06/17/19
As though it wasn’t hard enough to assess competing government programs on a benefit/cost basis, comparisons are further complicated by using varying funding strategies. Read More...Tags: ethanol blending mandate, President Donald Trump, benefit/cost ratio, strategic importance, job training programs, disability awards, Social Security payments to dead people, Medicare, low balling costs, targeted spending cuts, log rolling, filibuster rule, trust fund, Social Security, regulatory mandates, renewable energy , student loan mess, Alice Rivlin
05/13/19
Government attempts to influence energy source choices so as to “save the planet” or create “green” jobs are misguided. Read More...Tags: Green New Deal, Sen. Mitch McConnell, UN report on species extinction, biodiversity, David Bernhardt, Rep. Betty McCollum , DNREC, QFCP tariff, John Nichols, Environmental Appeals Board, renewable energy , Federal tax credits, EPA, Clean Power Plan, CAFE standards, DE renewable portflolio standardDe[artment of Health and Social Services, General Assembly, John Greer, Bill Whipple, DE Sen. Harris McDowell, manmade global warming theory, Sierra Club, PA legistature, Gregory Whitestone, Joseph Bastardi, David Legates
04/16/18
Apple Computer announces it’s using 100% renewable energy. How are they doing this, and what’s wrong with everyone else? Read More...Tags: Apple Computer, Lisa Jackson, Tim Cook, man-made global warming theory, renewable energy , fuel cells, John Greer, Clean Air Act, ESG rankings, electric grid, data centers, solar power, biogas, renewable energy certificates, Lindsay Leveen, net metering, natural gas pipelines
12/04/17
Facts matter and illogical opinions will be destroyed by reality, but a lot of damage can result in the meantime. The best time to stop bad ideas is at the beginning. Read More...Tags: Francis Bacon, Social Security , Medicare, capitalism, global warming, Spirit of 1776, Dan Kerrick, renewable energy , offshore wind power, combined cycle natural gas, onshore wind power, solar power, Governor John Carney, John Nichols, David Stevenson, Tom Noyes, Geoffrey Pohanka, silent majority, US Wind, Deipwater Wind, Bloom Energy, Delamarva Power
11/06/17
Subsidies for wind and solar power are destabilizing the electric power markets – what should be done? Read More...Tags: Mark Twain, renewable energy , wind power, solar power, nuclear fusion, man-made global warming theory, Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Power Plan, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Renewable Energy Portfolio , offshore wind power, levielized cost, combined cycle natural gas, John Nichols, Energy Department, cheap natural gas, fracking boom, American Wind Energy Association, St. Louis, German coal plants, Zero Emission Credits, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Texas Public Policy Foundation