Adam Smith’s invisible hand

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Artificial Economic Supports for Wind Energy Are Inherently Flawed

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

craigshields Posted in Renewables - Business

These articles on India’s “generation-based incentive” and the “production tax credit” here in the U.S. call to mind a sad fact: government incentives that are designed to produce more wind energy are deeply flawed. First, turning these incentives on and …

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A Changing Ethos: What Happens When It's Cool To Be Green?

Posted on October 15, 2012 by

craigshields Posted in Sustainability

My friend Tom Konrad of AltEnergyStocks.com responds to my piece earlier today on the effectiveness of the Sierra Club’s attack on coal. He writes: While I strongly support the Sierra Club’s “Beyond Coal” campaign, and feel it has made a …

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