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Americans Know Biden’s to Blame for High Gas Prices

January 28, 2022 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

Your Survival Guy received this email from natural gas provider National Grid. And here are some ways National Grid tells Your Survival Guy how to save money. And here is Your Survival Guy’s response to National Grid on how to save money. How about telling the Biden administration that its anti-fossil fuels policies are creating this mess? How about the supply chain issues that are making everything more expensive? How about let’s stop villainizing producers? Why is Biden calling OPEC for help when we’re the Saudi Arabia of natural gas? The ESG agenda is a fee … [Read more...]

FORCED ELECTRIFICATION: Blue Cities Are Coming for Your Gas

August 2, 2021 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

You want a home your family is comfortable in, and you can afford. If you live in the North East, you know what a big expense heating your home can be. You also may know how tough it is to live in the winter with no access to heat. Your Survival Guy had the misfortunate of being faced with a weeklong natural gas outage in Newport, RI. It was not enjoyable. I've been stocking extra firewood since then. Across America, and most recently in New England, cities run by Democratic mayors and councils want to take away the natural gas, and force residents to use electricity to heat their homes … [Read more...]

Could the Colonial Pipeline Shutdown Change America’s Response to Cyberattacks?

May 24, 2021 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

The cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline exposed America's vulnerable energy infrastructure. But the hackers are only one part of the problem. There are numerous laws on the books in America that exaggerate the damage caused by pipeline failures, but not all the fault lies in this country. Other countries willing to turn a blind eye to cyber criminals within their borders also have some culpability for the actions of those criminals. Patrick Howell O'Neill, in the MIT Technology Review, examines Russia's relationship with the hackers who attacked the Colonial Pipeline, and how America could … [Read more...]

Pipeline Attack Exposes America’s Vulnerable Energy Infrastructure

May 10, 2021 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

We know from experience in Newport, RI how exposed we are to pipeline vulnerabilities after losing heat on the coldest day of the year. Now we have the Colonial Pipeline attack which supplies roughly 45% of the gasoline and other fuels consumed on the East Coast. Can you guess what the local solution for the future is? Moving away from natural gas by putting home heat on renewables and the electric grid. What could possibly go wrong? I don’t doubt Commerce Secretary and former RI Gov. Gina Raimondo’s sincerity and concern, but how about taking another look at that Biden infrastructure … [Read more...]

How One Man and His Family Survived the Texas Deep Freeze

February 24, 2021 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

Among the millions who suffered in Texas during the recent deep freeze, there were some rare individuals and families who persevered. These were people who kept calm, had already done some level of preparation, and didn't wait for others to solve their problems for them. One of these survivors is Mike Papa, who writes for The Federalist. Papa has endured many hurricanes in Texas, and applied the survival knowledge he gained from those rough encounters to keep his wife and children safe and comfortable during the deep freeze. Here's how he survived: Due to the storm, our family, which … [Read more...]

Here’s What You Need to Get Prepared for Winter Storm Gail

December 15, 2020 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

Your Survival Guy is writing to you this chilly December 15th morning as all of the Northeast prepares for winter storm Gail. I've run through a "go, no go" Apollo 13 (I hope not!) checklist. The "go" are the following: Water/Food/Generator/Self-Defense/Satellite phone/Go bag/Evacuation plan. The "no go" list is usually discovered in the heart of the storm or later. But seeing that Newport, RI lost natural gas on the coldest day of the year in 2019, I'm not taking any chances. Here’s a list of what you need to prepare for a winter storm that might knock your power or gas out. … [Read more...]

America is the Saudi Arabia of Natural Gas, but not in the Northeast

July 8, 2019 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

As the title explains America is swimming in natural gas, but if you live in the northeast politics and lack of infrastructure starve the region of this precious source of energy. Stephanie Yang and Ryan Dezember report for The Wall Street Journal: Earlier this year, two utilities that service the New York City area stopped accepting new natural-gas customers in two boroughs and several suburbs. Citing jammed supply lines running into the city on the coldest winter days, they said they couldn’t guarantee they’d be able to deliver gas to additional furnaces. Never mind that the country’s most … [Read more...]

Green Dreams and Gas Nightmares in the Northeast

February 5, 2019 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

There's an ocean of natural gas in Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale formation, but you wouldn't know it based on the paltry natural gas infrastructure running from the area into the nearby population centers of the Northeast. Despite troves of cheap natural gas only a short way away over land, 20% of New England's natural gas is delivered via expensive liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments to Boston's Everett LNG terminal. Freight Waves, an industry journal, reports that in Westchester County, New York, nearly on top of the Marcellus Shale play itself: Con Edison (ED: NYSE), a New York utility … [Read more...]

Preventing the Next Natural Gas Outage

February 1, 2019 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

I've been writing to you lately about the gas outage in Newport, Rhode Island that my family and 7,000 others suffered during the cold snap last week. Needless to say, losing heat and hot water in the winter is an uncomfortable experience at best. Thanks to the support of a solid network of friends and family, my family was able to endure the outage, but many residents had it rough. In Minnesota, residents are in the grip of the Polar Vortex, and extreme low temperatures are causing them to draw on their natural gas supplies at a rapid pace. Xcel Energy, the area's utility company, is … [Read more...]

Your Survival Guy: Out of Gas in Newport, Now What?

January 30, 2019 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

Your Survival Guy: Out of Gas in Newport: 80% back on the Grid Your Survival Guy: Out of Gas in Newport Day 5 (and 5 to go) Your Survival Guy: Out of Gas in Newport Day 4 Your Survival Guy: Out of Gas in Newport Now that Newport, RI is back on the natural gas grid, I want to share with you a conversation I had with an owner of a successful natural gas operation. He said that the problem basically comes down to the fact that the green movement is spending the money and has politicians in its back-pocket. The utilities aren’t spending the money for political messaging. As a … [Read more...]

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