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Sep 26, 2022·edited Sep 26, 2022

brilliant. please please run for office. (again) this clip makes me so angry

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Sep 27, 2022Liked by Michael Shellenberger

I wonder how shell shocked your opponents looked after your frank explanations.

They live in a bubble, don't evaluate the alternatives to their own solutions and so are tremendously shocked to hear counter arguments for which they have no answer. Their arguments descend into emotion and are often abusive.

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Sep 27, 2022Liked by Michael Shellenberger

Brilliant! Damn you are a good spokesperson for the righteous cause. I spread your word and your name with pride and hope.

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Sep 27, 2022Liked by Michael Shellenberger

Thanks, Michael. I’ve had to cancel my subscriptions to the WSJ, NYT, Atlantic, etc as it became obvious to me that these sources were no longer “independent” nor “journalists”. As a result, and because I have limited bandwidth, I’ve had to find new sources to filter through the infinite data out there and give me cogent conclusions. You are my “go-to” for energy, especially, but also for public policy pertaining to addiction/homelessness (which you’ve pointed out are intertwined). I love your work, THANKS AGAIN! Signed: A Happy Paying Subscriber

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Sep 25, 2022Liked by Michael Shellenberger

Is the information that you presented in Apocalypse Never concerning the exaggerated extent and impact of climate change still holding up over the years since that book was published? Do you plan an update at some point? Thank you for your bravery.

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Sep 27, 2022Liked by Michael Shellenberger

Thanks for taking the gloves off.

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Sep 27, 2022Liked by Michael Shellenberger

Swinging for the fences. Well done, informative, polished. Great job.

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Sep 27, 2022Liked by Michael Shellenberger

Clear, concise, intelligent. It truly boggles my mind that there are people that cannot see where we are headed when we speak of a war on fossil fuels. It is the most arrogant and harmful form of virtue signaling out there.

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Sep 27, 2022Liked by Michael Shellenberger

Love your work. I'm fascinated that folks can hear the clear logic of your positions and still not get it.

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Sep 27, 2022Liked by Michael Shellenberger

These lawmakers are criminally ignorant. What is the point of them? They seem no more informed, educated or intelligent than the average person on the street.

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Sep 27, 2022Liked by Michael Shellenberger

You're such an articulate communicator. Thank you for championing logic over emotional reasoning. This was excellent!

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Sep 27, 2022Liked by Michael Shellenberger

Mr. Shellenberger you are excellent speaker. I look forward to following your career. I hope it includes some very important political positions. This segment is extremely impressive.

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Great work, Michael! Please do NOT run for office! You'll become compromised, sidetracked and will spend way too much time worrying about raising money, especially as an independent. You are much more effective as a "free agent"! One look at people like AOC and other "brave" young politicians shows how fast they get neutered by their respective party "leadership".

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Sep 27, 2022Liked by Michael Shellenberger

When that showboating asshole questioned you about the profits of the energy companies, how did you refrain from calling him out as ignorant or intentionally duplicitous, or both? You were spot on in your answer but generous in your reserve. Perhaps that's why you make a better witness than I would. I would be constantly interrupting myself by lurching up and hurling my huraches at the bench like an irate Muslim extremist at a GWBush news conference.

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Sep 27, 2022Liked by Michael Shellenberger

Thumbs up. I'm sending this to my friends.

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Sep 27, 2022·edited Sep 29, 2022

Go Get 'em Michael!! All the material of LDEM (Low Density Energy Machines) ALL need energy in fabrication. And that means more CO2.

One Haynesville natural gas well over its 30 years produces the same power output as 38 2-MW wind turbines. (38 wind turbines = 1 Haynesville gas well). The difference is that a wind turbines often generate power at 2:30 am, when no one needs it. But the owner gets paid for kW power produced, not sold (here in Texas this is true). Natural Gas is produced 24/7 and every cubic foot is used, bought, and paid for by producers and consumers.

Each Vestra 2 MW V100 requires 248 tons of steel, iron, copper, and other metals (NREL, 2015 publication). A Haynesville natural gas well requires about 200 tons of steel tubing and casing. So one Haynesville well is 200 tons of steel vs 9,424 tons of steel, copper, iron, and aluminum for 38 Wind Turbines (Oh. Plus the blades: which are made of natural-gas intensive fiberglass, plus epoxy/resin that is made from hydrocarbons. And wood.)

THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO THINK WIND AND SOLAR ARE A GREEN SOLUTION MUST HAVE FLUNKED MATH. Okay. Maybe solar and wind are a little bit greener, but I am still doing the math on total emissions. But in the end, you need 24/7 natural gas or nuclear back-up for intermittent solar and wind. That is why a solar-and-wind power grid would be so much more expensive. You still need methane or Uranium.

Green Energy means mining. When people say they want "Solar and Wind" what they are really saying is "Mine, Baby, Mine".

How is that better than "Drill, Baby, Drill" of Sarah Palin fame?

Mining is not cleaner and better for the environment than oil and gas drilling. I agree with Mike that we need to come to grip with reality. We need to move to nuclear. Solar and wind require more materials, destroy more of the earth's ecosystems, cover more area and create more pollution from the mining, smelting and forging process than natural gas wells.

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