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Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
A crucial freedom involved in rising prosperity has been the freedom to use fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are a uniquely cost-effective source of energy, providing energy that’s low-cost, reliable, versatile, and scalable to billions of people in thousands of places. https://t.co/YmzW8p2Lvr — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
Even China, which is unfree in many ways (including insufficient protections against pollution) dramatically increased its standard of living via economic freedom—particularly in the realm of industrial development where it is now in many ways much freer than the US and Europe. — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
Every nation that has risen out of poverty has done so via pro-freedom policies—specifically economic freedom. That’s how resource-poor places like Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan lifted themselves out of poverty. Resource-rich places like Russia or Congo have struggled. — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
While it’s not true that the wealthy world has increased climate danger in the poor world—we have reduced it—it is true that the poor world is more endangered by climate than the wealthy world is. The solution is for the poor to get rich. Which requires freedom and fossil fuels. https://t.co/NJAPzD6j5x — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
The poor world’s main problem is *not* rising CO2 levels, it is poverty—which is caused by lack of freedom, including the crucial freedom to use fossil fuels. Poverty makes everything worse, including the world’s massive natural climate danger and any danger from more CO2. — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
The "climate reparations" movement ignores the fact that the wealthy world’s fossil fuel use has made life better, including safer from climate, in the poor world. This allows it to pretend that the poor world’s main problem is dealing with rising CO2 levels. — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
The wealthy world’s fossil fuel use has been particularly beneficial in the realm of climate. Over the last 100 years, the death rate from climate-related disasters plummeted by 98% globally. A big reason is millions of lives saved from drought via fossil-fueled crop transport. https://t.co/AEk4iJmCX4 — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
Without the historic use of fossil fuels by the wealthy world, there would be no super-productive agriculture to feed 8 billion humans and no satellite-based weather warning systems, etc. Most of the individuals in poor countries would not even be alive today. — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
The wealthy world’s fossil fuel use has improved life around the world because by using FF energy to be incredibly productive, we have 1) made all kinds of goods cheaper and 2) been able to engage in life-saving aid, particularly in the realms of food, medicine, and sanitation. — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
Free, wealthy countries, through their fossil fuel use, have not made the world worse for poor countries—they have made it far, far better. Observe what has happened to *global* life expectancies and income as fossil fuel use has risen. Life has gotten much better for everyone. https://t.co/xjk93G6ImW — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
"Climate reparations" are based on two false assumptions: 1. Free, wealthy countries, through their fossil fuel use, have made the world worse for poor countries. 2. The poor world’s main problem is dealing with climate change, which wealth transfers will help them with. — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
The hottest idea emerging from the UN's COP27 climate conference, enthusiastically supported by the Biden Administration, is "climate reparations": wealthy countries paying poor countries to make up for climate-related harm. This is an immoral idea that Congress should reject. — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
"Climate reparations" are immoral 1. They punish the free world for fossil fuel use that has made the whole world better, including safer from climate. 2. They punish poor people by taking away their freedom to use the fossil fuels they need to flourish. 🧵👇 — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
“Extreme temperatures are a smaller danger than ever thanks to fossil fueled heating and AC—plus the net-benefits of warming in a world where far more people die of cold than heat.” https://t.co/2JLpk3SU8I — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
#FossilFuture https://t.co/Vl1dx29htE — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
In 1972 the prestigious Club of Rome projected that growth in consumption would have exceeded the available resources of many minerals, including natural gas and petroleum, by today. #Catastrophizing https://t.co/92BtVadqSG — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
Get #FossilFuture: https://t.co/KvYDUsRB55 Watch the full interview with @DanCrenshawTX on Hold these Truths Podcast: https://t.co/HJdRDBvk6M — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
“Remember when we had 2020, we had the lockdown. You had people saying, ‘Oh well, we're never going to need fossil fuels again.’ This dynamic was obscured because we had a dramatic decline in demand, because you weren't allowed to do anything.” With @DanCrenshawTX https://t.co/AhGDM36KjN — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
A promising account by notable software engineer and executive @DHH of the seeming decline of “DEI” in the digital tech world. https://t.co/d4perBSdP2 — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
Get #FossilFuture: https://t.co/KvYDUsRB55 Watch the full interview with @glennbeck: https://t.co/JqUjNMVWx3 — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
“we get this narrative that, ‘Oh, the scientists say we need to get off fossil fuels and replace them with 100% renewable.’ That doesn't follow at all. And so, what's happening is we are getting a distortion from what I call the ‘knowledge system’” With @glennbeck https://t.co/1JTFBXpEBQ — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
“‘Fossil Future’ is an amazing book, wow! Reading it totally changed my mind about how absolutely CRUCIAL fossil fuels are to our future, to human survival, happiness, and our modern way of life.” Get Fossil Future: https://t.co/KvYDUsA0dx https://t.co/1onmGXS5Tm — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
“In the US, opposition to natural gas pipelines and LNG terminals has prevented us from offering cheap gas throughout the country and around the world. In Canada... pipeline restrictions have limited their ability to bring oil to market.” https://t.co/hhSDDlhnVr — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
Get #FossilFuture: https://t.co/KvYDUsRB55 Watch the full interview with @FlorioGina on the I'm Doing Great! Podcast: https://t.co/YtMMILQknk — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
“we need a nuclear decriminalization policy where we actually recognize that this is a safe form of energy and we allow it to be used accordingly.” With @FlorioGina https://t.co/oCJADWfBWW — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
“Solar and wind, the politically favored alternative, has intractable problems with cost (unreliability requires costly infrastructure duplication), versatility (only electricity) and scalability” https://t.co/Z0WsbVGpkI — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
Get #FossilFuture: https://t.co/KvYDUsRB55 Watch the full interview with Brad Carr: https://t.co/8WUeIJ2Y21 — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
“let's carefully weigh the positives and negatives of fossil fuels with respect to ‘do they make the world better versus how much do they make the world worse?’ It's obvious they've made the world way better so far.” With Brad Carr https://t.co/ba5WOOrjoq — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
RT @ProfFeynman: Schrödinger's Plates: They are both broken and not broken until you open the door. https://t.co/fLaw3kGCaq — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein
"At this strange time in history, with a mass movement demanding an end to the 80 percent of our energy provided by fossil fuels, Alex Epstein has the nerve to walk in the streets of New York City wearing a t-shirt that blares 'I Love Fossil Fuels.'" - @EcoSenseNow https://t.co/x9Q64hVNse — PolitiTweet.org
