"All of the above" wouldn't be a slogan, and not even on the table, were it not for lucrative government subsidies that distort the market. There is no Constitutional support for them, but we have them anyway -- along with most of the rest of the Federal government, which also has no Constitutional support. It's OK for the government to …
"All of the above" wouldn't be a slogan, and not even on the table, were it not for lucrative government subsidies that distort the market. There is no Constitutional support for them, but we have them anyway -- along with most of the rest of the Federal government, which also has no Constitutional support. It's OK for the government to do or support research, but even development is questionable (except in support of areas for which the government has explicit Constitutional support), let alone the grotesque market distortions created by mandates and subsidies. In every area, not just energy, endless new varieties of subsidies and mandates are created by lobbyists bending the ears of compliant legislators, primarily to benefit the lobbying class, not the public.
"All of the above" wouldn't be a slogan, and not even on the table, were it not for lucrative government subsidies that distort the market. There is no Constitutional support for them, but we have them anyway -- along with most of the rest of the Federal government, which also has no Constitutional support. It's OK for the government to do or support research, but even development is questionable (except in support of areas for which the government has explicit Constitutional support), let alone the grotesque market distortions created by mandates and subsidies. In every area, not just energy, endless new varieties of subsidies and mandates are created by lobbyists bending the ears of compliant legislators, primarily to benefit the lobbying class, not the public.