Another reason to end ethanol subsidies and mandates: they spur inflation
The federal government’s years-long love affair with ethanol has cost taxpayers and drivers billions of dollars, while utterly failing to curb the nation’s oil consumption. Later, ethanol was touted as…
Electric cars won’t save the planet
Electric cars (EVs) are touted as a route to a cleaner environment and a more stable global climate. While such claims have always been more marketing points than reality, the…
Mask mandates weren’t all they were cracked up to be
Newsflash: mask mandates may have been useless in preventing the spread of coronavirus variants. As Faye Flam writes, most of the masks people wore – loose fitting cloth or paper…
New York joins bandwagon to ban sales of new gasoline powered cars
New York passed a new law that will ban the sale of new gasoline powered cars in the state beginning in 2035. It’s the first state to enact a ban…
Biden announces federal vaccine mandate
The Biden administration will require private businesses with 100 or more employees to have their workers vaccinated against the coronavirus. The move is part of a series of action the…
Biden administration considers a green energy ‘edict’
Utility companies are getting into green energy in a much bigger way in recent years, in part due to state-level mandateson how much energy regulated utilities must produce each year….
The coming wave of solar trash
Solar panels are popping up in more and more places, generating electricity for individuals, businesses, and the wider electric grid. But those panels aren’t immortal. They get replaced just like…
The ‘dead ends’ littering the path to a carbon-free energy future
The international Energy Agency recently issued a report saying it has found a “cost-effective and economically productive pathway, resulting in a clean, dynamic and resilient energy economy dominated by renewables…
The fight over providing natural gas to homes
The desire to roll back the nation’s use of fossil fuels and replace it with renewables has taken some odd turns in recent years. That includes new rules in some…
