One of the positives in the article was about fracking. I learned about this miracle last winter, Klavan does not do it justice with his small paragraph. Think about this: In spite of the insane energy/green policies of this administration, we as a nation are likely to be totally energy independent by the year 2017, all because of this non governmental process of fracking. We've talked about this since Carter, and in spite of all the nonsenes it's about to happen. In the midst of economic ruin, we are being given a gift of monumental proportion, and it's still under the radar. It's a gift to begin to rebuild an economy with, God's sense of humor is working overtime here.
The other thing he forgot to mention: the power of prayer, the power of God, and that in light of the story of Elijah. This guy ran away, depressed, totally giving up, totally down and out, totally blown away with his own incapacity, simply asking to die. Is this a story for us right now? Have we, like Elijah, simply forgotten?
>> in light of the story of Elijah.. Is this a story for us right now?
In general, “all scripture... is profitable” — but IMHO your calling to mind Elijah is right on the money, and I’m grateful to be reminded of how the LORD worked through him.
A very good thing, but will not accomplish as much as many people think.
Oil prices, and therefore gasoline prices, are determined by the world market, not the US market. Since nat gas is usually distributed by pipeline, it's somewhat isolated from world energy prices.
So while producing all our oil in North America doesn't necessarily mean gasoline prices will go down, it does mean OPEC can't turn off the tap.
Fracking, and the entire energy boom, is one reason why I thought Newt was instructive during the primary season. He was far far ahead of the rest of the field on how important energy was.
The irony will be if Obama and democrats benefit electorally for a technology they hate.
Having said that, energy is not an issue, it is not even THE issue...ENERGY IS EVERY SINGLE ISSUE.
I similarly heard about fracking last winter. A guy I know blamed the earthquakes in Oklahoma on fracking. LOL. Could you imagine if it caused earthquakes. That would be awesome. That 5.6 we had was really cool.