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Epstein’s ‘Fossil Future’

By -- June 22, 2022

“Epstein focuses on the ‘big picture’ facts of how fossil fuels are helping the world’s populations to live longer, better, safer lives, while managing the side-effects of increasing CO2 emissions.”

After his successful book, The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels (2014), philosopher Alex Epstein spent several years speaking at seminars, at corporate meetings, and in webinars to help people understand why the apocalyptical view of future climate and fossil fuels reliance are wrong. At the same time, Epstein zealously asked questions and listened to his “Energy Champions” to better understand how to break through the mainstream narrative with his sound intellectual case.

The result is a reframed energy/climate discussion in his 430-page tome, Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas – Not Less, which challenges the “expert” opinion of impact of rising carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the atmosphere in light of humanity’s huge gains from carbon-based energy usage.…

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Truing Electricity Competition in Georgia (and a roadmap for the other states)

By Jim Clarkson -- June 21, 2022

“… the best arrangement for utilizing market forces in electricity … would be the spontaneous, voluntary, indigenous, bottom-up approach for the development of market relationships rather than government mandates.”

 “The proper aim of consumer groups and free market advocates should be not to force utilities to allow others to use their private property but to reduce the impediments to competition between existing and new suppliers.”


The prevailing goals sought by those seeking reform in the power market are mandated access and common carriage for state regulated utilities. However, that is not the best arrangement for utilizing market forces in electricity. Far better would be the spontaneous, voluntary, indigenous, bottom-up approach for the development of market relationships rather than government mandates.
 
The state of Georgia has a system that can be such a free, prosperous market.…

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Energy and Environmental Review: June 20, 2022

By -- June 20, 2022

Ed. note: This post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, a fortnightly published by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions. The complete MBN for this post can be found here.

Greed Energy Economics:
*** Backup battery cost fantasies abound
*** Runaway energy prices require a green energy rethink
1000s Of Sydney Homes Plunged Into Darkness As Aussie ‘Price Cap’ Policy Sparks Energy Shortage
Upstate New York will foot the bill for downstate’s clean energy costs

Renewables (General):
*** Clean Green Energy – Net Zero – Fairy Tales on Steroids
*** Renewable Energy — or Reliable Energy — But Not Both
*** The Biden Admin Wants Censorship Of Renewable Energy Critics
*** In the dark on the power struggle: inconvenient truth proves renewables can’t cut it
How will hydropower bolster a renewable energy world?

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‘The Energy Poverty Prevention and Accountability Act’ (H.R. 4266)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 17, 2022
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The Energy Poverty Project: ‘Social Justice’ in Action

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 16, 2022
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Book Review: “How the World Really Works” (Vaclav Smil)

By -- June 15, 2022
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“Libertarian Seeks Burial of ‘Dead Hand’ DOE” (Natural Gas Week, February 6, 1995)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 14, 2022
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Biden’s Virtue-Signaling: The Costs of Climate Policy

By David Simon -- June 13, 2022
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Offshore Obstructionism: Letter to Biden (July 1, 2022, deadline nears)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 10, 2022
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Elevated CO2 and the Enhancement of Plant Medicinal Properties

By -- June 9, 2022
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