At the blog of the National Center for Public Policy Research, Jeff Stier writes that Waze, the Israeli navigation app company that Google is buying for approximately $1 billion, saves energy by guiding drivers around traffic jams. It's a great example of how privately built and financed technology can save energy by increasing productivity, as opposed to the approach of government regulation that attempts to save energy by limiting productivity or adding costs.
Free Market Environmentalism
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