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Alex Epstein: Unpacking the Energy Crisis, Nuclear, ESG & Bitcoin Mining

Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell

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Is the Net Zero Movement a Good Idea?

A lot of the net zero movement is really about tackling that, right? I'm glad you raised a good objection to what I said, which I appreciate. But just think about it in the context of like fire. So we do have to recognize that there are trade-offs between like your productive ability to produce health and negative side effects from that. And fortunately, that's what we can do more and more using fossil fuels. We can burn natural gas, which is super clean on its own. We could burn oil for electricity, but we don't because it's just expensive. You can have places that have quite clean air and that burn coal. Many people will absolutely accept a little

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