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Framing energy conversations, Venezuela goes dark, nuclear’s amazing safety record

13 Mar

In this week’s episode of Power Hour, Alex, Don, and Steffen cover eight topics:

-A new way to frame energy conversations
-Venezuela goes dark
-After stinging defeat in 2018, Colorado’s anti-fracking activists are back
-Green New Deal: A Preview
-How the Fukushima nuclear incident is still being distorted 8 years later
-Youngstown’s fight for fracking freedom
-The false hype around Texas building “the world’s largest batter”
-The attack on industrial collaboration

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The Green Great Depression, Nike’s 100% renewable lie, reviewing Michael Mann, and more

13 Feb

In this week’s episode of Power Hour, Don, Steffen, and I discuss these topics:


• Green New Deal or Green Great Depression?
• China’s inhumane “clean air plan”
• Nike’s 100% renewable lie
• What climate scientist Michael Mann gets wrong and (partly) right
• How “green” policies fueled the California wildfires

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The real cost of solar, wind, and batteries, the Polar Vortex, Budweiser’s 100% wind lie

6 Feb

In this week’s episode of Power Hour, Alex, Don, and Steffen cover six topics:


• The real cost of solar and wind + the real cost of battery backup = global bankruptcy
• Survived the Polar Vortex? Thank fossil fuels
• Former Power Hour guest Dr. John Christy appointed to the EPA Science Advisory Board
• How the green movement is reversing energy progress
• Is climate change causing more economic damage?
• Budweiser’s “100% wind powered” lie

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Top economists call for a carbon tax, Tesla struggles, the BlackRock climate hoax, and more

24 Jan

On this episode, Alex is joined by his colleagues Don Watkins and Steffen Henne to discuss this week’s most important energy stories:


• Why the world’s most prestigious economists are wrong about a carbon tax
• Was PG&E the first “climate-change bankruptcy”?
• How wind and solar drive up German electricity prices
• Tesla’s struggle to stay profitable
• The BlackRock climate hoax

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How to evaluate claims about energy, the carbon tax, Wall Street goes green, and more

16 Jan

On this episode, Alex is joined by his colleagues Don Watkins and Steffen Henne to discuss this week’s most important energy stories:


• How to evaluate claims about energy
• Yes, Republicans need a new climate agenda–no, not a carbon tax
• The bad science behind air emissions regulations
• Wall Street goes green
• U.S. CO2 emissions rise–and why that’s good news

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Bill Gates vs. Elon Musk, the Green New Deal, Yellow Vest protests, and more

9 Jan

On this episode, Alex is joined by his colleagues Don Watkins and Steffen Henne to discuss this week’s most important energy stories:


• Why Bill Gates is a much better energy thinker than Elon Musk
• The French “yellow vest” protests
• How to oppose the divestment movement
• Why the Green New Deal will “make America poor again”
• Vox’s advice for reducing your personal carbon emissions: “don’t be rich”

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Steffen Henne on the Truth About Unreliable Energy Sources

19 Feb

On this episode I talk to Steffen Henne, Head of Research at CIP, about the true percentage of energy production from unreliable wind and solar as well as the misleading ways proponents of “green” energy create success stories about them.

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Power Surge: Pentagon Supporting the Climate Catastrophe Dogma, Painting by Numbers Accounting Makes Onshore Wind Look Cheaper Than Coal

15 Oct

On this episode Alex and Steffen talk about a recent report by the Pentagon that implies changes in climate pose an unprecedented challenge for the military, and another report by the EU, which declares onshore wind cheaper than all other sources of energy by adding fictional values for health and climate damage cost to fossil fuel sources.

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Power Surge: Keystone XL Permission Delay Increases Cost, UK Prepares for Winter with Green Energy on the Grid, Upcoming Anti-Civilization March

16 Sep

On this episode Alex and Steffen talk about the Keystone XL pipeline project, which will see significant cost increases because of the US government’s permission delay, how the British plan to keep the lights on during Winter with less practical and more green energy on the grid by temporarily shutting down industrial consumers, and the “People’s Climate March” on September 21st in NY, which CIP’s Alex Epstein and Eric Dennis will attend.

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Episode 88: Robert Bryce on Energy Progress

28 Feb

In this episode of Power Hour, Alex Epstein talks with Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow and energy author Robert Bryce about energy progress—what, in the big picture, is actually happening in the world of energy. Mr. Bryce is the author of several books, including Power Hungry: The Myths of “Green” Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future and Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence. You can read more about his work at www.RobertBryce.com.

 
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Episode 67: Amy Oliver Cooke on FERC Nominee Ron Binz

13 Sep

On this week’s Power Hour, Alex Epstein talks with Amy Oliver Cooke, Director of the Independence Institute’s Energy Policy Center, about Obama’s nominee to head the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Ron Binz. If you’re not familiar with the FERC or Ron Binz, this is a must-listen. For more on Amy’s work, go to http://www.i2i.org/olivercooke.php.

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Episode 64: Alex Epstein Visits the Kentucky Mining Institute

23 Aug

For this episode of Power Hour, CIP’s Adam Edmonsond interviewed Alex Epstein about his upcoming visit to the Kentucky Mining Institute’s Mine Rescue Competition, where Alex will speak to an audience consisting mostly of coal miners about how to be better champions of their industry.

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Episode 63: Andrew N. Kleit on Electricity Markets

16 Aug

On this episode of Power Hour, Alex Epstein talks with Dr. Andrew N. Kleit, Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics at Penn State University, about electricity and electricity markets. Other topics include the impact of weather on energy markets and the effects of energy regulation. You can read more about Dr. Kleit and his work at http://ploneprod.met.psu.edu/people/ank1.

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Episode 52: Travis Fisher on Electricity

17 May

On this episode of Power Hour, Alex Epstein talks with electricity expert Travis Fisher about the basics of electricity, and about some of the lesser known facts about how this now-ubiquitous form of energy came to be the go-to resource for light, then for operating machinery in factories, and now for almost every technology we count on today. This is the first full episode of Power Hour devoted to electricity, and it’s not to be missed.

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