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What’s dumb about a windfall profits tax?

…oppose a carbon tax so fiercely. Also actual investment in alternative fuels now has the cost that production of alternative fuels causes the price of oil to decline. The threat…

Water, energy and the economy

David Zetland writes more on pricing water in relation to energy concerns at Growing Blue: Water, energy and the economy …let’s set aside the issue of environmental water and concentrate…

Storing Energy Bleg

…always blowing and it is costly to store energy. I don’t see why energy can’t be stored using hydroelectric dams. They store huge amounts of energy in lakes. So what’s…

Presidential energy plans

Obama’s energy plan. Clinton’s energy plan. John McCain’s site John McCain ran into a lot of trouble with Republicans the last time he proposed a bill on climate change, getting…