Today’s installment in the endless epic about the exciting surprises involved in industrial policy concerns wind. Your federal government is using taxpayers’ money to bribe, with various subsidies, automakers to make more electric vehicles than taxpayers want. So, the government is bribing taxpayers with their own money to buy EVs; the bribes are substantial because EVs typically cost more than other vehicles. Simultaneously, the government is using taxpayers’ money to drive a conversion to, among other renewable energy sources, wind-generated electricity, which potentially will increase taxpayers’ electricity bills. Read the full opinion at The Washington Post.

Source: Washington Post November 16, 2023 15:13 UTC