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May 4, 2012

Let Market Solve Our Energy Needs

Steve Huntley, Chicago Sun-Times


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The idea of central planning — that smart people at the center of power can manipulate society to achieve good ends — is appealing. But it doesn’t work, as history offers up many examples, most notably in the mass famines of the Soviet Union’s collective. . .

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TAGGED: energy, global energy market, global energy consumption, Chicago Sun-Times

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