The Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED) is an informal coalition of individuals and organizations interested in improving national, state, and local energy & environmental policies. Our basic position is that technical matters like these should be addressed by using Real Science. It’s all spelled out at WiseEnergy.org, which is a wealth of energy and environmental resources.
A key element of AWED’s efforts is public education. Towards that end, every 3 weeks we put together a newsletter to balance what is found in the mainstream media about energy and environmental matters. We appreciate MasterResource for their assistance in publishing this information.
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Greed Energy Economics:
The societal cost of coal wildly exaggerated
‘Clean Fuels’ program is simply a hidden tax on fossil fuels
Analysis: Solar & wind power costs are huge compared to natural gas
US Senate Testimony: Reforming America’s Energy Tax Code (Nickles & Kreutzer)…
Continue Reading“In popular terminology, a libertarian is the opposite of an authoritarian. Strictly speaking, a libertarian is one who rejects the idea of using violence or the threat of violence—legal or illegal—to impose his will or viewpoint upon any peaceful person. Generally speaking, a libertarian is one who wants to be governed far less than he is today.”
– Milton Russell, “Who Is a Libertarian?” , The Freeman, May 1, 1955.
A growing number of pundits and politicians from across the political spectrum, favoring both economic and social liberty from government, are identifying themselves as libertarian. A growing, sizable number of students ‘lean’ libertarian, combining fiscal conservatism with social liberalism. Students for Liberty, still in its first decade, has organized on 1,300 campuses in the U.S. and around the world.…
Continue ReadingEvan Smith, Editor Texas Tribune: “Who’s making money on this deal (the Vista Ridge Pipeline)?
Robert R. Puente, CEO of San Antonio Water System: “Nothing wrong with making money. Free enterprise and Capitalism are what makes this world go.”
– Symposium: Conversations on Water–The Vista Ridge Pipeline Proposal and its Local Impact, University of Texas, San Antonio, August 12, 2014.
“Which large U.S. city will be the first to run out of water?” is a question being asked as a result of a new study by The Environmental Hydrology Laboratory at the University of Florida. The study ranked San Antonio worst out of 225 U.S. cities as to drought vulnerability. And Los Angeles was nearly so, ranked at 220.
San Antonio and Los Angeles are both ranked high in drought vulnerability despite that both have depended on conservation as the major water policy for several decades.…
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