All Posts Tagged With: "hydroelectric power"
Mandating Renewable Energy: It’s Not Easy Being Green
Environmentalists abhor all fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and petroleum) and nuclear energy. They collectively refer to this type of energy as “brown” power. Along with a bipartisan collection of Washington politicians, they instead advocate “green,” or “renewable,” power. This earth-friendly alternative energy includes geothermal, hydroelectric, biomass, solar, and wind. While we all know that [...]
1Oct2006 | Michael Heberling | 5 comments | ContinuedDid Deregulation Kill California?
Jerry Taylor is director of natural resource studies at the Cato Institute. Skyrocketing wholesale power prices in California and the daily threat of brownouts and blackouts have cast a pall over deregulation. “Liberals,” led by California Governor Gray Davis, blame a restructuring law passed in 1996 for the crisis, arguing that it left the state [...]
1Jun2001 | Jerry Taylor | 0 comments | Continued-
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