In today’s New York Times, Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman preens about intellectual dishonesty while presenting the most intellectually dishonest case about the cost of climate change policies I have seen this side of Joe Romm. It moved me to do something I have not done for some time, and Fisk the entire article. Krugman’s words are in italics.
So, have you enjoyed the debate over health care reform? Have you been impressed by the civility of the discussion and the intellectual honesty…
While this speech is mostly hogwash, I am surprised and delighted to be able to find one thing to praise in it:
Later this week, I will work with my colleagues at the G20 to phase out fossil fuel subsidies so that we can better address our climate challenge
This is the right thing to do, for reasons I explained in my recent paper co-written with Sterling Burnett of NCPA (extract follows jump).
While many governments of developed nations argue for a worldwide reduction…
The Greens keep trying to change the subject when it comes to what the released Treasury documents about cap-and-trade actually show. They’ve got a bunch of talking points and, by Jove, they’re sticking to them. One of them is this one, from the Environmental Defense Fund’s spokesman:
In terms of the Waxman-Markey bill, “Every one of the independent analyses out there show small costs,” Kreindler added.
Really? Every one?
What about this one? (”The annual cost of emissions permits to energy users will…
For supporters of freedom and markets, the Year of Our Lord 2008 has been close to a disaster. As D:Ream used to sing, things can only get better, surely? Ah, if only…
This was the year that saw two Presidential candidates vying with each other to see who could make the most ridiculous statements on global warming and the financial system (it may be the less ridiculous won). It was a year when one bunch of free-spending economic know-nothings gained complete…
Juxtapose this from the Washington Post–
Gore envisions a nationwide “Smart Grid”–a massive underground network of electrical power lines that would be powered by massive solar panel installations in the Southwest, and huge wind turbine installations in the Pacific Northwest. The Smart grid would dole out power and regulate itself using 21 Century computer technology, Gore said. Gore said such a system would cost $600 billion to build, but that it would pay for itself quickly.
With this from E and E–
California’s…
I have a post up about the terrible energy bill currently before Congress on The Hill’s Congress Blog. The teaser:
The Energy Bill currently under consideration in Congress is being widely touted as a compromise, because it includes some provision for drilling. The implication is that House Democrats, bombarded with complaints from their constituents over high energy prices this summer, have bowed to the inevitable and reached out to their Republican opponents to agree on a new dawn for drilling in…
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