Alex Epstein

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

"Almost everybody now agrees that humanity should wean itself off fossil fuels and fast. But what if almost everybo… https://t.co/RVv2BwBDoN — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

“Fossil fuels provide 80+% of the world's energy and are still growing, despite 1) decades of intense competition f… https://t.co/JLdf9vwSsI — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

If you're new to my work, follow me @AlexEpstein for extreme clarity on energy, environmental, and climate issues f… https://t.co/nP0fiGH8ZW — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

The IRA’s alleged $400B price tag for cheap green energy was a total lie. It has a limitless price tag, including e… https://t.co/luIBhMImrB — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

If your goal was to ruin our grid you’d do exactly what Inflation Reduction Act does 1) reduce the supply of relia… https://t.co/nukwhak08H — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

To make matters still worse, the IRA not only drives the shutdowns of reliable electric capacity while subsidizing… https://t.co/3Ixsq3mGi1 — PolitiTweet.org

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At the same time the IRA is hastening the shutdown of reliable electricity generation, it is—insanely—promoting far… https://t.co/1tawO8ySp5 — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

Even before the IRA, government policy was already threatening up to 185 GW of coal power in the next 7 years—about… https://t.co/6O62NCh2M7 — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

Solar and wind subsidies not only drive the shutdown of reliable power plants and loot taxpayers, they also inflate… https://t.co/zvQs8WJrDN — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

Estimates of direct losses related to the 2021 TV blackouts are $130B (~$13K per household). Texans were told that… https://t.co/uv9HZknbMO — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

Contrary to popular narratives, the TX blackouts of 2021, were an unavoidable consequence of overinvestment in unre… https://t.co/4JfTmGknK1 — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

As the ongoing reliable capacity crisis, demonstrated by CA’s and TX’s recent blackout fiascos, and their continuin… https://t.co/GsJjQzAMkS — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

By expanding and extending subsidies to unreliable solar and wind, the IRA provides even greater incentives to reti… https://t.co/3j9VQ0CIHq — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

The IRA pretended to be pro-nuclear by adding nuclear to its subsidized forms of energy. But since nuclear overregu… https://t.co/oAxOUe2ZS9 — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

The “ITC” and “PTC” solar and wind subsidies pay utilities to shut down or slow down reliable gas and coal plants w… https://t.co/9jiC1pHC6L — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

Why is America shutting down too many reliable power plants? Two of the chief villains are the subsidies known as… https://t.co/M7FAcAwJNy — PolitiTweet.org

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We’re in a growing electricity crisis caused by shutting down reliable power plants and not replacing them with rel… https://t.co/zxDUAeQ5C3 — PolitiTweet.org

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3. The IRA does limitless harm to our grid. Not only will the IRA’s subsidies last far longer than the decade we w… https://t.co/RbSVPXr9Z2 — PolitiTweet.org

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In addition, investors in solar/wind are incentivized by the IRA to use particularly costly solar panels and wind t… https://t.co/UdtUZ1Wt1o — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

A huge IRA cost threat is that it subsidizes a %age of project costs for solar, wind, and batteries. By artificiall… https://t.co/jMPnHoz4Bi — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

As reported by the WSJ, by “Goldman’s estimate, the IRA tax credits will cost tens to hundreds of billions more tha… https://t.co/0W4ZCzIArD — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

While the CBO and partisan analysis projected that the IRA’s green energy and climate provisions would cost less th… https://t.co/Gr0Iiuzies — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

As Al Gore celebrated at the recent World Economic Forum, companies are scarfing IRA subsidies. Gore said he was “v… https://t.co/UIkhZBXSNe — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

When the public hears a # like $400B in subsidies, few know that this is not a fixed #. It is an estimate based on… https://t.co/k4zfVvXK6t — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

2. The IRA costs limitless $ per year. While IRA advocates and the CBO have calculated government expenditures on… https://t.co/l85oDSBzh8 — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

Any calculation of the IRA’s cost needs to be based on a realistic projection of when electricity CO2 emissions wil… https://t.co/RsFQuDXlnP — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

Recent projections by the Biden Admin’s Energy Information Administration indicate that the CO2 emissions of the el… https://t.co/x3k9LrNTr0 — PolitiTweet.org

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The IRA specifically states that its stream of lavish subsidies for green energy projects will last at least until… https://t.co/0hP7mv9sKL — PolitiTweet.org

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1. The IRA lasts a limitless # of years While we were led to believe the IRA’s “green” subsidies, mostly for solar… https://t.co/JgfJcPFmEJ — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

Given that the IRA’s promise of $400B in subsidies leading to lower costs was a lie, it should be no surprise that… https://t.co/TtweW4HrDG — PolitiTweet.org