Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein
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Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein
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Powerful, concise, well-referenced talking points on energy issues


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Why I support the SPEED Act • Today Congress decides whether it’ll be easy or hard to build in the US. Tell your Representative Vote YES on SPEED Act + Amendments 34/35/36!
Why I support the SPEED Act
Today Congress decides whether it’ll be easy or hard to build in the US. Tell your Representative Vote YES on SPEED Act + Amendments 34/35/36!
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December 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Meaningful permitting reform that Republicans and Democrats can agree on • Republicans and Democrats can finally enact meaningful permitting reform if they start with the House’s promising SPEED and PERMIT Acts and improve them based on tech-neutrality and comprehensiveness
Meaningful permitting reform that Republicans and Democrats can agree on
Republicans and Democrats can finally enact meaningful permitting reform if they start with the House’s promising SPEED and PERMIT Acts and improve them based on tech-neutrality and comprehensiveness
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December 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Bill Gates helps break the moral monopoly against fossil fuels • Bill Gates’s humanist challenge to the anti-fossil-fuel climate establishment was only possible because the “moral monopoly” against fossil fuels has been breaking. Now it will break even faster.
Bill Gates helps break the moral monopoly against fossil fuels
Bill Gates’s humanist challenge to the anti-fossil-fuel climate establishment was only possible because the “moral monopoly” against fossil fuels has been breaking. Now it will break even faster.
alexepstein.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Why Bill Gates is finally rejecting climate catastrophism • My conversation with Will Cain
Why Bill Gates is finally rejecting climate catastrophism
My conversation with Will Cain
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November 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
How fossil fuels make Earth more livable than it’s ever been • A summary of Fossil Future Chapter 4, part 1 of 3
How fossil fuels make Earth more livable than it’s ever been
A summary of Fossil Future Chapter 4, part 1 of 3
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November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Tesla loves EV subsidies • Elon, through Tesla, has been one of America’s biggest advocates of direct and indirect EV subsidies—and of punishments for Tesla’s competitors.
Tesla loves EV subsidies
Elon, through Tesla, has been one of America’s biggest advocates of direct and indirect EV subsidies—and of punishments for Tesla’s competitors.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The root cause of our leading institutions' bias against fossil fuels • Our leading institutions are operating on an “anti-impact framework” that causes them to view fossil fuels, which are inherently high impact, as intrinsically immoral and inevitably self-destructive.
The root cause of our leading institutions' bias against fossil fuels
Our leading institutions are operating on an “anti-impact framework” that causes them to view fossil fuels, which are inherently high impact, as intrinsically immoral and inevitably self-destructive.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Why Mid-Atlantic electricity prices are rising so fast • Blame the people who created a shortage of reliable electricity via anti-fossil-fuel policies, fix the situation by reversing those policies.
Why Mid-Atlantic electricity prices are rising so fast
Blame the people who created a shortage of reliable electricity via anti-fossil-fuel policies, fix the situation by reversing those policies.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
How our "knowledge system" catastrophizes the side-effects of fossil fuels • A summary of Fossil Future, Chapter 2
How our "knowledge system" catastrophizes the side-effects of fossil fuels
A summary of Fossil Future, Chapter 2
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November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Talking points roundup: ammonia fertilizer and natural gas, the disastrous consequences of "net zero," the Palisades nuclear plant, and more • Also: Rooftop solar, so-called "nuclear-grade" components, and "synthesis" gone wrong.
Talking points roundup: ammonia fertilizer and natural gas, the disastrous consequences of "net zero," the Palisades nuclear plant, and more
Also: Rooftop solar, so-called "nuclear-grade" components, and "synthesis" gone wrong.
alexepstein.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
AlexAI on blackouts, electricity demand from data centers, coastal insurance pricing, and Alaska oil and gas • 5 answers AlexAI gave to user questions this week.
AlexAI on blackouts, electricity demand from data centers, coastal insurance pricing, and Alaska oil and gas
5 answers AlexAI gave to user questions this week.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The "Levelized Cost of Energy" scam • LCOE—the "Levelized Cost of Energy"—explicitly ignores "reliability-related considerations" and is therefore a garbage metric for comparing the cost of different types of electricity.
The "Levelized Cost of Energy" scam
LCOE—the "Levelized Cost of Energy"—explicitly ignores "reliability-related considerations" and is therefore a garbage metric for comparing the cost of different types of electricity.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
How our "knowledge system" ignores the benefits of fossil fuels • A summary of Fossil Future, Chapter 1
How our "knowledge system" ignores the benefits of fossil fuels
A summary of Fossil Future, Chapter 1
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November 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Talking points roundup: the myth of "peak oil," rising electricity prices in Pennsylvania, heat-related deaths in Europe, and more • Also: UK’s disastrous anti-fossil-fuel policies, the current mild hurricane season, and a bogus “super polluters” map by Al Gore.
Talking points roundup: the myth of "peak oil," rising electricity prices in Pennsylvania, heat-related deaths in Europe, and more
Also: UK’s disastrous anti-fossil-fuel policies, the current mild hurricane season, and a bogus “super polluters” map by Al Gore.
alexepstein.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The National Academies' perversion of science • A new “report” by the prestigious National Academies engages in heavy fossil fuel benefit denial in order to claim that climate danger is worse than ever.
The National Academies' perversion of science
A new “report” by the prestigious National Academies engages in heavy fossil fuel benefit denial in order to claim that climate danger is worse than ever.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
How to end the "100% renewable" fraud • An FTC rule called the "Green Guides" lets Apple, Google, Meta and hundreds of other companies claim be “100% renewable” while using mostly fossil fuel electricity.
How to end the "100% renewable" fraud
An FTC rule called the "Green Guides" lets Apple, Google, Meta and hundreds of other companies claim be “100% renewable” while using mostly fossil fuel electricity.
alexepstein.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
AlexAI on why European electricity is so expensive, "energy efficiency," and the limitations of batteries • 5 answers AlexAI gave to user questions this week.
AlexAI on why European electricity is so expensive, "energy efficiency," and the limitations of batteries
5 answers AlexAI gave to user questions this week.
alexepstein.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Answers to student questions on philosophy, STEM, pollution, debates, and more • My Q&A with a high school robotics team
Answers to student questions on philosophy, STEM, pollution, debates, and more
My Q&A with a high school robotics team
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November 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM