Alex Epstein
@AlexEpstein

Practical philosopher Known for bringing rigorous, pro-human thinking to energy and environmental issues. Now doing the same for AI and data centers.

 Laguna Beach, CA
alexepstein.substack.com
Joined April 2009
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If our politicians care about affordability, they will pass permitting reform

Affordability is Americans’ #1 election issue this year In an August national poll, Americans asked to name their top election issue named affordability (“inflation and the cost of living”) more than

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Stop corn + oil lobbyists from permanently expanding the ethanol mandate

CLICK HERE to use AlexAI to send a personalized letter to your Representative opposing the ethanol mandate expansion. Congress is voting tomorrow on whether to expand the ethanol mandate Tomorrow,

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Why a “year-round E15” bill would increase the ethanol mandate and increase prices

The corn lobby, joined by a large chunk of the oil lobby, claim that a new bill exempting E15 (gasoline blended with 15% ethanol) from current air quality standards will increase consumer choice and

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Politicians Who Cut Solar and Wind Subsidies Saved Our Grid

Myth: Politicians that cut solar/wind subsidies in the "Big Beautiful Bill" harmed our grid by reducing the amount of electricity generation. Truth: These politicians saved our grid by incentivizing

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Solar and wind aren’t real power sources, they’re intermittent fuel-savers

As a recent week of winter weather illustrated, solar and wind don’t replace reliable power sources—they just save them fuel, usually at great expense. We’re bombarded with supposed examples of

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How Congress can still enact meaningful, bipartisan permitting reform

Congress can still enact meaningful permitting reform if Republicans agree to stronger permitting certainty in exchange for Democrats supporting comprehensive, tech-neutral permitting reform.

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Congress’s new ethanol council should recommend fuel freedom: allow E15 with no mandates

Government-dictated ethanol has no benefits. Those who want E15 to be exempted from Clean Air Act restrictions should join free-marketers in phasing out the ethanol mandate and ethanol subsidies.

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The Energy Freedom Fund is seeking “full stack” energy freedom lobbyists

We’re looking for someone who possesses (or can develop) a rare combination of skills. And we’re offering a $50,000 referral bonus to anyone who can connect us with such a person. The Energy Freedom

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Meaningful permitting reform that Republicans and Democrats can agree on

Summary Republicans and Democrats can finally enact meaningful permitting reform if they start with the House’s promising SPEED and PERMIT Acts and negotiate for even more comprehensive reform, while

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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

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The Senate totally fails to terminate the Green New Scam

Summary: The Senate bill *looks like* it has a 2027 "placed in service" cutoff for new solar/wind subsidies. But one last-minute paragraph makes the cutoff worthless—because projects making a

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What I really told Thom Tillis about terminating new solar/wind subsidies using "placed in service"

Why did Thom Tillis lie to the Senate about what I said in a secret meeting he swore not to discuss? Several energy experts, including me, have explained to Senator Thom Tillis why the Big Beautiful

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