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Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
“this idea that we owe reparations is a total injustice. There are people living 10, 20 years longer because of us, [who are] safer from climate because of us. So there should be gratitude toward the free world, not this condemnation.” With @Tom_Basile https://t.co/rBZ1woGJEN — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
"I've been reading this wonderful book by Alex Epstein. Trust me when I say that the book so far is a tour-de-force. It's so logical and based on first principles." - @jimmysong https://t.co/oK6o52iKcf — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
To see me make the case for energy freedom vs. "net zero," watch my recent debate at UT-Austin hosted by @salemcenterUT. https://t.co/kpglzV7zG6 — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
If you're new to my work, follow me @AlexEpstein for extreme clarity on energy, environmental, and climate issues from a humanist perspective. Also, subscribe to my newsletter, featuring lots of concise, powerful, well-referenced energy talking points. https://t.co/NS8O3mzWft — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
Observe that the "net zero" movement has not come anywhere near achieving its goal of rapidly eliminating fossil fuel use. But *just by slowing the growth of fossil fuel use* it has caused a global energy crisis. It's time to abandon "net zero" and embrace energy freedom. — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
In practice, because "net zero" policies are apocalyptically destructive, they will not be implemented. What will happen is that they do catastrophic destruction and actually slow the emergence of low-carbon alternatives. This is exactly what's happening in Europe. — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
We need the continued productivity growth from cost-effective energy, which right now means mostly fossil fuels, in order to develop truly cost-competitive alternatives on a global scale. The economic destruction and regression or "net zero" will prevent good alternatives. — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
Note: While net zero policies will lessen climate impact short-term, energy freedom policies are more likely to lead to long-term emissions reductions. Why? Because they accelerate the rate at which nuclear and other alternatives become globally cost-competitive. — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
The climate side-effects of continuing fossil fuel use: conclusion If we're free to use FFs, we'll continue to have a warming impact that we can master and flourish with. If we follow "net zero" policies we'll have a *less-impacted but much less livable* climate and world. — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
3. Even extreme projections of biased sources are masterable with fossil fuels Even the IPCC, with many catastrophist biases, projects impacts from warming that would be masterable with fossil fuels. E.g., storms being 1-10% more intense. Sea levels rising 2-3 ft in 100 yrs. https://t.co/sMjAlgFbKu — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
2. Greenhouse warming is concentrated in colder regions, during colder seasons, and at colder times The mainstream view in climate science is that warming gets concentrated in colder places (Northern latitudes) and at colder times (nighttime) and during colder seasons (winter). https://t.co/YCdxVx4g4O — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
1. Far more people die of cold than of heat While leading institutions portray a world as increasingly riddled with heat-related death, the fact is that even though Earth has gotten 1°C warmer far more people die from cold than heat (even in India!). https://t.co/AshABFwAss — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
The climate side-effects of continuing FF use — 3 essential facts 1. Far more people die of cold than of heat 2. Greenhouse warming is concentrated in colder regions, during colder seasons, and at colder times 3. Even extreme projections are masterable with fossil fuels — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
The climate mastery benefits of continuing FF use — conclusion If we are free to use FFs, we’ll get ever-better at neutralizing climate danger, natural or man-made. If we follow "net zero" policies, climate danger will drastically increase from today. — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
3. Leading anti-FF "experts" ignore fossil fueled climate mastery This isn't just true of the media but even the UN IPCC, whose multi-thousand page reports omit FF climate mastery—including declining climate disaster deaths! That’s like a polio report omitting the polio vaccine. — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
2. The climate mastery benefits of FFs have thus far overwhelmed any negative climate side-effects. 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/uI96CtGsux — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
1. A major use of fossil fuels is "climate mastery" A huge benefit we get from fossil fuels is the ability to *master* climate danger—e.g., fossil fueled cooling, heating, irrigation—which can potentially neutralize FFs’ negative climate impacts. — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
The climate mastery benefits of continuing FF use — 3 essential facts 1. A major use of fossil fuels is "climate mastery" 2. The climate mastery benefits of FFs have thus far overwhelmed any negative climate-side-effects 3. Leading anti-FF "experts" ignore FF climate mastery — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
The benefits of continuing fossil fuel use — conclusion If we are free to use FFs, billions more people can have the energy they need to be productive and prosperous. If we follow "net zero," virtually all the world’s 8B people will plunge into poverty and premature death. — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
3: Fossil fuels are uniquely able to provide cost-effective energy Fossil fuels provide 80% of the world's energy and are still growing despite huge hostility because no other source today can match their combination of affordability, reliability, versatility, and scalability. — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
2. Cost-effective energy is desperately needed by billions more people Billions of lack the cost-effective energy they need to live lives of abundance and safety. 3B use < electricity than a typical American refrigerator. Most of those people use wood/dung for heating/cooking. https://t.co/p6i6PnoTVj — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
1. Cost-effective energy is essential to an abundant and safe world Cost-effective (affordable, reliable, versatile, scalable) energy enables us to use machines to become productive enough to transform our naturally deficient and dangerous world into an abundant and safe world. https://t.co/4F7TQPOX1m — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
The benefits of continuing fossil fuel use — 3 essential facts 1. Cost-effective energy is essential to an abundant and safe world 2. Cost-effective energy is desperately needed by billions more people 3. Fossil fuels are uniquely able to provide cost-effective energy — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
To show you how destructive "net zero" is and how good "energy freedom" is I will carefully summarize the evidence regarding fossil fuels’ 1) benefits, 2) climate mastery benefits, and 3) climate side-effects, and based on each factor show what NZ vs. EF would do in practice. — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
A note on "net zero by 2050" policies. Unlike other proposed policies one might criticize, these are not untested, let alone promising policies. *They are tested-and-failed policies that are harming billions of lives right now.* Even though they are only at 1% implementation! — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
I believe any honest and informed attempt to carefully weigh the benefits and side-effects of continuing fossil fuel use will conclude that "net zero by 2050" is apocalyptically destructive and that we need the "energy freedom" to use a lot of FFs + rapidly develop alternatives. — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
Carefully weighing the benefits and side-effects of continuing fossil fuel use includes factoring in: 1. FFs’ overall benefits 2. FFs’ "climate mastery" benefits (that can neutralize negative side-effects) 3. The climate side-effects of FFs with evenhandedness and precision — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
To determine the best policy toward fossil fuels—the energy source that powers most of the world, but whose CO2 emissions have a warming impact on its climate system—we need to follow a common-sense principle that is not common practice: carefully weigh benefits and side-effects. — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
"Net zero by 2050" is currently the number one cultural and political goal in the world * Committed to by most world governments * Supported by leading corporations and financial institutions * Privately committed to by leading corporations and financial institutions — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
Energy freedom policies include: * Protecting the freedom to develop fossil fuels and other forms of energy. E.g., deep geothermal development. * Protecting the freedom to use fossil fuels and all other forms of energy. E.g., "decriminalizing nuclear." — PolitiTweet.org
