Biden Pricing Working Families Out Of Car Ownership

The New York Times notes that EPA is releasing rules that are intended to ensure that electric cars represent between 54 and 60 percent of all new cars sold in the United States by 2030 and 64 to 67 percent by 2032—in 9 years. That would exceed President Biden’s earlier goal announced in 2021 to have all-electric cars account for half of […]

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Biden to Motorists: My Way or the Highway

WASHINGTON DC (04/12/2023) – Earlier today, the Environmental Protection Agency released a set of proposed rules that would effectively regulate cars with internal combustible engines out of business. The rule is an attempt to accelerate the number of electric vehicle sales to 67 percent by 2032. Today, less than six percent of cars are electric, […]

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Biden Puts OPEC Behind The Wheel Of America’s Gas Prices

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and fellow oil-producing allies (OPEC+) are back in the driver’s seat as U.S. shale oil is no longer the marginal fuel due to President Joe Biden’s anti-oil and gas policies. Brent oil jumped to $85 a barrel since members of OPEC+ including Russia announced production cuts of 1.16 million barrels per day on […]

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The Unregulated Podcast #127: Dad’s Kitchen Table

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss former President Trump’s legal woes, a new paper from the Institute for Energy Research, the GOP and DNC swapping seats across the country, and more. Links: Read the full indictment against Trump IER Paper: Energy Security Is National Security Wisconsin: Janet Protasiewicz […]

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Biden Looks To Japan For Green Energy Bailout

The United States and Japan reached a trade agreement for critical minerals used in batteries–a deal aimed at allowing Japan to meet sourcing requirements for new electric-vehicle subsidies in the United States and beginning to shift energy supply chains away from China. Under the deal, the United States and Japan agreed not to levy export duties on […]

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Joe Manchin Is The Senate’s April Fool

Senator Joe Manchin, Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is not happy about how his wording in the Inflation Reduction Act is being interpreted by President Biden’s Department of the Treasury.  Treasury’s proposal allows a much wider claim on the electric vehicle tax credit than he says he intended. The Treasury Department […]

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New York State Opens New Front In War On Gas Appliances

New York will become the first state to pass a law banning natural-gas and other fossil-fuel hookups in new buildings on its way to meeting President Biden’s net zero carbon goals and the state’s own targets for greenhouse-gas reduction. The New York State Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, passed in 2019, calls for a reduction in economy-wide […]

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The Unregulated Podcast #126: Opening Day

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the highlights from a busy week in Washington and their thoughts on the new season of Major League Baseball. Links: Zycher testimony Governor Gavin’s Big Oil Bill LA Times Biden’s WOTUS tanks in Senate We Own the Science Rep. Gary Palmer Calls […]

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Biden’s EV Dreams A Nightmare For Working Families

Expensive electricity rates are making home battery charging a headache and outside of the home, inconsistent and sometimes high pricing policies, frequently broken equipment, and a lack of battery chargers in key locations for all but Tesla drivers is frustrating electric vehicle owners. Inflation and intermittent renewable energy (wind and solar power) are escalating electricity rates, making […]

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Low Battery Warning For Biden’s EV Dreams

Minor damage to an electric vehicle battery pack can lead to the entire car being totaled, leaving the expensive battery packs piling up in the scrapyard and causing higher insurance premiums. With no way to repair or assess slightly damaged battery packs after accidents, electric vehicles can lose up to 50 percent of their price, rendering it […]

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