Energy
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Economists’ Advocacy for a Carbon Tax Is Misguided
“The reality is that bureaucrats and politicians would likely choose a metric aligned with their self-interest or with the interests of those who currently hold power.” ~Kenneth W. Costello
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Bitcoin Mining and Icelandic Bananas
“Stranded energy and unused electricity are magnets for bitcoin miners, as they take electricity that can’t readily be used for other purposes and turn it into one of the world’s most liquid and globally transferable assets.” ~Joakim Book
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ESG Puppeteers
“Climate financiers are not capitalists. They are corporatists who think the government should direct private industry. They want to work with government officials to benefit themselves and hamstring their competition.” ~ Paul Mueller
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Biden Redoubles Effort to Crush Crypto With EIA’s Mining Survey
“Historically, the EIA has been viewed as an agency without a political agenda, but this survey suggests otherwise.” ~James Broughel and John Berlau
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Should We Panic Over Excessively Low Global Temperatures?
“We simply have no way to trace out more than a minuscule fraction of the economic consequences, positive and negative, of government efforts to alter a phenomenon as massive as the earth’s environment.” ~Donald J. Boudreaux
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EPA Phase Out of Gas-Powered Cars Has Ominous Historic Echoes
“Forcing automobile companies to expand production of their least-profitable product lines at the expense of their best-performing ones is economic madness.” ~Jon Miltimore
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High Costs, Greenlash Hit Europe
“Like any other good, environmental protection has an opportunity cost. Surveys indicate that the majority of Europeans support green laws; however, a majority is also increasingly worried about the cost.” ~Nikolai Wenzel
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Bitcoin Scoops Up Stranded and Excess Power
“Overbuilt facilities generate excess capacity, waste resources, and are only needed in extreme events. A consumer-of-last-resort could secure electricity grids and monetize their resilience.” ~Joakim Book
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A Short Guide to ESG: Political Problems
“By what right do largely unelected global elite ESG advocates get to impose their priorities and values (to their own benefit) on everyone else in the world?” ~Paul Mueller
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The Sputtering EV Market Shows What Happens When Companies Heed Planners Instead of Consumers
“The US EV market is a mess, one many analysts say will get worse before it gets better. And automakers like Ford who bet big on the future of EVs are likely looking at pain, at least in the short term.” ~Jon Miltimore
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Economists’ Advocacy for a Carbon Tax Is Misguided
“The reality is that bureaucrats and politicians would likely choose a metric aligned with their self-interest or with the interests of those who currently hold power.” ~Kenneth W. Costello
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Bitcoin Mining and Icelandic Bananas
“Stranded energy and unused electricity are magnets for bitcoin miners, as they take electricity that can’t readily be used for other purposes and turn it into one of the world’s most liquid and globally transferable assets.” ~Joakim Book
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ESG Puppeteers
“Climate financiers are not capitalists. They are corporatists who think the government should direct private industry. They want to work with government officials to benefit themselves and hamstring their competition.” ~ Paul Mueller
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Biden Redoubles Effort to Crush Crypto With EIA’s Mining Survey
“Historically, the EIA has been viewed as an agency without a political agenda, but this survey suggests otherwise.” ~James Broughel and John Berlau
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Should We Panic Over Excessively Low Global Temperatures?
“We simply have no way to trace out more than a minuscule fraction of the economic consequences, positive and negative, of government efforts to alter a phenomenon as massive as the earth’s environment.” ~Donald J. Boudreaux
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EPA Phase Out of Gas-Powered Cars Has Ominous Historic Echoes
“Forcing automobile companies to expand production of their least-profitable product lines at the expense of their best-performing ones is economic madness.” ~Jon Miltimore
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High Costs, Greenlash Hit Europe
“Like any other good, environmental protection has an opportunity cost. Surveys indicate that the majority of Europeans support green laws; however, a majority is also increasingly worried about the cost.” ~Nikolai Wenzel
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Bitcoin Scoops Up Stranded and Excess Power
“Overbuilt facilities generate excess capacity, waste resources, and are only needed in extreme events. A consumer-of-last-resort could secure electricity grids and monetize their resilience.” ~Joakim Book
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A Short Guide to ESG: Political Problems
“By what right do largely unelected global elite ESG advocates get to impose their priorities and values (to their own benefit) on everyone else in the world?” ~Paul Mueller
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The Sputtering EV Market Shows What Happens When Companies Heed Planners Instead of Consumers
“The US EV market is a mess, one many analysts say will get worse before it gets better. And automakers like Ford who bet big on the future of EVs are likely looking at pain, at least in the short term.” ~Jon Miltimore