This discussion will look at one single area. And develop the ideas that reflect on the free market then In contrast the market under control of Government. Let us look at the case of gasoline and diesel fuel. Gasoline is a more expensive fuel to refine. The energy out put is less. And due to that fact diesel engines give better fuel economy. If you look at  the fuel economy of an identical truck except the power plant you find the diesel engined vehicle has greater fuel economy. Also the engines produce less Co2 emissions. Yet, we see what would seem to be one of a multitude of reasons for us to favor diesel engines in major impactful applications, however let government enter the process and we see the proverbial, victory being snatched by the jaws of defeat. With the simple intervention of government we see the cost differential going from the advantage to diesel fuel to being reversed and actually create an inverted position. No longer is diesel fuel less expensive it is now not just equal on cost, it is actually much higher. This is a perfect example, case study in the aberration that government makes in the natural order of the free market. It destroys the free Markets ability to sort out the winners and losers, by masking the advantages of the simplest and least expensive solution and forces upon the market the least efficient solution. 

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