There is clearly widespread collusion affecting energy prices.

Collusion between the government and environmentalists that severely limits our ability to develop domestic sources of crude oil and to increase our refining capacity.

Collusion between the government and the ethanol industry that places tariffs on imported ethanol. This forces us to buy gas with more expensive ethanol which the government has mandated in collusion with the environmentalists and the ethanol industry.

Collusion between the government and the domestic sugar industry that keeps tariffs on imported sugar and keeps the price of sugar artificially high (sugar is more easily and cheaply converted to ethanol.)

We definitely need to put an end to all of this collusion and price fixing.

(Originally posted as a comment at Hit and Run)

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 06:48 AM | No Comments | Add Comment