Texas adopted Hoover’s blueprint a century ago. Today, the bill is due in higher prices and lost liberty. Progressive-era policy rears its head in Texas housing. A century after Herbet Hoover put housing under government management, innovation has faltered, consumer choice has dwindled, and costs have exploded. Popular sentiment casts Herbert Hoover as a do-nothing,...
An Economic Assessment of the 765-kV Strategic Transmission Expansion Plan And Alternative Approaches to Enable Cost-Effective Growth WRITTEN BY Brent Bennett, Ph.D. Download the full research paper here. KEY POINTS • The need for the 765-kV STEP is driven by an overbuilding of wind and solar across Texas, particularly in West Texas and South Texas,...
In a stunning reversal, Bill Gates—who literally wrote a book called “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster”—has declared that while “climate change will have serious consequences… it will not lead to humanity’s demise.” The timing? Just days before COP30 convenes in Belém, Brazil from Nov. 10-21, and Gates specifically addresses his memo to that audience...