In summary, this “strategy” is nothing more than a modern-day environmental quixote, tilting at windmills of pollution with a lance of impracticality and a shield of buzzwords like “environmental justice.”
The Biden-Harris Zero-Emissions Freight Strategy: Tilting at Windmills
The Biden-Harris Zero-Emissions Freight Strategy: Tilting at Windmills
28 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics Tags: climate activists
The War On Cars
24 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, Public Choice, public economics, transport economics, urban economics Tags: electric cars
In a fit of self-loathing, the European Union has begun to destroy the economic engine that pays its bills. Some of this is well known, but some is not, and it will astonish you.
The War On Cars
A Look at the Wacky Transit Industry
24 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, Public Choice, public economics, theory of the firm, transport economics, urban economics
Today is Earth Day, a day in which we are supposed to celebrate environmentally friendly ideas such as public transit, high-density development, and electric vehicles. My report published last week revealed that the transit lobby has hijacked affordable housing funds so that, in many cities, most of those funds are … Continue reading →
A Look at the Wacky Transit Industry
Call for Support: Has the Time Come for a Wellington Ratepayer Activist Group?
23 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, economics of bureaucracy, income redistribution, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, transport economics, urban economics
Over the years I’ve had various Wellingtonians approach me about setting up, or getting Jordan and the Taxpayers’ Union to set up, a dedicated Wellington ratepayer pressure group to fight for more fiscal prudence and better governance in our city. Jordan and I have always turned away the efforts as nine times out of ten, they […]
Call for Support: Has the Time Come for a Wellington Ratepayer Activist Group?
NIMBYism explained
16 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of regulation, income redistribution, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, property rights, public economics, rentseeking, transport economics, urban economics Tags: housing affordability, land supply, zoning
Germany Electric Car Sales Plummet 30% As Country Floats Idea Of Weekend Driving Ban!
14 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics, urban economics Tags: climate alarmism, Germany
The massive sales drop is bad news for the current German socialist-green government, which aims to have 15 million vehicles on the road by 2030. Currently there are just 1.4 million!
Germany Electric Car Sales Plummet 30% As Country Floats Idea Of Weekend Driving Ban!
A scathing report on Auckland Light Rail
12 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in managerial economics, organisational economics, politics - New Zealand, transport economics, urban economics
This is so scathing. The Auckland Light Rail fiasco: What a gigantic waste of money it all was.
A scathing report on Auckland Light Rail
Housing affordability oz
03 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in income redistribution, Public Choice, rentseeking, transport economics, urban economics
Mega-Battery Owners Rolling in Cash Whenever Wind & Solar Output Collapse
22 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics, urban economics
Sunset and calm weather provides the perfect opportunity for rent-seekers profiting from the market chaos that follows. The owners of fast-start diesel and gas-generators make out like bandits, as the spot price for power goes from less than $100 per MWh to tens of thousands of dollars per MWh. Couple a sudden collapse of wind […]
Mega-Battery Owners Rolling in Cash Whenever Wind & Solar Output Collapse
Another “Least Surprising Headline” for High Speed Rail
22 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, transport economics, urban economics
California voters made a terrible mistake back in 2008 when they narrowly approved a referendum for a $33 billion high-speed train between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Opponents said the project was a boondoggle and they made several predictions. It will wind up costing far more than advertised. It will take much longer to build […]
Another “Least Surprising Headline” for High Speed Rail
“Make politicians afraid to start their cars again”: British Wannabe Ecoterrorist Jailed for 13 Years
21 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics, urban economics Tags: wind power
“… exchanged messages with others who shared his hatred of government in groups called Earth Militia, Total Earth Liberation and Neo Luddite Action. …”
“Make politicians afraid to start their cars again”: British Wannabe Ecoterrorist Jailed for 13 Years
Patients Will Die, Thanks To The NHS Net Zero Drive
17 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics, urban economics Tags: electric cars
In short, ambulances will be out of action for half of the time.
Patients Will Die, Thanks To The NHS Net Zero Drive
Some Chinese electric cars are ‘almost uninsurable’ in Britain
12 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth miracles, law and economics, transport economics, urban economics Tags: adverse selection, asymmetric information, British politics, electric cars, moral hazard
By Paul Homewood h/t Patsy Lacey Owners of some of the latest Chinese electric cars to enter Britain are facing expensive premiums and in some cases are ‘almost uninsurable’ for drivers. It comes after various reports of Range Rover owners struggling to find affordable cover for their vehicles, which is linked […]
Some Chinese electric cars are ‘almost uninsurable’ in Britain
Sobering Up? EU May Scrap Its Plans To Ban Internal Combustion Engines By 2035
12 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, transport economics, urban economics Tags: electric cars
The EU plans to reassess the phase-out of combustion engines, based on the latest data and developments.
Sobering Up? EU May Scrap Its Plans To Ban Internal Combustion Engines By 2035
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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