In this issue: Greta Thunberg’s revealing climate summit stunt Help my new video on the Green New Deal reach 10 million views Power Hour: Carbon Tax Fallacies, Earth Overshoot Day, and Thunberg’s climate summit stunt The Human Flourishing Project: Tracking mental metrics Greta Thunberg’s revealing climate summit stunt Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, is making headlines for announcing …
Our use of fossil fuels is an achievement, not an addiction
In this issue: Our use of fossil fuels is an achievement, not an addiction Power Hour: Heat waves and blackouts, Berkeley’s natural gas ban, and calls for a climate moonshot Our use of fossil fuels is an achievement, not an addiction This morning I spoke at an event of the Boilermakers—a labor union representing many vital professions within the coal …
The root cause of climate catastrophism
In this issue: The root cause of climate catastrophism Power Hour: Green policies vs. green energy, Trump’s environmental offensive, and NASA’s 97% lie The Human Flourishing Project: No Means Yes The root cause of climate catastrophism Last week I got a thoughtful message from a UK-based reader, who wrote: Do you have a position on…predictions of civilisational collapse / mass …
The best of Power Hour
In this issue: The best of Power Hour Power Hour: NY’s climate law, Inslee calls for climate indoctrination, and LEGO renounces plastic The best of Power Hour Just over six months ago I revived my podcast Power Hour. Each week my team and I cover what we think are the most important issues in energy. Here are my top 10 favorite segments so …
A new way to introduce people to the moral case for fossil fuels
In this issue: A new way to introduce people to the moral case for fossil fuels Power Hour: The Democratic debate’s approach to energy and climate, the real potential of EVs, and more The Human Flourishing Project: Recalibrating standards of success A new way to introduce people to the moral case for fossil fuels In the last several weeks I’ve …
What’s wrong with this picture?
In this issue: What’s wrong with this picture? Power Hour: The NYT admits climate models have failed, a misleading climate timeline, and more What’s wrong with this picture? The website XKCD published a viral image that claims to show the trajectory of climate over the past 22,000 years. The basic idea is that since we started using fossil fuels we’ve experienced highly abnormal …
New interview on fossil fuels
In this issue: New interview on fossil fuels Power Hour: Chernobyl, Bloomberg’s anti-coal pledge, another failed climate prediction The Human Flourishing Project: The lesson I relearned from my new dog New interview on fossil fuels I recently did a 2-hour interview with the show Exploring Minds on the moral case for fossil fuels. We covered a lot of ground including: How I came to my …
Anti-fossil fuel shareholder activism
In this issue: Anti-fossil fuel shareholder activism Power Hour: Biden’s climate plan, freedom gas, heat waves, and more The Human Flourishing Project: The wisdom of The Fountainhead (part 1) Scholarships for TOS-Con Anti-fossil fuel shareholder activism Two important shareholder resolutions from anti-fossil fuel activists were voted down last week. At ExxonMobil, activists backed a measure to create a new board committee to examine “the …
Pennsylvania’s Energy Crossroads
In this issue: Pennsylvania’s Energy Crossroads Power Hour: CA flirts with gas-powered car ban, TX stands up to pipeline sabotage, the EU elections Pennsylvania’s Energy Crossroads This morning I gave the latest version of my Moral Case for Fossil Fuels speech in Pittsburgh to a combination of industry employees and local leaders. After my speech, I had an interesting discussion with one of …
My response to a recent “climate denier” attack
In this issue: My response to a recent “climate denier” attack Power Hour: Australia votes for energy abundance, Venezuelan gas lines, and good news on drought The Human Flourishing Project: The case for achieving 80% of your potential (part 2) Hearts and Minds My response to a recent “climate denier” attack The Oregonian recently published an article criticizing the Alliance of Western Energy …