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Matt Yglesias is making sense
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David Roberts |
22 Jul 2008 |
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| On Republican gas price demagoguery: [Anti-density zoning and minimum parking mandates] are regulatory barriers to solving our energy problems every bit as much as the ban on offshore drilling is. And conservatives are against regulation, right? Except the anti-drilling regulation is good for the environment and for coastal economies whereas anti-urbanist regulation is economically inefficient and environmentally destructive. Naturally, conservatives have chosen ... |
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| Topics: energy, oil and gas drilling, politics, regulation, urban planning (all these topics) |
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