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Special Column: The Anti-U.S. Energy Movement Deserves More Scrutiny

March 24, 2021 by Villagers Voice

By Seth Whitehead,  Executive Director, Illinois Petroleum Resources Board

Energy makes the high standard of living most Americans enjoy possible. Affordable, reliable energy is the lifeblood of our economy. And as University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology director Dr. Scott Tinker recently noted, “All forms of energy come from the earth.” It is with those fundamental facts in mind that “Keep It In the Ground” (KIITG) groups should be viewed as anti-U.S. energy. Though it is obvious traditional energy sources such as oil, natural gas and coal come from the ground, it is often overlooked that wind, solar and battery technologies would not be possible without massive mining projects. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Opinion, Special to The Voice Tagged With: Illinois, oil industry, White County

Opinion: Curtailing U.S. Oil and Gas Production Will Forfeit Energy Independence and Increase Emissions 

January 28, 2021 by Villagers Voice

By Seth Whitehead, Executive Director – Illinois Petroleum Resources Board

As the United States re-enters the Paris Agreement and President Biden follows through on promises to implement policies aimed at decreasing domestic oil and natural gas production, it is important to reflect on where the United States currently stands with regard to emissions reductions and the country’s long-sought goal of energy independence. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor, News, Opinion Tagged With: Illinois, OIL AND GAS

Opinion: “Covid Thoughts” by Rich Gurka

January 19, 2021 by Villagers Voice

1.  I have friends for whom I feel so sorry.  They’re in their 70s and in excellent health. They live every day in fear of Covid-19.  They call in their grocery order, wear masks while driving to the store for pickup, return home, then spray disinfectant on their purchases and let them sit in their garage for a while.  They are scared to go outside.  The boogeyman awaits.  Sadly, there are millions of folks who live like that. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Opinion, Rich Gurka Tagged With: COVID-19

Rich Gurka: 2021 is 1938

January 14, 2021 by Villagers Voice

By Rich Gurka

Opinions are like a certain body part; everybody has one.  Here’s mine.

Many folks have been comparing the unfortunate, idiotic, criminal  un-American event by a tiny group of numbskulls at the Capitol building to events which took place in Europe during the 1930s. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Opinion, Rich Gurka Tagged With: 1930s, Germany, Hitler

Governor Pritzker Should Call Legislature Back to Work: One-Man Rule is Not Democratic

November 19, 2020 by Villagers Voice

Legislators Represent the People

State Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) is requesting that the Governor use his authority to call the General Assembly back to work to address a growing number of issues that need input from the people of Illinois. [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Opinion Tagged With: Illinois Assembly

Opinion–The Oil ‘Transition’: From ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ to ‘Mine, China, Mine’?

October 31, 2020 by Villagers Voice

Seth Whitehead, Executive Director – Illinois Petroleum Resources Board

As calls for the United States to “transition” away from oil and go 100 percent renewable gain traction, an overlooked question begs to be answered: Is a “mine, baby, mine” policy better than “drill, baby, drill”?

“Keep It In the Ground” groups, of course, are diametrically opposed to both. But ironically, should that movement’s objective of ending all U.S. oil and natural gas development and transitioning to 100 percent renewable energy become policy, an unprecedented expansion of mining will be required. And most of it will be done by China. [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Opinion Tagged With: oil industry

Covid-19 Good News…The Recovery Rates Are Extremely High, CDC Says

October 5, 2020 by Kathy Sands

By Kathy Sands, Editor

The Villagers' Voice online

On the national scene and in the state of Illinois, most news reporting in the past few months has been only about the rising numbers of positive Covid-19 infection cases and the number of deaths. Governor Pritzker continues to move regions of the state back into strict mitigation where cases have been rising above a certain level. Rising cases is all that is ever talked about. There has been little to no reporting on the ever decreasing death and hospitalization rates. The constant drumbeat is the infection rate. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Columns, IL Coronavirus News, Opinion

Rich Gurka: Unions – Good and Bad

September 28, 2020 by Kathy Sands

1.  “Human capital” is the new word for “employee.” [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Opinion, Rich Gurka Tagged With: unions

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