Halliburton Apparently Has No Public Relations Firm

Could Halliburton try a little harder to make the moonbats hate them? I think not:

Oil services giant Halliburton Co. (HAL) will soon shift its corporate headquarters from Houston to the Mideast financial powerhouse of Dubai, chief executive Dave Lesar announced Sunday.

Guh, the conspiracy theories are already playing in my head...

Their reasoning:

Lesar, speaking at an energy conference in nearby Bahrain, said he will relocate to Dubai from Texas to oversee Halliburton's intensified focus on business in the Mideast and energy-hungry Asia, home to some of the world's most important oil and gas markets.

Makes sense. With everyone in America believing oil is evil and treating Halliburton like Satan, when they've taken extraordinary losses to help our troops, I don't blame them. You gotta make that green.

The Goracle's Hypocrisy

Hat tip to Hot Air, who links to this report highlighting The Goracle's hypocrisy:

Last night, Al Gore’s global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, collected an Oscar for best documentary feature, but the Tennessee Center for Policy Research has found that Gore deserves a gold statue for hypocrisy.

Gore’s mansion, located in the posh Belle Meade area of Nashville, consumes more electricity every month than the average American household uses in an entire year, according to the Nashville Electric Service (NES).

In his documentary, the former Vice President calls on Americans to conserve energy by reducing electricity consumption at home.

The average household in America consumes 10,656 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, according to the Department of Energy. In 2006, Gore devoured nearly 221,000 kWh—more than 20 times the national average.

Last August alone, Gore burned through 22,619 kWh—guzzling more than twice the electricity in one month than an average American family uses in an entire year. As a result of his energy consumption, Gore’s average monthly electric bill topped $1,359.

Since the release of An Inconvenient Truth, Gore’s energy consumption has increased from an average of 16,200 kWh per month in 2005, to 18,400 kWh per month in 2006.

Gore’s extravagant energy use does not stop at his electric bill. Natural gas bills for Gore’s mansion and guest house averaged $1,080 per month last year.

“As the spokesman of choice for the global warming movement, Al Gore has to be willing to walk to walk, not just talk the talk, when it comes to home energy use,” said Tennessee Center for Policy Research President Drew Johnson.

In total, Gore paid nearly $30,000 in combined electricity and natural gas bills for his Nashville estate in 2006.

I'm not saying the guy doesn't have the right to live however he wants to, he's the one saying it! If you're going to preach about how Americans should be living their lives, the least you can do is live that lifestyle yourself!

Australia To Ban The Incandescent Light Bulb

Australia is probably going to bow to crazy environmentalists by banning the incandescent light bulb. They seem to think since the incandescent light bulb uses more energy than it's florescent cousin, consumers shouldn't be allowed to purchase the cheaper bulb.

Why is it that when we consider cutting funding to medicare and medicaid we hear cries from the media about poor people having to chose between medicine or food, but we've heard nothing so far about poor people being forced to live in the dark like cavemen (not being able to afford the more pricey bulb)? The Left doesn't care about the poor. They value the environment more than any impoverished minority. They'd rather be able to go bird watching than save millions of Africans dying of malaria, and now they'd rather cut CO2 emissions a little bit than allow the poor to light their homes.

More Oil News

The price for a barrel of oil has dropped to its lowest in 18 months, $54. The cause is apparently, in part, a warmer winter meaning less oil use for home heating.