Electric Vehicles
Blog
EV Mandates — More CopyCal Moves from Washington
Among Pres. Biden’s first executive orders was to replace the entire fleet of federal vehicles with electric vehicles — about 645,000 in all according to the General Services Administration. He claimed that it would create one million autoworker jobs in the U.S. Chock up another win for the Golden State, ...
Rowena Itchon
March 3, 2021
Blog
Lessons from the Left Coast: The economic costs from adopting California’s approach to global climate change
All signs indicate that the Biden Administration is adopting California’s approach to global climate of prohibit, discourage, and subsidize. The prohibit plank refers to punishing the politically disfavored energy sources of nuclear and natural gas. California has punished nuclear power generation by shuttering the San Onofre Nuclear Generating station in ...
Wayne Winegarden
February 2, 2021
Blog
New Senate Majority Means Blue State Bailout on Horizon
While Chuck Schumer, Joe Biden, and Democrats across America were cheering their party’s victories in the Georgia senate runoffs, no one was probably cheering louder than Gov. Gavin Newsom and his fellow blue state governors (plus scores of Democratic mayors). Once the two new senators are sworn in and Californian ...
Tim Anaya
January 18, 2021
California
PRI’s Kerry Jackson weighs in on Newsom budget plan in OC Register: California’s spend-a-thon begins
Gov. Gavin Newsom submitted his budget Friday, outlining how he wants the state to spend a record $227.2 billion in the 2021-2022 fiscal year. And spend California will, as usual on items in no way connected to government’s limited role in our lives. In addition to the usual largess customarily ...
Kerry Jackson
January 10, 2021
Commentary
Obama Admits… Biden & Bernie’s Socialist-Democrat Goals Are the Same
In a recent interview, former President Barack Obama admitted something Democrats have been trying to deny or keep secret for months. “If you look at Joe Biden’s goals and Bernie Sanders’ goals, they’re not that different from a 40,000-foot level,” he said. And he’s right – Biden may have won ...
Sally C. Pipes
October 8, 2020
Blog
The Latest Buzz On Newsom’s Electric Car Mandate
To adequately cover all the angles, implications, and consequences of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order to rid the state of gasoline and diesel cars and trucks and replace them with electric vehicles would require a short book, or a long policy paper. We’ve already covered a few points, primarily the ...
Kerry Jackson
October 8, 2020
Blog
Newsom: If You Like Your Internal-Combustion Engine Car, You Can Keep It
When Barack Obama told the country that under Obamacare “if you like your health care plan, you can keep it,” he was dinged for telling the PolitiFact Lie of the Year. California Gov. Gavin Newsom made a similar promise when he signed last week an executive order that will outlaw ...
Kerry Jackson
October 1, 2020
Blackouts
The Roth Effect Interviews Wayne Winegarden on Free Market Energy Solutions
Pacific Research Institute senior fellow and economist Dr. Wayne Winegarden talks free market energy, California rolling power blackouts, and optimistic solutions to energy policy on The Roth Effect with Carol Roth. Winegarden also discusses his recent studies that challenge green energy, fracking, electric vehicles, and more. https://mp3.ricochet.com/2020/09/Roth_Effect_66.mp3
Wayne Winegarden
September 15, 2020
Commentary
Biden = Bernie, Obama admits. Just look at their policies
In a recent interview, former President Barack Obama admitted something Democrats have been trying to deny for months. “If you look at Joe Biden’s goals and Bernie Sanders’ goals, they’re not that different, from a 40,000-foot level,” he said. He’s right. Biden may have won his party’s nomination by casting ...
Sally C. Pipes
August 31, 2020
Blog
High on Spending, Light on Stimulus: Legislative Democrats Propose $100 Billion Borrowing Plan
This week in Washington, Democrats and Republicans are squabbling over the next economic stimulus package. Republicans have proposed a roughly $1 trillion plan, while Speaker Pelosi is pushing a $3 trillion plan. The partisan haggling and negotiations via shuttle diplomacy have already begun. Upon returning from their summer recess, Sacramento ...
Tim Anaya
July 28, 2020
EV Mandates — More CopyCal Moves from Washington
Among Pres. Biden’s first executive orders was to replace the entire fleet of federal vehicles with electric vehicles — about 645,000 in all according to the General Services Administration. He claimed that it would create one million autoworker jobs in the U.S. Chock up another win for the Golden State, ...
Lessons from the Left Coast: The economic costs from adopting California’s approach to global climate change
All signs indicate that the Biden Administration is adopting California’s approach to global climate of prohibit, discourage, and subsidize. The prohibit plank refers to punishing the politically disfavored energy sources of nuclear and natural gas. California has punished nuclear power generation by shuttering the San Onofre Nuclear Generating station in ...
New Senate Majority Means Blue State Bailout on Horizon
While Chuck Schumer, Joe Biden, and Democrats across America were cheering their party’s victories in the Georgia senate runoffs, no one was probably cheering louder than Gov. Gavin Newsom and his fellow blue state governors (plus scores of Democratic mayors). Once the two new senators are sworn in and Californian ...
PRI’s Kerry Jackson weighs in on Newsom budget plan in OC Register: California’s spend-a-thon begins
Gov. Gavin Newsom submitted his budget Friday, outlining how he wants the state to spend a record $227.2 billion in the 2021-2022 fiscal year. And spend California will, as usual on items in no way connected to government’s limited role in our lives. In addition to the usual largess customarily ...
Obama Admits… Biden & Bernie’s Socialist-Democrat Goals Are the Same
In a recent interview, former President Barack Obama admitted something Democrats have been trying to deny or keep secret for months. “If you look at Joe Biden’s goals and Bernie Sanders’ goals, they’re not that different from a 40,000-foot level,” he said. And he’s right – Biden may have won ...
The Latest Buzz On Newsom’s Electric Car Mandate
To adequately cover all the angles, implications, and consequences of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order to rid the state of gasoline and diesel cars and trucks and replace them with electric vehicles would require a short book, or a long policy paper. We’ve already covered a few points, primarily the ...
Newsom: If You Like Your Internal-Combustion Engine Car, You Can Keep It
When Barack Obama told the country that under Obamacare “if you like your health care plan, you can keep it,” he was dinged for telling the PolitiFact Lie of the Year. California Gov. Gavin Newsom made a similar promise when he signed last week an executive order that will outlaw ...
The Roth Effect Interviews Wayne Winegarden on Free Market Energy Solutions
Pacific Research Institute senior fellow and economist Dr. Wayne Winegarden talks free market energy, California rolling power blackouts, and optimistic solutions to energy policy on The Roth Effect with Carol Roth. Winegarden also discusses his recent studies that challenge green energy, fracking, electric vehicles, and more. https://mp3.ricochet.com/2020/09/Roth_Effect_66.mp3
Biden = Bernie, Obama admits. Just look at their policies
In a recent interview, former President Barack Obama admitted something Democrats have been trying to deny for months. “If you look at Joe Biden’s goals and Bernie Sanders’ goals, they’re not that different, from a 40,000-foot level,” he said. He’s right. Biden may have won his party’s nomination by casting ...
High on Spending, Light on Stimulus: Legislative Democrats Propose $100 Billion Borrowing Plan
This week in Washington, Democrats and Republicans are squabbling over the next economic stimulus package. Republicans have proposed a roughly $1 trillion plan, while Speaker Pelosi is pushing a $3 trillion plan. The partisan haggling and negotiations via shuttle diplomacy have already begun. Upon returning from their summer recess, Sacramento ...