Update on the Legality of Obama’s 54.5 MPG Standard

Nobody but the judicial activists who gave us Massachusetts v. EPA can say with a straight face that when Congress enacted CAA Sec. 202, it meant to transfer the power of setting fuel-economy standards from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to EPA. Nor would any non-Bizarro lawyer contend that CAA Sec. 202 authorizes EPA to set fuel economy standards as many years into the future as the agency sees fit, despite EPCA’s explicit limit of “not more than 5 model years.”

C3: Why The Obama Admin. Should Quit Subsidizing Wealthy Investors For Wind Turbines - A Visual Explanation

In essence, wind turbine farms are a terrible investment when it comes to producing energy when it is actually needed.

When demand peaks (the green curve), the wind energy delivered hits bottom (the blue curve).

Recognizing that wind farms are not the source of reliable energy when actually needed (see chart) would allow politicians to quit wasting huge subsidies on crony capitalists and wealthy investors.

Why I Won’t Be Renewing my ‘Economist’ Subscription « NoFrakkingConsensus

This is no longer news reporting. It well and truly crosses the line into environmental advocacy. Since I get plenty of that from all sorts of other media outlets, there’s no way on this green Earth I’m about to hand over $230 for yet another steady stream of it.

Fashionable ideas hold great sway over even the most intelligent among us. We are a product of our time and place far more than we realize. What The Economist used to offer me was rigorous, smart, unfashionable analysis.