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Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

When asked in 1989 about the prospect of fusion by the LA Times, leading "green" thinker Paul Ehrlich said that given society’s dismal record in managing technology, the prospect of cheap, inexhaustible power from fusion is "like giving a machine gun to an idiot child." https://t.co/iME1uYrhAv — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 21, 2022

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Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

When asked in 1989 about the prospect of fusion by the LA Times, Jeremy Rifkin said: "'It’s the worst thing that could happen to our planet.' Inexhaustible power, he argues, only gives man an infinite ability to exhaust the planet’s resources, to destroy its fragile balance…" https://t.co/hxoWe0Qp77 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 21, 2022

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The world needs to reject the "green" movement and instead embrace a "human flourishing" movement that embraces intelligent human impact on Earth as a good thing, and embraces both today’s most cost-effective energy sources—above all, fossil fuels—and is eager to improve on them. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 21, 2022