A Man-Made Energy Crisis: Obama’s policy is working . . . to raise energy costs.

Gas is well over $4 a gallon in most places in California — and soaring elsewhere as well. But are such high energy prices good or bad? That should be a stupid question.

It seems as if paying lots more for electricity and gas, in European fashion, was originally part of the president’s new green agenda.

“Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.” - Secretary of Energy Steven Chu

“Under my plan of a cap-and-trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.” - Obama

“So, if somebody wants to build a coal plant, they can — it’s just that it will bankrupt them, because they are going to be charged a huge [fee]" - Obama

These utopians have no idea that without reasonably priced fuel and power, the self-employed farmer cannot produce food. The private plant operator cannot create plastics. And the trucker cannot bring goods to the consumer.


http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/262941/man-made-energy-crisis-victor-davis-hanson