Policy Topics

What is the best energy policy for African nations?  Alex Epstein delivers an insightful 10-minute speech at Africa Energy Week in Cape Town, South Africa.

Climate Alarmism is the use of exaggeration, or even misrepresentation, about climate change issues for the purpose causing fear or anxiety.   This post discusses Climate Alarmism in general and how a particular article, published 11/02/23 in the BBC Science Focus Magazine (here), provides examples of typical devices used by Climate Alarmists.

US coastal cities are exposed to sea level rise (climate change) and hurricanes (weather), but local, state, and national governments are failing to address the problems.  Charleston is used as a specific example.

Written testimony by energy expert Robert Bryce before the US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee explaining why the EPA’s EV mandates are “unrealistic and unattainable.” 

Nuclear power plants can provide massive amounts of reliable energy with close to zero CO2 emissions. Disposal of the nuclear waste is not a significant issue, and modern designs are safer than coal-fired plants. Nuclear power is expensive in the US, because of the extremely burdensome and slow regulatory process.

There is no scientific basis for the three Paris Agreement goals of (1) keeping temperature rise below 1.5 C, (2) keeping temperature rise below 2.0 C, and (3) achieving Net Zero by 2050.  There is no scientific basis for the idea of tipping points, as that term is commonly used in the media.  Actual data on the various issues where a tipping point is supposed to be approaching do not show any danger.  But, nevertheless, the media claims that tipping points will be tiggered if world temperatures exceed the 1.5 C or the 2.0 C Paris goals.

Wind and solar are strongly advocated as sources of electric power by many, including Massachusetts government officials.  But has this put Massachusetts on the path: (1) to blackouts due to wind and solar unreliability, and (2) to very expensive electricity?