Mandated Flex-fuel Technology: Throwing Bad Regulation After Bad
One dumb government intervention in energy markets typically begets another, as special interests lobby to counteract the unintended (although not unforeseen) consequences of some previous intervention...
View ArticleThe President's New Cars (climate policy for motor vehicle transportation...
My op-ed in today’s USA Today is about President Obama’s proposed new fuel economy standards. Don’t like ‘em. Unfortunately, an editing snafu over at the newspaper inadvertently left out the fact...
View Article“Big Oil” Wants a Carbon Tax on Motor Fuels: Back to 1919?
“Key senators are weighing a request from Big Oil to levy a carbon fee on the industry rather than wrap it into a sweeping cap-and-trade system that covers most of the U.S. economy. If accepted, the...
View ArticleJust Say No to a Gasoline Tax Hike
Word on the political street is that a 15 cent increase in the federal gasoline tax may well be included in the final draft of a bill being prepared by Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Joe Lieberman...
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