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Newsom Pointing Finger in the Wrong Direction for Gas Prices
by Ronald Stein May 18, 2020As America recovers from the COVID-19 shelter-in-place mandates, California cannot rid itself from the continuing and state-prescribed high costs of energy that other states are not shackled with.
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/Energy
The Science Is Quite Clear: Reducing CO2 Emissions Only Raises Energy Prices
by Alan Carlin July 17, 2019Climate science is not well developed but is quite clear on some matters despite the continued attempts by climate alarmists to obfuscate it.
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Budgets/TaxesEnvironment/EnergyFeatured
Opposing Carbon-Dioxide Taxes Supports American Energy
by H. Sterling Burnett July 19, 2018House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Rep. David B. McKinley of West Virginia recently introduced a congressional resolution stating a carbon-dioxide tax would harm the economy and therefore should not be enacted.
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Environment/Energy
Let’s Get Rid of the Ethanol Mandate, Not Reform It
by Bud Weinstein June 28, 2018In recent months, a number of proposals have been put forward to reduce the cost and complexity of complying with the RFS that requires American oil refiners and importers to blend biofuels, mainly corn ethanol, into gasoline and diesel fuel.
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FeaturedUncategorized
In The Tank (ep121) – Oregon Gas Pumps, Federal Fumbles, New Hampshire ESAs
by Donald Kendal January 5, 2018John Nothdurft and Donny Kendal present episode #120 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from the Cascade Policy Institute, Senator James Lankford, Americans for Tax Reform and The Heartland Institute.
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On the campaign trail, Donald Trump promised he would stimulate the economy by lifting job-killing regulations and mandates on the energy industry that hurt American workers and consumers.
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Budgets/TaxesFeatured
Free-Market Principles Should Guide Road-Funding Solutions
by Jesse Hathaway July 20, 2016As Americans hit the road during summer driving season, one thing that’s probably not on their minds is how the maintenance of those roads gets funded.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Why Waste Food to Replace Something We Already Have Too Much Of?
by Marita Noon May 23, 2016The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)—also known as the ethanol mandate—was passed by Congress in 2005 and expanded in 2007. Regardless of market conditions, it required ever-increasing quantities of biofuel be blended into the nation’s gasoline supply—though the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does have the flexibility to make some adjustments based on conditions, such as availability and infrastructure.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Mr. President, You Owe America an Apology. We Did Drill Our Way to $2 Gas
by Marita Noon February 26, 2016“We can’t just drill our way to lower gas prices,” President Obama told an audience four years ago at the University of Miami. Like this year, it was an election year and Obama was running for re-election. Later in his speech, he added: “anybody who tells you that we can drill our way out of this problem doesn’t know what they’re talking about, or just isn’t telling you the truth.”
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The purpose of any economic exchange is to better one’s position, whether a person buys or sells something for money or barters for something else. This is the essence of free market capitalism, where all economic transactions are voluntary because they are of mutual benefit. They are all “win-win” situations in the minds of the participants.