Yep. We have to ask them if we may make a living. And this guy is one of the shrinking number willing to invest a lot of money knowing that they can retract his permission whenever Moochelle wakes up in a bad mood. I wish him great success. After the big companies ceased manufacturing in the U.S., I figured that was just one more industry we'd lost.
Being one of Rush Limbaugh's replacement advertisers — and that radio audience is almost perfectly tailored to his product — will do one of two things. Either he'll become a millionaire or he'll come to the wrong people's attention and get put under a microscope until the DOE finds something wrong.
My personal guess is that he's found a perfect fit — his new radio ads will give him lots of listeners, even among people who don't want to buy his product, who will howl if the Department of Energy starts doing funny stuff with his “rough service” production permit.
Just goes to show that free enterprise finds a way, even if the regulators want to make life difficult.