David Kreutzer is a senior economist at the Institute for Energy Research.
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Once the electorate was made to realize that cap-and-trade bills (Lieberman-Warner, Waxman-Markey, etc.) were actually taxes on fossil energy, cap and trade became political poison…. Read More
Disappointed with the lack of global warming discussion in the current presidential campaign, tabloid climatologists have latched onto Hurricane Sandy as their vehicle for relevance…. Read More
The Administration’s green jobs initiatives appear to be the Detroit Tigers of the policy world—they are 0-for-4 in the major reports on their success. In… Read More
Politicians too often confuse “free money” with “free markets”—that is, they consider themselves pro-business when they work deals that make some businesses happy, even though… Read More
A tweet from the Department of Energy (DOE) gives a link to a DOE webpage highlighting a graph from, and giving a link to, a… Read More
The Environmental Protection Agency’s world is chock full of external costs and external benefits that it must rectify with taxes, subsidies, and regulations. For instance,… Read More
The production tax credit (PTC) for wind energy is set to expire at the end of this year, but its supporters are arguing for an… Read More
Back in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released a study showing our economy had 3.1 million green jobs. Recently, it issued another green… Read More
How would you like to buy a nice compact car with a two-gallon gas tank? It costs only $36,000, and it takes seven hours to… Read More
Suppose you could produce $50 of electricity but it cost you $100 to do so. Would that make any sense? It would if you work… Read More
