views are sullied by giant pinwheels.  They want energy.  They want you to put up with the inconvenience.  Click here to read more from Geraghty.  He points out that opposition to the projects is growing at a rapid rate.

Liberals Approve of Killing Bald Eagles

Eugene Robinson is a liberal columnist for the Washington Post.  He claims the killing of protected bald eagles is a price we’ll have to pay to save the planet.  Of course, millions of his fellow men and women will also be sacrificed.  If we stopped all oil pumping tomorrow, hundreds of millions would be dead in a few months and there would be wars and famine as people continued squabbling over the remaining resources.

A Dark Age is Coming

Oil is the key to modern living.  Even with the occasional spill and more carbon in the atmosphere, would you choose to live in 2022 or 1022?

A writer at Real Clear Energy warns industrialized nations are heading for another dark age if we don’t get wise.  Click here to read his myths about power sources.  Far more people have died in mine collapses and rig blowouts than from accidents with nuclear energy.

Forget the pinwheels.  Two miniature reactors could power all of Twin Falls 24/7 for decades to come.

LOOK: See how much gasoline cost the year you started driving

To find out more about how has the price of gas changed throughout the years, Stacker ran the numbers on the cost of a gallon of gasoline for each of the last 84 years. Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (released in April 2020), we analyzed the average price for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline from 1976 to 2020 along with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for unleaded regular gasoline from 1937 to 1976, including the absolute and inflation-adjusted prices for each year.

Read on to explore the cost of gas over time and rediscover just how much a gallon was when you first started driving.

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