RJA says we should decide “what is really going to be our replacement fuel.”
“Deciding” is what we’ve done so far, by subsidizing the ethanol industry. And what has that gotten us? Nothing more than higher corn prices that drive a cut-back in the amount of other crops grown. It certainly hasn’t gotten us a good alternative fuel. Why not let the market develop its own solution? Anyone remember how VHS tapes beat out the Beta format? Market forces. Anyone remember how CDs beat out the LPs? Market forces. I am confident that the American market could develop alternative energy sources if the government would keep its busy fingers out of it. Just because energy sources are more important than music and movies is no reason to stop trusting the market and American ingenuity.
We already know of a great alternative to using coal, but plans for new nuclear plants got shut down in the alarm over the 3-Mile Island incident. Surely you remember that horrible event: the one where safety measures worked and nothing happened?
