Tag Archive: renewable energy
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Freedom Not Force in the North Carolina Renewable Energy Debate
Todd Wynn | April 19, 2013 | Add a commentImagine checking out at your local grocery store and being told that, due to a recently imposed government mandate, you must make sure at least 12.5 percent of your groceries are derived from organic sources. Most shoppers would be outraged if their choice of groceries was limited and many, particularly … »
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ALEC to States: Repeal Renewable Energy Mandates
Todd Wynn | November 5, 2012 | Add a commentALEC adopts Electricity Freedom Act and discusses it on Master Resource (a free-market energy blog). “As the debate over subsidies, handouts, and cronyism for renewable energy continues, so too will the debate surrounding state-based renewable energy mandates. Fundamentally, forcing state citizens to purchase a product they may not be able … »
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All Cost No Benefit: EPA Proposes Carbon Dioxide Regulation for Power Plants
Todd Wynn | March 27, 2012 | 2 CommentsToday, the EPA has proposed a carbon dioxide standard for new power plants. The EPA blames carbon dioxide and other human emitted greenhouse gases for an increase in global temperature during the past 100 years. Unfortunately, this action is yet another EPA regulation that is essentially all cost and no … »
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More Energy Mandates Mean Higher Prices
ALEC Blog Team | March 9, 2012 | Add a commentBy Robert Bryce About two-thirds of the U.S. population as well as countless businesses and industrial users are now subject to rules that require them to buy renewable electricity. Proponents of the renewable mandates, which are in effect in 29 states (and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) claim … »
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Lessons Learned from Solyndra
Bryan Weynand | February 17, 2012 | Add a commentPresident Obama’s persistent defense of his administration’s clean energy loan guarantee “investments” serves as an ironic underscore of his chief misconception about a free-market economy. Speaking during the State of the Union address last month, Obama admitted that “some technologies don’t pan out; some companies fail.” It was the appropriate … »
