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For waste and inefficiency, you can’t beat corn ethanol

For waste and inefficiency, you can’t beat corn ethanol

by Ted Williams | May 19, 2025

Colorado has two corn ethanol plants. What good can be said about them? Not much

The “Keystone Pipeline” won’t make gas cheaper

The “Keystone Pipeline” won’t make gas cheaper

by Ted Williams | Jul 18, 2022

If only we’d built the “Keystone Pipeline,” some people say, gasoline would be cheap. Well, actually, no. We need to stop telling ourselves stories that just aren’t true.

Killing wildlife to see who wins

Killing wildlife to see who wins

by Ted Williams | May 24, 2021

Many states, but not Colorado, allow wildlife hunting contests. The contests produce bodies, but do they help other wildlife or even livestock? Actually, no.

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