Ostensibly they're arguing the problem is government-mandated use of renewables and regulation to mandate that use in real time, rather than based on physical need or prudence. Not agreeing or disagreeing with them, just that's how I interpreted it.
Reason has been a little counterintuitive lately at times about energy policy. I think not too long ago they had an article basically arguing that the market is moving to renewables and that attempts by the Trump administration to push coal and so forth was bad policy as a result. That's not really at odds with libertarian principles, but I think depending on your assumptions about why certain things are the way they are, you can end up with different conclusions.
One person’s “counterintuitive” is another person’s “nuanced”. I’d go with nuanced. For issues as fundamental to modern life as energy, the simple broad brush ideological answer is rarely the right one. You have to get it right for everybody, independent of what the voices (mostly in your own head) are telling you.
Isn't Reason Magazine supposed to be libertarian?
From the article, it sounds like they're fans of Big Government, Zealous Regulation, and Central Planning.
Ostensibly they're arguing the problem is government-mandated use of renewables and regulation to mandate that use in real time, rather than based on physical need or prudence. Not agreeing or disagreeing with them, just that's how I interpreted it.
Reason has been a little counterintuitive lately at times about energy policy. I think not too long ago they had an article basically arguing that the market is moving to renewables and that attempts by the Trump administration to push coal and so forth was bad policy as a result. That's not really at odds with libertarian principles, but I think depending on your assumptions about why certain things are the way they are, you can end up with different conclusions.
One person’s “counterintuitive” is another person’s “nuanced”. I’d go with nuanced. For issues as fundamental to modern life as energy, the simple broad brush ideological answer is rarely the right one. You have to get it right for everybody, independent of what the voices (mostly in your own head) are telling you.