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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. New Mexico industry leaders respond to the question: “What lasting impact do you believe the pandemic will have on your industry?”
ENERGY
Raye Miller, president of Regeneration Energy Corp. in Artesia
“The oil industry has seen wide price swings in the past year. No one expected to see negative oil prices. While prices have recovered, capital investment has not. Drilling rig utilization is still greatly below a year ago level. Consolidation has occurred and some highly leveraged companies went broke. While new lockdowns could again reduce demand for oil, companies are in better shape to withstand it. Most are reducing debt currently. The greater worry for the future is the drive to stop domestic production of fossil fuels. This strategy is so shortsighted as the U.S. will continue to use fossil fuels for years and every barrel produced outside the U.S. results in mo
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During a news conference recently Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said, “We are stricter because we have more issues than most states.”
We can solve most of our issues with education and competition. Since New Mexico goes as Albuquerque goes, these solutions start with the education of the students in our city.
My solutions are based in experience as an Albuquerque native who went through the public school system, lived in Portales and Las Vegas while attending college – cities covering the political and demographical landscape of New Mexico – and now teaches and coaches high school at a campus located in the heart of (Albuquerque). In addition, these solutions are based in growing up as the son of a mother who spent 37 years as a speech therapist and educator for our school district, specializing in children with autism and learning differences.