Alex Berezow’s Articles in Forbes

Obama’s Solar Policy: If You Can’t Beat the Chinese, Tax Them
March 28, 2012

Why is it right for Americans to provide low-cost loans to its solar panel manufacturers, but when China does it, it is an illegal subsidy and demands tariffs in response?

The answer to that also addresses a fundamental science policy question: Why do Americans insist on subsidizing solar panels no one wants to buy?

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Should We Feed Hungry People, Even if It’s Bad for the Environment?

April 5, 2011

“When it comes to saving human life or destroying the environment, I pick saving human life.”

That seemingly innocuous comment I gave at an informal talk elicited a few gasps from my environmentally sensitive Seattle audience. Unintentionally, I exposed in a mere utterance everything that was wrong with the modern environmental movement.