Kinky Friedman To Name Willie Nelson as Texas Energy Czar

Cigar chomping country-blues singer cum novelist Kinky Friedman, who is running for Governor of Texas as an independent in the 2006 election, said Sunday that he is a champion of bio-diesel energy and plans, if elected, to name friend and fellow performer Willie Nelson as Texas energy czar.

Friedman says he is tired of Saudi Arabia calling the energy tune to which Americans must dance. Nelson, a champion of biodiesel, has, said Friedman, been teaching him about the possibilities of the alternative fuel and has thus earned himself a spot in the Texas cabinet.

Friedman was interviewed for ABC's This Week, the Sunday morning public affairs program. He quipped that with so many music performers destined for his cabinet, not too much legislation is going to be passed in the morning hours.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn are running on the Republican side in the Texas election, and former U.S. Rep. Chris Bell and Felix Alvarado are running for the Democratic nomination. - Jim Burt

I don't know if this is true but this is a snippet from an email I received:


These companies import Middle Eastern oil:

Shell....................... 205,742,000 barrels
Chevron/Texaco........ 144,332,000 barrels
Exxon /Mobil............. 130,082,000 barrels
Marathon/Speedway... 117,740,000 barrels
Amoco......................62,231,000 barrels

If you do the math at $30/barrel, these imports amount to over $18 BILLION! (oil is now $55-$60 a barrel)

Here are some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil:

Citgo...............0 barrels
Sunoco............0 barrels
Conoco............0 barrels
Sinclair............0 barrels
BP/Phillips.........0 barrels
Hess................0 barrels
ARC0...............0 barrels

Go Kinkster! :thmsup:

I've been a fan of his for a long time...

IMOL

Citgo...............0 barrels
Sunoco............0 barrels
Conoco............0 barrels
Sinclair............0 barrels
BP/Phillips.........0 barrels
Hess................0 barrels
ARC0...............0 barrelsYeah, I have seen that email floating around for about 3 years now. Might or might not be true, I dunno. But I'll bet you those companies listed above BUY their oil from the companies who do the importing...

Well, if you look here at the website for Hess: http://www.hess.com/ep/operations.htm

You can see where their oil comes from. It seems they do their own exploration and drilling. No mention of any Middle East drilling. I haven't looked at any others. The list shows BP as buying no Middle East oil but all the BP's here use Amoco oil and Amoco does get oil from the Middle East.