Alex Epstein
American writer on energy policy who argues for expanded fossil fuel use; author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels (2014) and Fossil Future (2022); writes the Energy Talking Points newsletter.
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Their wordsA proposed ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and wreck America's energy superpower status.
↗Energy Talking Points by Alex Epsteinalexepstein.substack.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsBut low supply of diesel is the overwhelming cause of today's prices.
↗Energy Talking Points by Alex Epsteinalexepstein.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsSince refineries simultaneously produce diesel, gasoline, and jet fuel, gasoline and jet fuel prices will rise.
↗Energy Talking Points by Alex Epsteinalexepstein.substack.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsThe only lasting path to affordability is for the supply of energy, housing, and other goods to increase faster than demand.
↗Energy Talking Points by Alex Epsteinalexepstein.substack.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsPermitting delays strangle supply, leading to unnecessarily high prices.
↗Energy Talking Points by Alex Epsteinalexepstein.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsWasteful transmission lines are a leading driver of rising electricity prices.
↗Energy Talking Points by Alex Epsteinalexepstein.substack.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 7 weeks earlier
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Their wordsNEPA bonus reviews are the #1 blocker of big projects in America-not only typical Republican priorities (power plants, pipelines), but typical Democrat priorities (solar/wind farms, transmission lines) and substantially bipartisan priorities (nuclear plants, geothermal plants).
↗Energy Talking Points by Alex Epsteinalexepstein.substack.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsReforming it will lower electricity prices and home heating prices, a bipartisan priority.
↗Energy Talking Points by Alex Epsteinalexepstein.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsToday, permits are treated as revocable at will, with each new administration canceling projects it dislikes. This is disastrous for investment because it means no project is ever truly secure.
↗Energy Talking Points by Alex Epsteinalexepstein.substack.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 3 days earlier
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Their wordsTo unleash nuclear power in this country, the NRC needs to reject "LNT," the pseudoscientific radiation model on which ALARA is based.
↗Energy Talking Points by Alex Epsteinalexepstein.substack.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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The ALARA rule is a major reason nuclear power is impossible to build cheaply in America.
Their wordsThis is a major reason nuclear is impossible to build cheaply in America.
↗Energy Talking Points by Alex Epsteinalexepstein.substack.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 4 months earlier
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Solar and wind subsidies have systematically destroyed the economics of reliable power plants.
Their wordsThey systematically destroyed the economics of the reliable power plants that keep our grid running.
↗Energy Talking Points by Alex Epsteinalexepstein.substack.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsSolar and wind subsidies have contributed to the electricity price increases we've seen so far-by forcing the premature shutdown of the reliable power plants our grid needs to function.
↗Energy Talking Points by Alex Epsteinalexepstein.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsAny energy source that is genuinely cost-effective will thrive without subsidies.
↗Energy Talking Points by Alex Epsteinalexepstein.substack.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 4 weeks earlier
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Solar and wind act as intermittent fuel-savers rather than replacements for reliable power sources.
Their wordsSolar and wind aren't real power sources, they're intermittent fuel-savers
↗Energy Talking Points by Alex Epsteinalexepstein.substack.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsThe only way to make solar or wind reliable power sources is to pay so much for "overbuilding" and multi-day storage that it costs 10-20X gas power
↗Energy Talking Points by Alex Epsteinalexepstein.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsThus standalone solar/wind/battery capacity remains a remote fantasy.
↗Energy Talking Points by Alex Epsteinalexepstein.substack.com 3rd of 3 in this piece