California’s Energy Nightmare Is Coming to Virginia

California’s Energy Nightmare Is Coming to Virginia
Diesel trucks and cars pass windmills along the 10 freeway near Banning, Calif., on Dec. 8, 2009. David McNew/Getty Images
Bonner R. Cohen
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“It can’t happen here” is one of the most dangerous sentences you can utter. The comforting conviction, for example, that some other state’s well-publicized blunders would never be adopted by your own elected representatives can turn out to be just another of life’s illusions.

Bonner R. Cohen
Bonner R. Cohen
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Bonner R. Cohen is a senior fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research, where he concentrates on energy, natural resources, and international relations.
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