Reasonable Energy Abundant and Affordable Energy for Cascadia
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Watch: The Wild West of Energy

Cole Smead moderates a discussion with Kent Walter, Jonathan Lesser, and Mark Mills at the COSM 2024 Technology Summit which sheds light on the need for a balanced approach to energy policy, technological innovation, and market adaptability. Read More ›
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Multiple Coal Fossil Fuel Power Plant Smokestacks Emit Carbon Dioxide Pollution

The (Anti) Social Cost of Carbon

Forty-two was the mystical number that explained “life, the universe, and everything” in Douglas Adams’ comic novel, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Today, another mystical number, the so-called social cost of carbon (SSC), is providing the excuse for the Environmental Protection Agency and green-energy-enamored state regulators to enact crippling energy policies. The SCC is the thumb on the scale that can justify virtually any policy aimed at eliminating fossil fuels. When the EPA first proposed its rule to reduce mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants, the agency’s cost-benefit analysis determined the benefits would be minuscule. Any putative benefits, it turns out, would come instead from reductions in carbon emissions and, here’s the key, based on a calculated value for the SCC. The Read More ›