09 Aug 2015
by Jim Rose
in applied welfare economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking
Tags: coal power, electric cars, green rent seeking, hydroelectric power, nuclear energy, nuclear power, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, The pretense to knowledge, unintended consequences

- The benefit is large and positive in many places in the west because the western electricity grid is relatively clean – primarily a mix of hydro, nuclear, and natural gas.
- The benefit is large and negative in many places in the east because the eastern electricity grid primarily relies more heavily on coal and natural gas.
via Economist’s View.
09 Aug 2015
by Jim Rose
in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles, politics - New Zealand
Tags: expressive voting, extreme poverty, global poverty, rational irrationality, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
04 Aug 2015
by Jim Rose
in development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth miracles, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA
Tags: climate alarmism clock, climate treaties, expressive voting, free-riders, Kyoto Protocol, rational ignorance, rational irrationality
30 Jul 2015
by Jim Rose
in economics of media and culture, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking
Tags: Big Solar, green rent seeking, James Hansen, renewable energy, solar energy, solar power
26 Jul 2015
by Jim Rose
in economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, health economics
Tags: anti-GMOs movement, anti-vaccination movement, antimarket bias, antiscience left, cranks, GMOs, Leftover Left, precautionary principle, quackery
25 Jul 2015
by Jim Rose
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, economics of religion, energy economics, environmental economics, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, Murray Rothbard, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle
Tags: antiforeign bias, antimarket bias, Catholic social thought, climate alarmism, expressive voting, global warming, makework bias, Pope Francis, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, voter demographics
22 Jul 2015
by Jim Rose
in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming
Tags: carbon emissions, Euroland, expressive voting, Germany, global warming, investor state dispute settlement, nuclear energy, tradeoffs
22 Jul 2015
by Jim Rose
in applied welfare economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, Public Choice, rentseeking
Tags: antimarket bias, Big Solar, Big Wind, expressive voting, green rent seeking, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, renewable energy, solar power, wind power
22 Jul 2015
by Jim Rose
in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles
Tags: Africa, climate alarmists, energy poverty, extreme poverty, global poverty, global warming
17 Jul 2015
by Jim Rose
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
Tags: Big Wind, climate alarmists, Denmark, expressive voting, green rent seeking, power prices, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, renewable energy, The pretence to knowledge, wind power
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