Adam N. Michel, Cato of Liberty, June 25, 2025
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Agency (EIA) tallies all federal energy subsidies, including direct spending, tax expenditures, research and development, and loan guarantees. result? Fossil fuels received the smallest share of federal grants on all metrics.
In 2022, fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, oil liquids) received $3.2 billion in federal aid (11% of total), compared to about $15.6 billion (54 cases) in renewable energy and nuclear power. Figure 1 also reports expenditures on conservation and end use. This constitutes the remaining 35 parents and is not distributed to any particular energy source.
The subsidies become even smaller as they are expanded by the energy produced by each source. The measure will subsidize renewable energy and nuclear energy at 19 times higher per energy unit produced than coal, oil and natural gas. It looks renewable on its own, and the subsidies are 30 times larger for fossil fuels. That’s probably the case with fossil fuels stipulated in the proportion of more subsidies before recent federal spending. Still, when expanded by electricity consumption, the energy incentives for renewable energy were about six times greater than oil, gas and coal between 1950 and 2016.
Caleb Petitt, libertarirism.org, June 25, 2025.
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Smith’s discussion of navigation laws was a boon and thorny for Smith and protectionists on the side of those who support free trade and freedom. The deeper investigation reiterates that Smith was not a heartfelt supporter of the navigational method that he exists. I am openly calling for the abolition of the colonial trade provisions, the most important part of the regulations at the time of his writing. Smith has been consistently important in regards to the SEACAP regulations, the focus of this essay.
He challenged the idea that navigation laws promoted British wealth. He did not praise the act of voyage, but rather praised their purpose and efforts. He did not believe they would be effective in limiting Dutch trade or supporting Britain in the age of war. It highlights the historically contingent situation in which navigation laws were passed. I opposed the idea that there is something special about carrying and trade. I overshadowed the nuanced relationship between defense and luxury too often.
Smith did not believe that SEACAP regulations worked to achieve their stated goals. The entire writing on SeaCap regulations reveals their hopes.
DRH Notes: This article is long and I haven’t digested Covech to decide whether it completely convinces me, but it’s a plot. I’ll repeat this later today.
Eric Tingwall, Trend Motor, June 20, 2025.
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Therefore, it will be illegal for many US homeowners to install their own EV chargers in the coming years as approved by the 2026 edition of the National Electrical Code. The only thing that could have been prevented from happening was the final challenge of firing clauses from the code at the National Fire Prevention Association’s annual technical conference held on Friday, June 20, 2025.
The change comes from a new addition to the 2026 NEC, which states that “permanently installed power mobile system equipment will be installed by qualified Persians.” As proposed and ratified, the 2026 NEC defines qualified personnel in vague TURS that are likely to be interpreted by the Code Registration Department with the MAAN of licensed electricians.
The problem with the proposed language is that making do-t-yourself installation illegal does not necessarily stop homeowners from doing their own electrical work. However, we guarantee that the EV charger that is put in by the amateur will be installed with the Approprice permit and the accompanying safety inspection.
David Kemp, Regulations, Summer 2025.
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“Climate” describes average air conditions that usually last over 30 years, while “weather” reflects short-term conditions. Individual weather events are the result of complex interactions of variables containing thermodynamic factors (e.g. radiative forcing, which is a variety of large-scale air movements that help distribute heat across the Earth’s surface). When greenhouse gas emissions change climate, weather patterns also change. However, determining a particular weather event is not possible either because the publication was also “caused” – rather, the natural variation of other climatic factors.
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Therefore, it will be illegal for many US homeowners to install their own EV chargers in the coming years as approved by the 2026 edition of the National Electrical Code. The only thing that could have been prevented from happening was the final challenge of firing clauses from the code at the National Fire Prevention Association’s annual technical conference held on Friday, June 20, 2025.
The change comes from a new addition to the 2026 NEC, which states that “permanently installed power mobile system equipment will be installed by qualified Persians.” As proposed and ratified, the 2026 NEC defines qualified personnel in vague TURS that are likely to be interpreted by the Code Registration Department with the MAAN of licensed electricians.
The problem with the proposed language is that making do-t-yourself installation illegal does not necessarily stop homeowners from doing their own electrical work. However, we guarantee that the EV charger that is put in by the amateur will be installed with the Approprice permit and the accompanying safety inspection.
