Alex Epstein

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Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

There was never any reason to expect solar /wind to replace fossil fuels. The world needs far more energy—3B people still use less electricity than a US refrigerator—so there's no reason to expect lower demand for any form of cost-effective energy, let alone ultra-versatile FFs. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 12, 2022

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Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

The "climate emergency" movement has rationalized its opposition to fossil fuel investment, production, and transport with claims that solar/wind could rapidly replace FFs. This has obviously not happened. Despite huge solar/wind subsidies fossil fuel demand has *increased*. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 12, 2022

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Solar and wind’s basic problem is unreliability, to the point they can go near-0 at any time. Thus they don’t replace reliable power, they parasite on it. This is why they need huge subsidies and why no grid is near 50% solar/wind without huge parasitism on reliable neighbors. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 12, 2022