Talking points for the holiday season

Here are talking points answering 12 of today’s most important energy questions for any energy-related discussions this holiday season.

Planning on having any energy-related discussions this holiday season—which, thanks to higher energy prices, is a lot more expensive than last holiday season?

I’ve got you covered.

Here are talking points answering 12 of today’s most important energy questions.

• Why is the US experiencing an energy crisis?

  America’s energy crisis is mostly US Democrats’ fault

• Why is the world experiencing an energy crisis?

  Testimony: "How the Biden Administration and the Global Anti-Fossil-Fuel Movement Caused an Energy Crisis and Inflated Our Cost of Living"

• Why is Europe so at the mercy of Russia?

  Europe's extreme vulnerability to Russia was totally preventable

• Why is electricity getting less reliable and more expensive?

  Electricity Emergency

• What’s going on with diesel shortages?

  Our dangerous diesel shortage caused by anti-fossil-fuel politicians

• What’s going on with the Strategic Petroleum Reserve that President Biden has been drawing from?

  How Biden’s abuse of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to win votes harms our energy security

• Is it true that extreme weather events like Hurricane Ian are getting worse and worse?

  25 myths about extreme weather, refuted

• Was The Inflation Reduction Act good for America?

  The “Inflation Reduction Act” is a 4-step recipe for destroying American energy

• What The Inflation Reduction Act good for America? (Part 2)

  12 myths about the terrible “Inflation Reduction Act,” refuted

• What’s the truth about EVs? Are they really able to rapidly replace oil-powered vehicles?

  Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

  The proper policy toward EVs, which are promising but not cost-effective for the vast majority of Americans, is 1) let them compete on a free market and 2) make sure we have plenty of low-cost, reliable electricity. Our President's new Executive Order does the exact opposite.🧵

• Should we be trying to rapidly get off fossil fuels?

  The irrefutable case for a Fossil Future

• What should America’s energy policy be going forward?

  The Energy Freedom Platform

• What is the right “climate policy” for America?

  A pro-human, pro-freedom policy for CO2 emissions

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HOLIDAY MEGA-THREAD Planning on having any energy-related discussions this holiday season—which, thanks to higher energy prices, is a lot more expensive than last holiday season? I’ve got you covered. Here are threads answering 12 of today’s most important energy questions.