Here are the 10 NDAI columns that attracted the most readers in 2023.
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10. Save the Planet — Drill, Baby, Drill
“Greta, Leo, and ‘Sir’ David can whine all they want, but that ‘fossil’ fuel is going to be extracted, processed, shipped, bought, and consumed.”
9. Lockdown and the Labor Force
“But the ‘stimulus’ checks are gone. The eviction ban is over. The extra $600 a week in ‘unemployment’ payments are kaput. The millions of able-bodied adults added to Medicaid rolls during lockdown will soon — much to the horror of ‘progressives’ — be off the healthcare dole. The ‘emergency allotments’ for food stamps ended, even for the dead-ender states, in March.”
8. The Switch Remains Unflipped
“Sorry, eco-apocalypticists, but the fossil-fuel-free utopia you desire appears as distant as ever. Your faith-based policies are wildly popular on campus, in legislatures, and at Davos. Here on Earth, energy consumers prefer what works.”
7. Hit the Road, Protectionists
“This summer, take a roadtrip. That should change your mind.”
6. Decarbonization’s Dirty Secret
“You may not know much about it. But you’re paying for it. Soon, you’ll be paying a lot more.”
“No investment better illustrates the rally better than Shell Polymers Monaca. It’s not located on the Gulf Coast, but in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. ‘Appalachia’s first ethane cracker’ will have a huge impact on the region. It went online, officially, in mid-November, and an analysis by Robert Morris University found that over the next four decades, the facility will ‘produce $81.7 billion in economic activity statewide, with the commonwealth taking in an additional $515.4 million in income tax receipts.’”
4. Some Light Summer Myth-Debunking
“Sorry, Nikki Haley, but coal, petroleum, natural gas, uranium, and the technologies associated with each are bought and sold on a global market — and that’s a good thing.”
“Winner Sells All is ‘the story of the defining business clash of this generation.’ In a larger sense, though, the book is a testament to the gloriousness of capitalism.”
2. Industrial Policy Fizzles on the Launchpad
“And NASA’s astro-crats successfully pitched the Space Transportation System — i.e., the shuttle — as America’s way to compete. You know what happened next: Fourteen dead astronauts and a hideously expensive fleet of orbiters that achieved neither low costs nor frequent service.”
“Fortunately, taxpayers had a champion in their corner — a native South African with vision and guts, who seethed over EELV’s outrageous expenditures.”
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