Daily Caller Story: Macron Politely Asks French Businesses To Self-Immolate In The Name Of Climate Alarm

[Note: This story is also published at the Daily Caller]

Across my long career in the field of public policy analysis and outreach, I frequently have felt the need to point out that companies in the energy business (or any other business, for that matter) are not social programs or charitable organizations, as liberal politicians and even some conservatives, often appear to want them to be. They are in fact either privately-owned companies or corporations, all of which are in business to — guess what? — make a profit.

In the business world as we have known it, making a profit is not merely an option or a guideline for any business — it is in fact a requirement. Either the business takes in more money than it spends, or it soon goes out of business. This does not seem to me to be either complex or difficult to understand.