The subsidized energy lobby used “framing” to win Republican negotiations before they even started. But it’s not too late to reframe the negotiation, starting from real IRA termination.
Alex Epstein
Alex Epstein is a philosopher who applies big-picture, humanistic thinking to industrial and environmental controversies.He founded Center for Industrial Progress (CIP), a for-profit think tank and communications consulting firm focused on energy and environmental issues, in 2011 to offer a positive, pro-human alternative to the Green movement.He is the author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels and Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas—Not Less.He is the author of EnergyTalkingPoints.com featuring hundreds of concise, powerful, well-referenced talking points on energy, environmental, and climate issues.Follow him on Twitter @AlexEpstein.
Congress’s new budget should eliminate all IRA “tax credits”
All the IRA “tax credits” are subsidies for inferior, often totally unprofitable forms of energy.
Why We Should Celebrate Fossil Fuels on Earth Day
How human progress, and the use of fossil fuels, has made our environment cleaner and healthier.
Alex Epstein’s Energy Freedom Plan
112 specific actions the new admin can take to unleash American energy
The Energy Freedom Plan: 25 Policy Changes to Unleash American Energy
It may seem impossible, but 4 years from now America can have Record oil and gas production Cheap, plentiful, reliable electricity High environmental quality" Low climate danger A nuclear renaissance For well over a year I’ve been working on an Energy Freedom Plan...
Unleashing American Energy: America’s Silver Bullet
It’s said that in politics there’s no silver bullet that’ll make everything better. But we do have 1 silver bullet in the chamber: the opportunity to unleash American energy, which Donald Trump has rightly vowed to do.
Why I Strongly Support Chris Wright for Secretary of Energy
President-elect Donald Trump tapped Chris Wright to lead the Department of Energy and to sit on a new “National Energy Council.”
Bad Forest Management, and Not Climate Change, is the Root Cause of California Fires
The solution to dangerous, out-of-control wildfires in California is addressing the root cause: “excess fuel load” from bad forest management. Focusing on climate change, a minor variable that we have no near-term control over, is a craven political ploy.
The Meaning of New Year’s Resolutions
The solution to failed New Year’s resolutions is not to abandon the practice, but to supplement it with a broader resolution–a commitment to a goal-directed life.
Objectivist Energy Expert Alex Epstein Fact Checks Democrat Kamala Harris on Fracking and Energy Freedom
Myth: Kamala Harris used to be for banning fracking, but now she supports fracking. Truth: Kamala Harris is still for banning fracking—because she is still for the net-zero agenda that requires banning fracking along with all other fossil fuel activities. Kamala...
12 Myths that government-dictated green energy is cheaper than fossil fuels
A guide for those watching today’s House Budget Committee hearing, where I will be testifying.
Alex Epstein’s Summer Talking Points: Gasoline Prices
Any politician who supports the “net zero” agenda is working to make gasoline prices much higher.
8 Ways the Biden administration is Working to Increase Gasoline Prices
Biden’s claim that he released 1 billion barrels of gasoline to “lower prices at the pump” is his latest attempt to convince Americans he’s trying to lower gasoline prices. But in fact, he’s doing his utmost to raise prices, because this is necessary for his anti-fossil-fuel goals.
Why Government Should Leave Oil and Gas Mergers Alone
O&G mergers are good for America because they increase domestic production, which makes oil cheaper and increases our national security. Government should get out of the way immediately.
The Case for EV Freedom
Government should remove all preferences for electric vehicles and allow them to compete and grow on a free market. This will enable EVs to reach their full potential to provide affordable, no-tailpipe-emissions transport without harming consumers or the grid.
What Should Government Do To Address Climate Change?
“Addressing climate change” is the wrong target; we want to reduce climate danger—and that requires liberating, not eliminating, fossil fuel use.
Why You Shouldn’t Be Alarmed About Unusually Warm Temperatures
Even with recent temperatures, which are a temporary anomaly, not the new normal, cold is a bigger problem than heat and fossil fuels keep us safer from both.
Solving America’s Critical Minerals Problem Requires a Radical, Pro-Development Policy
Liberate domestic industry to mine and process them cost-effectively; encourage friendly trading partners to do the same; and stop artificially driving up demand before supply chains are ready.
The Fossil Fuel Industry Should Defend Itself Against Congressional Smears
Fossil fuel companies should say two things when threatened for expressing pro-fossil-fuel opinions: 1) We have a 1st Amendment right to our opinions on energy and climate, and 2) We are now going to talk a lot more about the benefits, including climate benefits, of our industry.
A Landmark Energy Freedom Resolution from the RNC
The Republican National Committee has passed an unprecedented resolution that powerfully advocates for energy freedom in America.
My Message to Leaders at Africa Energy Week 2023
For the sake of Africans and the rest of the world, African leaders need to confidently reject the net-zero movement and embrace energy freedom—including fossil fuel freedom.
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