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David Kreutzer, Senior Policy Analyst in Energy Economics and Climate Change, Heritage Foundation
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Kreutzer joined the Heritage Foundation in February after teaching economics at James Madison University for 23 years and at Ohio University for three years before that. Before moving to the Washington area he was mayor of a town even smaller than Wasilla, Va. He earned BA and MA degrees in economics at Virginia Tech and a Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University.
Kreutzer's research has appeared in journals such as The Journal of Political Economy, the National Tax Journal, Economic Inquiry, The Southern Economic Journal, Applied Economics and The Journal of Energy and Development. He has also written for mainstream media outlets including The Wall Street Journal and the Washington Times.
October 20, 2009 11:06 AM
'Irony' Of Cap-And-Trade Costs Regulatory impediments to safe nuclear power should be removed with or without carbon caps. Cap and trade will be very costly to the economy. In a great irony, many proponents cite studies showing the cost to be very low. The irony because the assumptions in the “postage stamp” studies are inimical to positions these groups take on certain topics—most notably on nuclear energy. Without going over all the strained assumptions necessary to keep the projected cap-and-trade costs below hundreds of billions of dollars per year, note that a consistent and critical assumption is the doubling of nuclear power…
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