Market forces for planetary survival
Last weekend, as spring was in full swing, the Green Libertarian was over at his brother's house performing his customary gardening duties. The task of the day involved sifting through leaves, rocks, and sand, so he arranged the various tools needed for the job in a careful semicircle around the pile he was working on. Unfortunately, as he...
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Author's note: This article was completed in late February 2026, days before the United States launched Operation Epic Fury against Iran. Since then, oil has surged past $100 a barrel for the first time since 2022, European gas prices have doubled, and the Strait of Hormuz has effectively closed. Everything below about the cost of killing offshore wind just became considerably more urgent.
In which the Don of Mar-a-Lago tilts at offshore wind turbines, ge...
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The climate activists have it backwards. They want to overthrow capitalism to save the planet. The fossil fuel industry wants to preserve capitalism by denying the crisis exists. Both are wrong -- and their battle is destroying any chance of actually solving the problem.
Here's the heresy: **Fre
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