Why should Texans object to connecting our ERCOT grid with either of the other two grids? Interconnection would transfer authority over the ERCOT grid from the Texas Legislature to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The FERC regulates “Rates and services for electric transmission in interstate commerce and electric wholesale power sales in interstate commerce – Principally under Parts II and III of the Federal Power Act”.
Category Archives: Economics
DEMOCRAT-GOVERNED CITIES ARE TRULY TRENDY — DOWNWARDLY TRENDY
The Rule of Law is a foundational principle of Western Civilization. All that characterizes Western Civilization is due to Christianity, according to Rabbi Daniel Lapin: the rule of law, capitalism, equal justice under the law, individual liberty, the republican form of government, etc. In his classic book, The Road to Serfdom, Nobel laureate Friedrich Hayek …
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Global Famine In Our Near Future? Grasshoppers Will Ignore The Warnings.
President Trump reduced the size of government and secured our southern border. Overnight, Joe Biden reversed Trump policies and increased the size of government.
Are you prepared to deal with the consequences of bad government?
Do You Truly Know Your Customers?
Think about this principle: It is the buyer who establishes the price of goods and services sold, not the seller. Here is another: A seller should never propose a product or service he or she personally favors but a product or service the prospective customer wants and favors. An Example Customer About one year ago, …
YOUR National Debt: How High Is Up?
A dollar bill has a thickness of .0043 inches. Ignoring the compressibility of the paper, 1,000 one-dollar bills will form a stack 4.3 inches high. 10,000 one-dollar bills will form a stack 3.58 feet high. What size is a stack of 28 TRILLION one-dollar bills?
To Compare Communism or Socialism with Capitalism is like Comparing a Tire Tool to a Rose
Capitalism is the natural exchange of goods or services between willing sellers and willing buyers who agree on the mutual value of the exchange. Prices (values) follow supply and demand, not government dictates.
Rockwall County Residents: Has Your Bank Sold Out To ‘Stakeholder’ (fascist-socialist) Capitalism?
The cancel-culture fascists pressure businesses, individuals, and governments to fund abortion and other ends to fundamentally transforming America. What is the status of YOUR bank in Rockwall County Texas?
Natural in Lieu of Renewable
How does one go about renewing solar energy? How about renewing wind energy? My limited command of the English language has not sufficient vocabulary to describe how I would go about renewing either the sun or west Texas wind.
Texas—Republican, If You Can Keep It
Texas history classes teach young minds there have been six flags over Texas. In chronological order, the six are: France, Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the Confederate States of America, and the United States of America. Sandwiched between the eras of the Mexican Flag and the Republic of Texas flag was the unique “COME …
We’re In The Money—For Now
National debt now exceeds 28 trillion dollars. The typical healthy, educated American mind does not easily understand the magnitude of twenty-eight trillion dollars. Using an Excel workbook, I calculate the magnitude of national debt. The result helps me to visualize national debt by creating imaginary stacks of one-dollar bills.
Visualize this…
