Steve Chapman recently had a few choice words about alternative fuels that I liked. He writes:
“If things are ever going to change, the time is now. Gas prices have more than tripled since 2002, and even after adjustment for inflation, they are higher than at any time since the early 1980s. Alternative fuel suppliers merely have to offer something cheaper, and they would have Big Oil on the run. Instead, they prefer to rely on handouts from government. (...)
“Reducing oil consumption, in an effort to weaken oil-producing nations and combat global warming, is a perfectly sensible idea. But asking the government to decide the best alternatives is like asking the government to decide what products Home Depot should stock.”
But judging from the campaign commercials for the upcoming primaries, it looks like there is no shortage of bozos running for office who’d not only love to tell Home Depot what products to stock, but how much profit they’re allowed to make on them.
No idea seems bad and tired enough to be recycled as a political platform. When I hear that, I can’t help reacting... with a theatrical waving of hands and realistic-sounding gagging noises.
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