Downsizing Blog
Taxpayers Eat Another Solar Energy Flop
Looks like another federally backed solar energy plant has gone bust.
Crescent Dunes: Another Green Flop
The Department of Energy called the vast and expensive solar project a “success story” and “milestone for the country’s energy future.”
Perry the Profligate
Rick Perry is one of the more disappointing of Trump’s cabinet secretaries. He once fashioned himself a conservative budget-cutter, but since becoming head of the Department of Energy (DOE), he has focused on defending subsidies rather than cutting anything.
Government Ownership Sucks
The Wall Street Journal today profiles South Africa’s electric power company, Eskom. What a mess.
Is Green Energy Competitive?
Without government intervention, renewable energy cannot compete with conventional resources.
Multi-Billion Dollar Boondoggle at DOE
The federal government spends an unreal amount of taxpayer money cleaning up nuclear weapons sites.
Green Energy Corporate Welfare
We should drop all energy subsidies, restrictions, mandates, and trade barriers and let the free market deliver the right mix of energy at the lowest cost.
Federal Spending Rescission
Worried that their spending spree in the recent omnibus bill will suppress conservative turnout at the polls this November, Republicans are now considering a “rescission” package.
Hearings Show Most Republicans Are Spendthrifts
I am a fan of Kimberley Strassel’s columns about federal politics in the Wall Street Journal. But her recent column about the omnibus spending bill—which increased spending 13 percent in one year—was off the mark.
Privatizing Puerto Rico Power
Puerto Rico’s Governor, Ricardo Rossello, has unveiled a plan to privatize the island’s power company.