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How Green Subsidies Make Us Dependent on Chinese Minerals with Ben Lieberman

Episode length: 50m

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The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the day’s most interesting energy and environmental policy issues with top national experts. Jack is joined this week by Ben Lieberman, Senior Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Anchored by a discussion of his recent article describing how green energy subsidies artificially increase demand for Rare Earth Minerals, Ben and Jack cover a variety of issues, including how government efficiency standards hurt American consumers and why made-up, leftist “holidays” like “World Car-Free Day” are ridiculous.

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