Jerry Taylor Quotes (31 Quotes)

The goal of reducing Middle East imports is a meaningless goal.

If those technologies have economic merit, no subsidy is necessary. If they don't, no subsidy will provide it. Those subsidies have failed to produce economic energy in the past, and there is little reason to expect that they will do so in the future.

What's high on the radar for environmental organizations has virtually nothing to do with what people think. If you dig deeper, and ask what environmental problems are you concerned about, water from the tap and the local dump tend to outpace global warming. People, when they think about environmental quality, think about it in their own town.

It's not the government's job to design automobiles. Also, there's a great deal of unrealistic expectation about what fuel-efficient cars can do. If the government really wants to secure reduction in oil consumption for cars, it should just leave gas prices alone. With enough time, consumers will reduce their consumption in response to higher costs.

If the 20th century is any guide, the 21st century looks quite rosy indeed. Any indices you look at, whether it's human mortality, life expectancy, caloric intake, any tangible measure of human well-being shows that the world is becoming a healthier, safer, better-fed place than it was before.

The president is only proposing a 22 percent increase and I rather suspect that Congress will be inclined to provide that assistance. But since the increase is modest, it's probably not going to be enough.

Clearly politicians are better off when they are handing sack-loads of loot to farmers. If you're interested in the 2008 elections, ethanol is surely going to interest you.

If they want a poster boy for the Energy Hog, they can put President Bush's mug up there for jetting around the country for useless photo ops to try to bring his poll numbers back up,

It had the effect that any economist would have told you. To believe the laws of economic gravity have changed over time is wrong.

This bill will allow politicians to tell voters they're, quote, doing something about high energy prices. And the bill also allows politicians to hand out subsidies and preferences and tax dollars to well-organized interest groups -- and that's what Congress likes to do best.

We seem to have economic amnesia. Decisions about what sort of technologies to invest in, what fuels to produce and in what quantity are best made by consumers and business, and not by politicians.

Consumers aren't idiots. So they will act.

It turned out very well and I'm very happy with the book and all the work she put into it.

I don't think consumers benefit from corporate welfare, and that's all that these proposals add up to. With energy prices as high as they are, we don't need to provide any incentives.

As far as the new subsidies for coal, wind, solar, nuclear and ethanol are concerned, if those technologies have economic merit, no subsidy is necessary. If they don't, then no subsidy will provide it.

To the casual observer, one of the most striking things about President Bush's State of the Union address was his wholesale adaptation of the Democratic Party's rhetoric regarding energy. Veterans on all sides of the energy debate in Washington cannot fail to detect a strong whiff of political cynicism in the air.

It's not really a compensation for higher gas prices. It's simply a please-vote-for-me-in-November payment.

It isn't where natural gas prices will be this winter or even next winter, but where the prices will be over the lifetime of the project.

It's a fairly easy, cheap way of posturing before the crowd.

I would hope that it's simply theater to demonstrate their concern about things that a lot of Americans are concerned about and that after the cameras go away, they get back to business. On the other hand, it may well be an attempt to set the stage for real legislation.

It will cost billions to fix it, but unfortunately for environmentalists, it's not a very sexy problem.

Price gouging -- like spinach -- may be unappealing at first bite but it's good for everyone in the long run,

The president offered bracing new rhetoric about where he would like to take energy policy in the coming year, but he suggested little more than a bit more money for the same old programs that have failed in the past. It's the political equivalent of the triumph of hope over experience.

The auto fleet turns over slowly, usually every 10 to 12 years. You're not going to see SUVs replaced by hybrids any time soon.

Renewable power mandates merely accentuate the inefficiency and cost premiums attached to so-called renewable power sources. If renewable power saved consumers money, created jobs, or carried any of the other economic benefits so frequently claimed by environmental activists, then government would not have to pass a law to force power companies to purchase it or consumers to buy it.

Timing is essential in career moves and often cultural climate can impact companies based in rural areas. For instance, someone who has grown up in Manhattan who loves the theater, opera, and New York Yankees might have a hard time picturing themselves in a small city atmosphere.

If they were promising economically, you wouldn't need government help. The fact is that they haven't been able to generate much electricity, and so the people most inclined to make money out of this are probably going to put their money elsewhere.

All you have to do is look at the polling data for the Republican lawmakers in Congress. Going after oil companies is a good bet for them.

I heard Mr. Rees exactly what he said. I think that is neither here nor there right now. The same judge that accepted Commissioner Rees order can also accept ours. My side has never been heard. Your all's side was heard, not mine,

A supply disruption in the Middle East would increase the price of crude everywhere in the world no matter where or how it is produced.

One side believes prices are established by supply and demand, ... The other believes prices are the result of conspiracy, whim or production costs.