by Gordon Tomb There is a lesson in the success of Pennsylvania’s deregulation of the retail energy supply market for those who insist on green eye-shade meddling in the development of energy resources. As of January, a deregulated market allows all electricity customers in the state to shop among numerous suppliers for the best deal. I saved 10 percent...
Subsidies: mother’s milk of hybrids
by Gordon Tomb The Harrisburg-based Capital Area Transit Authority (CAT) is buying 11 hybrid busses for $5.9 million, nine of them paid for by federal stimulus funds. In fact, but for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, CAT would not be getting the busses, which are to be delivered in May. “We’ve had customers and members of the public asking us to...
