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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A ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and damage America's energy superpower status.
A proposed ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and wreck America's energy superpower status.
alexepstein.substack.comSaid 1 Oct 2026This on korrents
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The only lasting path to affordability is for the supply of energy, housing, and other goods to increase faster than demand.
The only lasting path to affordability is for the supply of energy, housing, and other goods to increase faster than demand.
alexepstein.substack.comSaid 1 Sept 2026This on korrents
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A ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and damage America's energy superpower status.
A proposed ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and wreck America's energy superpower status.
Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein Said 1 Oct 2026
Low diesel supply is the primary cause of current diesel prices.
But low supply of diesel is the overwhelming cause of today's prices.
Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein Said 1 Oct 2026
A US diesel export ban would increase gasoline and jet fuel prices.
Since refineries simultaneously produce diesel, gasoline, and jet fuel, gasoline and jet fuel prices will rise.
Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein Said 1 Oct 2026
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The only lasting path to affordability is for the supply of energy, housing, and other goods to increase faster than demand.
The 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 Epstein Said 1 Sept 2026
Permitting delays strangle supply, leading to unnecessarily high prices.
Permitting delays strangle supply, leading to unnecessarily high prices.
Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein Said 1 Sept 2026
Wasteful transmission lines are a leading driver of rising electricity prices.
Wasteful transmission lines are a leading driver of rising electricity prices.
Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein Said 1 Sept 2026
NEPA bonus reviews are the primary obstacle to major projects in America, including those favored by both Democrats and Republicans.
NEPA 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 Epstein Said 17 Jul 2026
Reforming the Clean Water Act will lower electricity and home heating prices.
Reforming it will lower electricity prices and home heating prices, a bipartisan priority.
Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein Said 17 Jul 2026
The current state of permitting, where projects can be canceled by new administrations, is disastrous for investment.
Today, 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 Epstein Said 17 Jul 2026
The Linear No Threshold (LNT) radiation model is pseudoscientific.
To 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 Epstein Said 14 Jul 2026
The ALARA rule is a major reason nuclear power is impossible to build cheaply in America.
This is a major reason nuclear is impossible to build cheaply in America.
Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein Said 14 Jul 2026
Solar and wind subsidies have systematically destroyed the economics of reliable power plants.
They systematically destroyed the economics of the reliable power plants that keep our grid running.
Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein Said 17 Mar 2026
Solar and wind subsidies have contributed to electricity price increases by forcing the premature shutdown of reliable power plants.
Solar 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 Epstein Said 17 Mar 2026
Any energy source that is genuinely cost-effective will thrive without subsidies.
Any energy source that is genuinely cost-effective will thrive without subsidies.
Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein Said 17 Mar 2026
Solar and wind act as intermittent fuel-savers rather than replacements for reliable power sources.
Solar and wind aren't real power sources, they're intermittent fuel-savers
Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein Said 18 Feb 2026
The cost of making solar and wind reliable through overbuilding and multi-day storage would be 10-20 times the cost of natural gas power.
The 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 Epstein Said 18 Feb 2026
Standalone solar, wind, and battery capacity remains a remote fantasy due to the costs of materials, structures, and labor.
Thus standalone solar/wind/battery capacity remains a remote fantasy.
Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein Said 18 Feb 2026
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Newsletter Energy Talking Points Posts on energy policy, permitting, nuclear, fossil fuels and grids
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