I can’t say it any more clearly than that. Watching Meet-the-Press, he advocated that government should mandate a certain percentage of electricity be generated from renewable sources. The only reason that they would need to be mandated is that they are more expensive, which power companies would avoid in order to reduce their costs*. If [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘oil’
August 27, 2008
THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT “GIVE” “WINDFALL PROFITS” TO OIL COMPANIES
I thought the exact same thing when Hillary said it last night, and Matt Welch caught it too [Requiem for the Clintons; the ALL CAPS was his contribution].
And what the heck is a “Green Collar Job”? A job that has no carbon impact? A job planting trees? If I hear that phrase again this week, [...]
August 15, 2008
I bet the Germans have a word for it
I’ve been overcome with this emotion, or sensation, many times. and due mostly to the election campaign, it’s been happening more frequently.
it’s the urge, when presented with an argument (or reasoning that seems particularly forced)*, to want to go above and beyond the other person’s worst fears — often to the point of absurdity. it [...]
July 15, 2008
get out of my dreams, get into my electric car
she wants a 100 mpg car too, and thinks electric is the way to go. like I said before, I don’t care how I get 100 mpg equivalent (let’s say $0.04/mile, where right now my commute costs $0.14/mile), I’d just like to get there sometime soon.
moblogic.tv seems to have an interesting [...]
July 15, 2008
not so, smart
Some responses to my last post recommending looking at a smart fortwo. from smart’s web page:
What is the gas mileage of smart?
Engineering and testing continues to take place on the vehicle that will be produced for the United States. The vehicle is designed to achieve 40 city/45 highway mpg according to 2007 EPA standards and [...]
May 17, 2008
why did I quote that?
No one likes $125 a barrel oil. Last year, we paid an average price of $64 a barrel for imports.
I’m not sure why I let that quote stand — it seems to imply that we pay different prices for imported oil vs. domestic oil. or maybe he thinks we don’t pay for domestic oil at [...]
