Who Wastes Water?

We at the Rio Grande Foundation have been critical of the Albuquerque-Bernalillo Water Authority’s ongoing takeover of the private New Mexico Utilities Inc. for some time now. Thus, I read with interest a recent article in the Albuquerque Journal which showed that while the private company pumped about 14.9 million gallons less water this [...]

Global Warming Simplicities

It’s summer and nowadays that not only means hot weather but feverish speculation about global warming. Robert Samuelson throws some cold water on those who believe that warming is the most important problem facing humanity and that taxing and regulating energy usage are the best solutions.
For more facts on the purported global warming “crisis,” check [...]

Can the Environmentalists be Satisfied?

A few weeks ago I blogged on the topic of the proposed Desert Rock energy plant, a proposed coal-burning facility on Navajo land near Farmington that Governor Richardson now opposes.
Okay, so the environmentalists oppose a coal plant. Nothing new there, right?
How about biomass? Environmentalists LOVE biomass, right? And Richardson has made “renewable” energy a top [...]

Zero-Emission Government?

Setting long-term goals is fun for politicians. No other group of people has as much fun and power in planning the lives of others. Nowhere else is this proclivity more often displayed than in the intertwined areas of energy and environmental policy.
Our own Bill Richardson, for example, set ambitious goals in the 2007 legislative session [...]

More Energy or Not?

We haven’t worked directly on the issue, nor do we have a relationship with the company behind the proposed coal-fired power plant known as Desert Rock that is now being debated for construction on the Navajo Reservation near Farmington. That said, this nation and the west especially are growing rapidly and no matter what the [...]

Energy Bill bad for taxpayers and consumers

In today’s Roswell Daily Times, I had an article denouncing the Energy Bill that passed the Senate recently. While some of the worst provisions, namely a $32 billion tax package that would have increased taxes on motorists in order to fund alternative fuel projects, died, the bill will still harm motorists and taxpayers if it [...]

Domenici-Bingaman Energy Bill a Disaster for Taxpayers, Motorists

Investor’s Business Daily bodyslams the Energy Bill for — among other things — levying $29 billion in new taxes on the oil industry in this editorial.
Also, according to an analysis by the Heritage Foundation, “the bill could increase the price of regular unleaded gasoline from $3.14 per gallon (the early May national average) to $6.40 [...]

Renewable Energy Mandate and Corporate Influence

In case you missed the Albuquerque Journal this morning, there was an interesting story (subscription required) about Ben Luce, a Santa Fe physicist who recently resigned as director of the New Mexico Coalition for Clean Affordable Energy.
Mr. Luce is quoted as saying, among other things, that “The renewable energy policy was structured by the (Public [...]

Wealth Will Help Us Survive Climate Change

The Journal’s Business Outlook section had a nice story (subscription required) about a recent talk given here in Albuquerque by Robert L. Bradley Jr. of the Institute for Energy Research. Bradley’s main point (as disucussed in the article) was that our economy, because it is relatively free market and wealthy, can cope with what climate [...]

Congressional Oil Impotence

Gas prices are rising and the usual cry has arisen from Congress that something must be done. As Mr. Gessing pointed out, our own Rep. Wilson is sponsoring this very piece of legislation.
What, exactly, can Congress do about such apparent price gouging? One thing they can’t do is lower the price of [...]

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