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1 October

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From one piece Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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A US diesel export ban would increase gasoline and jet fuel prices.

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Since refineries simultaneously produce diesel, gasoline, and jet fuel, gasoline and jet fuel prices will rise.

Energy Talking Points by Alex Epsteinalexepstein.substack.com
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Low diesel supply is the primary cause of current diesel prices.

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But low supply of diesel is the overwhelming cause of today's prices.

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A ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and damage America's energy superpower status.

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A proposed ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and wreck America's energy superpower status.

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1 September

Alex EpsteinKorrents 1 Sept

From one piece Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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Wasteful transmission lines are a leading driver of rising electricity prices.

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Wasteful transmission lines are a leading driver of rising electricity prices.

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Permitting delays strangle supply, leading to unnecessarily high prices.

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Permitting delays strangle supply, leading to unnecessarily high prices.

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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.

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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.

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17 July

Alex EpsteinKorrents 17 Jul

From one piece Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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The current state of permitting, where projects can be canceled by new administrations, is disastrous for investment.

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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.

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Reforming the Clean Water Act will lower electricity and home heating prices.

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Reforming it will lower electricity prices and home heating prices, a bipartisan priority.

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NEPA bonus reviews are the primary obstacle to major projects in America, including those favored by both Democrats and Republicans.

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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).

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14 July

Alex EpsteinKorrents 14 Jul

From one piece Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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The ALARA rule is a major reason nuclear power is impossible to build cheaply in America.

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This is a major reason nuclear is impossible to build cheaply in America.

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The Linear No Threshold (LNT) radiation model is pseudoscientific.

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To unleash nuclear power in this country, the NRC needs to reject "LNT," the pseudoscientific radiation model on which ALARA is based.

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17 March

Alex EpsteinKorrents 17 Mar

From one piece Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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Any energy source that is genuinely cost-effective will thrive without subsidies.

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Any energy source that is genuinely cost-effective will thrive without subsidies.

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Solar and wind subsidies have contributed to electricity price increases by forcing the premature shutdown of reliable power plants.

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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.

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Solar and wind subsidies have systematically destroyed the economics of reliable power plants.

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They systematically destroyed the economics of the reliable power plants that keep our grid running.

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18 February

Alex EpsteinKorrents 18 Feb

From one piece Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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Standalone solar, wind, and battery capacity remains a remote fantasy due to the costs of materials, structures, and labor.

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Thus standalone solar/wind/battery capacity remains a remote fantasy.

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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.

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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

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Solar and wind act as intermittent fuel-savers rather than replacements for reliable power sources.

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

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