OPINION: New Mexico should dump its clean energy policies
By Kenneth Costello | Dec 2, 2024
It’s important to preface my remarks by saying that I don’t question the existence of climate change and that humans are a major (but not the sole) contributor. This is what science is telling us. As I argue below, I do object to energy policies that derive from a political or quasi-religious agenda, misinformation and ignorance of economic principles. Such policies are inescapably destined to jeopardize the public good for the sake of benefitting special interests.
Bad EV policy in New Mexico
By Kenneth Costello | Oct 26, 2023
Advocates of various energy technologies have long argued that major barriers, either government or market derived, stifle the development of their favored technology. They then infer that the current level of their preferred technology is suboptimal, warranting some form of governmental intervention.
Technology, not subsidies, is the key to electrification
By Kenneth Costello | Sep 22, 2023
Most advocates of electrification – and there are many in New Mexico – fail to consider the downsides of electrification. With deepening concerns over climate change, politicians, policymakers, electric utilities, and environmentalists are pushing the idea of electrification: The replacement of fossil fuels with electricity for direct end uses like transportation and water and space heating.
