Alex Epstein

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

Despite significant decreases in US ambient air pollution over the last decades, asthma prevalence increased. Without a really precise understanding of all the moving pieces, detailed attribution to things like gas stoves without empirical research is pretentious pseudo-science. https://t.co/v46y4lYjqL — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

Honest scientists recognize that what causes asthma is unknown and might be many factors. Ambient air pollution was long blamed for asthma, but the data for ambient pollution and asthma anti-correlate in Western countries. The gas stove banners are not honest scientists. — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

Observe that CDC data shows that between 1980 and the mid-1990s asthma rates almost doubled, despite a significant decline in air pollution. This is an *anti-correlation* that contradicts the narrative that asthma is mainly caused by pollution. https://t.co/qXXtpNqv01 — PolitiTweet.org

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Strong evidence stoves are not a leading concern for asthma: In the US, both CA, a state with one of the highest gas stove uses, and ND, a state with one of the lowest gas stove uses, have some of the lowest asthma rates. https://t.co/UlXmsoVZ1U — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

Any confident claim that something causes specifically X% of asthma is BS. Asthma is a cluster of symptoms that researchers do not have a clear causal picture of. As NIH states, "The exact cause of asthma is unknown, and the causes may be different from person to person." https://t.co/bSKrNV1gWh — PolitiTweet.org

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Whenever someone offers you "science," not to inform your voluntary choices but to impose a ban on you, you can be confident that what they are calling science is a distortion. This is certainly the case with the pseudo-precise claim that gas stoves case 12.7% of child asthma. — PolitiTweet.org

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Does anyone have the right to dictate what parents feed their kids, how much exercise kids get, and how much of their money families spend on healthcare? No. They only have the right to try to persuade parents with good info and arguments. The same applies to gas stoves. — PolitiTweet.org

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There are many decisions that families make that affect kids’ health far more than a gas vs. electric stove: what kinds of food kids eat, how much exercise they get, and how much money parents allocate to health vs. other expenses. Do governments then get to dictate all these? — PolitiTweet.org

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Whether and how to use a gas or electric stove should be determined by individuals and families based on what they judge best. For example, many will rationally choose to use a cheaper, more functional gas stove with good ventilation as the best option. — PolitiTweet.org

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The campaign against gas stoves should be rejected for 3 reasons: 1. Families have the right incorporate any real science about gas stoves as they judge best 2. The 12.7% claim is a distortion of science 3. The anti-gas movement is a threat to our grid and therefore our health — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

Early 2023 has featured a carefully orchestrated campaign in which: 1. A paper whose lead author is an anti-fossil-fuel activist claims that gas stoves cause 12.7% of child asthma. 2. The Federal government and NY proposed bans on new gas stoves. We should reject this campaign. — PolitiTweet.org

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Calls to ban gas stoves are anti-science, anti-freedom, and anti-energy Instead of informing us with accurate science about gas stoves so we can make better decisions, anti-fossil fuel activists are distorting science to justify forcing their anti-gas agenda on us. 🧵👇 — PolitiTweet.org

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#FossilFuture https://t.co/yKO201SdBw — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

"Some of the models suggest ... there is a 75% chance that the entire north polar ice cap, during some of the summer months, could be completely ice-free within the next five to seven years.” -@algore, 2009 #Catastrophizing https://t.co/VK02BWwiFb — PolitiTweet.org

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“we're basically paying off a bunch of dictators with bribes to refrain from using the fossil fuels that billions of people need to be prosperous.” Watch the entire segment with @Tom_Basile on Newsmax: https://t.co/1aeZ4eXW0D Get Fossil Future: https://t.co/KvYDUsA0dx https://t.co/2IHLEetqzG — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

My gas stoves analysis comes out tomorrow. — PolitiTweet.org

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“Epstein explains in incredible, researched detail, just how human ingenuity and innovation made the world liveable-in for humans, thereby making us a highly successful species - powered by fossil fuels.” – @JeffreyPeel writer, @QuadrigaConsult https://t.co/hiDyzeR8iS — PolitiTweet.org

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@benschmidtbtc @saifedean @jimmysong @ericyakes @knutsvanholm @GoingParabolic @egg_descrambler @allenf32 Thanks for including me! One thing that might help with focusing on those books is my app Thoughtful. You can put all the books in your Queue and track progress easily on any kind of book (including hardcopy). Here’s my invite link. https://t.co/PJa37DpxWa — PolitiTweet.org

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“Time and again nations have increased their prosperity, including their safety from climate, via economic freedom and fossil fuels.” https://t.co/Im2dZIIt9H — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

Get #FossilFuture: https://t.co/KvYDUsAy35 Watch the full interview with @FlorioGina on the I'm Doing Great! Podcast: https://t.co/YtMMILzhlk — PolitiTweet.org

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“[People are] just thinking… ‘oh, let's save the planet’ or ‘let's protect the environment.’ And that sounds kind of pro-human, even though it really means save the planet from human beings.” With @FlorioGina https://t.co/i7xA1qeQaG — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JohnStossel: We’re told we must STOP burning fossil fuels. That would hurt poor people most. “Billions ... will not become wealthy if… — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

“Climate-related disaster deaths have decreased 98% in the last 100 years as CO2 emissions have increased. And this 'climate mastery' has been powered by fossil fuels.” https://t.co/ueYWuPbMNw — PolitiTweet.org

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I am so sad to learn Jay Lehr died this week. Jay was one of the most “alive” people I ever met—which you can get a sense of from the picture below. He was also an incredible source of encouragement to me. Here’s a link to the last conversation we had. https://t.co/QZEFzIJwla — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AlexEpstein: Step 4 of the IRA's recipe for destroying American energy: Give more power to anti-fossil-fuel activists. "Environmental j… — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

RT @AlexEpstein: Step 3 of the IRA's recipe for destroying American energy: Give the EPA more power to restrict fossil fuels. The EPA’s use… — PolitiTweet.org

Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

Get #FossilFuture: https://t.co/KvYDUsAy35 Watch the full interview with @DanCrenshawTX on Hold these Truths Podcast: https://t.co/HJdRDBeh4M — PolitiTweet.org

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“So when they say, ‘Oh, we can create a 100% renewable system,’ there's a question of whether you could physically do it, but you cannot economically do it.” With @DanCrenshawTX https://t.co/FCFq7MrfPl — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AlexEpstein: Step 2 of the IRA's recipe for destroying American energy: Impose new oil and gas taxes during an energy crisis. At a time… — PolitiTweet.org

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"If I wrote a book like this as thorough and convincing, and that absolutely demolishes something that every respectable right-thinking person thinks we all know, I would feel like I could legitimately retire and feel like I'd have a successful life." - @ThomasEWoods https://t.co/Fe5G9dE1AJ — PolitiTweet.org