Trading Road Repairs For Green Jet Fuel — Is This A Deal That Californians Want To Make?
Only one state, Alaska, has worse roads than California. Tens of billions are needed to repair the crumbling, cracking and cratered infrastructure. Nearly a decade ago, legislators passed a $52 billion bill to fix the problems. So, what is Sacramento thinking about? Moving fuel tax revenue dollars that should be used for road repair to fund a scheme to produce green jet fuel. The Reason Foundation’s latest highway report ranks California 49th. From abysmal urban interstate surface conditions to battered urban arterial roads to rundown ...
Farmer’s share of the grocery dollar shrinks again
Almost everything from the price of a dinner out to the cost to heat one’s home seems to take a bigger chunk out of the wallet lately. According to the Consumer Price Index, the overall cost of goods rose 2.4 percent in January. Even as grocery store prices rose, the farmer’s share of the food dollar, decreased to 11.8 cents for every dollar spent. For many Americans, dollars spent at the grocery store equate directly ...
Starving Coal of Capital Puts the Power Grid at Risk
Winter Storm Fern was a warning. When temperatures plunged into the single digits and heavy snow blanketed much of the country, the electric grid faced a serious stress test. For years, I have cautioned that rising electricity demand and the premature retirement of dependable power plants were putting the U.S. on a collision course with reliability problems and higher utility bills. During Fern, those concerns came into focus. Read the entire op-ed here.
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