Alex Epstein at SME's MineXchange, 2/26/24 

Thank the universe for Alex.

Alex is a factual hero. 👍

6:10 6:47 Alex introduction. 7:03 7:05 Alex starts. 48:02 48:17 48:22 Panel discussion starts.

Alex, thanks. Everyone sees how the US gov. does not want anyone to flourish (except the beautiful people, them ).

Awesome, thanks

Outstanding, thank you

54:45 Epstein shuts down the Biden guy. I would like to hear an expanded version of that conversation.

Net Zero means that we all die life ends

EVERTHING IN LIFE IS A COST TO BENEFIT RATIO

"It takes 2 years to get a data center up and running" while "it takes 10 years to get a natural gas plant up and running". That has got to leave anyone concerned about the grid. AI which the world seems crazy about these days requires large data centers which require large amounts of power. Wind & solar can't possibly keep pace. It won't even come close. Combined the future demands for power with the power generation they plan to take offline and it's difficult not to be concerned. Carbon capture is a such bad idea and waste of money.

Epstein says-- FJB.

Crabtree's warning that challenging climate science and net zero hasn't served the industry well (1:23:23) made me think: who in the industry has ever challenged net zero? Other than Alex Epstein--who isn't directly in the industry. Moreover, did these challenges cite data climate-related deaths? A charitable interpretation of Crabtree's statement is "a popular idea must be right" or "percepition is reality."

i think that energy efficiency in these plants could be greatly improved, there's probably a lot lost in the transportation of the coal/gas, maybe we should make smaller plants at the mining sites. Most improvements should be redirected into carbon capture. Maybe, on-premise alternative energy sources could be use to augment power requirements for carbon capture methods. Maybe the sole use case of alternatives should be in augmenting the power input of the carbon capture processes. Maybe we should look for energy mining/drilling sites near alternative energy pet project sites, and hydropower sites, and direct the energy of the alternative source to the mining/drilling/Power plants, so that the investment into these, often wasteful pet projects, is put to good use.

what is Boxer's IQ ????

330 views in 10 hours. This is a perfect example of someone who became meaningless.