09/10/18 Filed in:
EnergyNever mind climate science or how the electric power grid works, renewable energy policies are based primarily on political considerations.
Read More...Tags: Paris climate agreement, President Donald Trump, man-made global warming theory, global warming, climate change, fossil fuels, social desirability bias, virtue signaling, Judith Curry, John Christy, Michael Mann, Roger Pielke, crop yields, forest cover, solar activity, Maunder minimum, combined cycle natural gas, base-load power, Intermittent power, American Wind Energy Association, 350.org, Sen. Chris Coons, Gov. John Carney, offshore wind power study, Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Power Plan, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards Act , fracking boom, DNREC
07/30/18 Filed in:
Spending | TaxesDon't tap Social Security to cover cost of paid family leave; don't gloss over cost of fighting global warming; don't use energy revenues to cover national park maintenance; don't add to woes of the USPS. Read More...Tags: entitlement programs, fiscal crisis, paid family leave, Ivanka Trump, Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Mike Lee, Social Security , Environmental Protection Agency, Citizens' Climate Lobby, James Baker, George Schultz, Carbon Dividends Plan, Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform, national parks, deferred maintenance, Ryan Zinke, Rep. Raul Grijalva, Rep. Rob Bishop, US Postal Service, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Citizens Against Government Waste, Porker of the month, Postal Banking Act
Economic growth has been accelerating while inflation remains moderate, but this may not last long. Modest government policies, designed to support the private sector rather than controlling it, should be the order of the day. Read More...Tags: Great Recession, economic growth rate, Keystone pipeline, Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, US vs. global economy, NAFTA, trade war with China, unemployment rate, workforce participation rate, minimum wage, food stamps, inflation rate, Consumer Price Index, John Williams, Federal Reserve, 2% inflation target, Janet Yellen, Jerome Powell, ethanol blending mandate, crony capitalism, Federal Reserve dual mandate
11/06/17 Filed in:
EnergySubsidies 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
07/31/17 Filed in:
EnergyIt hasn’t been easy or pretty, but some obstacles to reliable/affordable energy are being eliminated. Read More...Tags: energy Independence, US oil production, gas prices, US eneregy dominance, oil exports, liquefied natural gas exports, man-made global warming theory, phaseout of internal combustion engine cars, Paris climate agreement, Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, Francesca Grifo, DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Supreme Court, red and blue teams, Mercury and Air Toxic Standards (MATS), Clean Power Plan, ground level ozone standard, waters of the US, methane emissions from oil and gas drilling, Keystone pipeline, Dakota Access pipeline, permits for drilling on federal lands, electric power grid study, Ideologal clash re energy, ethics complaint against Scott Pruitt
09/05/16 Filed in:
SpendingOur political leaders will never solve the fiscal problem if they don’t start acting differently. Read More...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, continuing resolution, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, government shutdown, Office of Management and Budget, mid-session review, discretionary spending, mandatory spending, Press Secretary Josh Earnest, log rolling, defense appropriations bill, targeted spending cuts, Prime Cuts 2016, government fees, Federal Communicaiton Commission, Amtrak Loan, Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac, Solyndra, Export-Import Bank, Rep. Jeb Hensarling, lawfare, Volkswagen defeat device, Environmental Protection Agency, don't kill the goose, side payments to activist groups
06/20/16 Filed in:
Energy | RegulationsDelegation to administrative agencies was convenient at first, but led to problems that must now be solved. Read More...Tags: regulatory activity, regulatory cost, Dodd-Frank Act, House Financial Service Committee, Senator Mike Lee, subject matter experts, conservative know-nothings, Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Power Plan, Justice Antonin Scalia, Conservative Financial Protection Bureau, payday lending rules, ICANN, IANA, NTIA, Federal Communicaiton Commission, net neutrality plan, REINS Act