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.
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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.
Argentina Withdrew its Delegation and Other Issues from COP29
President Milei is now considering announcing a formal withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and has referred to the so-called climate crisis as “another Socialist lie.”
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...
The Separation of State from Religion, Science, and Education (Part 8 of 10)
The system of public education could be abolished over the course of a generation, in a way that need not impose financial hardship on the parents of any child alive at the time of the abolition’s commencement.
The Great Barrington Declaration
Four years ago today, with Sunetra Gupta and Dr J Bhattacharya, and Martin Kulldorf published the The Great Barrington Declaration, advocating focused protection instead of school closures and other lockdowns.
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.
Fossil Energy vs. Green Energy
Why replacing fossil energy with green energy cannot stop global warming and why it will wreck the US economy.
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.
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.
Instant Stone, Just Add Water: The Pure Magic of Cement
We start with rock, crush and burn it to extract its essence in powdered form, and then reconstitute it at a place and time and in a shape of our choosing. Like coffee or pancake mix, it is “instant stone—just add water!” And with it, we make skyscrapers that reach hundreds of stories high, tunnels that go under the English channel and the Swiss Alps, and bridges that stretch a hundred miles.
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.
The Earth and Civilization Have Been Saved By Fossil Fuels
In his 2022 book Fossil Future, Alex Epstein of the Center for Industrial Progress argues that fossil fuels are one of the greatest benefits to human civilization ever and that no viable substitutes exist, at least for now.
Celebrate Production & Science This Earth Day
Earth is just a place; it is not a supernatural organism that deliberately or consciously works to help us and therefore needs to be thanked.
Should We Panic Over Excessively Low Global Temperatures?
Cold weather kills about ten times the number of people who are killed by hot weather,
Scientists Acquit Fossil Fuels of Global Warming
Climate activists, government officials, and the United Nations claim that fossil fuel emissions caused global warming. Now scientists have disproved that claim.
The Real Meaning of Earth Hour
The lights of our cities and monuments are a symbol of human achievement, of what mankind has accomplished in rising from the cave to the skyscraper. Earth Hour presents the disturbing spectacle of people celebrating those lights being extinguished. Earth Hour symbolizes the renunciation of industrial civilization.
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.
Capitalists on the Moon
The essence of Jacobin Magazine’s argument is that it isn’t fair that some get to enjoy things most of us can’t afford. If everyone can’t enjoy luxuries, then nobody should be allowed to. This is an example of what Ayn Rand called “hatred of the good for being the good.”
Marc Andreessen’s Techno-Optimist Manifesto
The Techno-optimist Manifesto does not fully recognize the necessity of freedom.
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