Why Green energy policies threaten progress (the series)

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As of this article’s publication date, I have been writing on Substack for about 1.5 years. During that time, I have written just over 400 articles on many topics. In contrast to the vast majority of Substack columns, almost all my articles are tied together by a common theme: human material progress.

To make it easier for new readers to get into my writing, I am publishing a series of “Table of Contents” articles over the coming weeks. Each will consist of a sequential list of articles on a specific sub-topic related to human material progress. I try to make each article self-standing, but I would recommend reading the articles in the displayed order.

A key sub-theme of my book series and this Substack is the vital role that abundant, affordable, and secure energy plays in enabling human material progress. Energy will undoubtedly play an equally vital role in the future. So far, I have written 43 articles (and counting) on the topic.

This article lists articles about Green energy policies and why they undermine the foundations of human material progress.

Enjoy reading!

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Table of Contents for the “Why Green Energy policies threaten progress” series:

1. Why energy is so important to human material progress:

   1. Energy & Food have been key constraints in human history

   2. Virtually all useful energy comes from the sun

   3. Fossil fuels are foundational to progress

2. Why Green energy policies are guaranteed to fail and do great damage to humanity in the process:

   1. How Climate Science and Green energy policies ate the world

   2. Why NetZero by 2050 is impossible (short of economic collapse)

   3. How much does eliminating US CO2 emissions lower future temperatures?

   4. How Greens increased carbon emissions

   5. Now Greens want to spend $6-8 trillion annually!

   6. Beware the Green energy propaganda machine

   7. Two wings of the Green movement

   8. Why solar cannot displace global fossil fuels usage at scale

   9. Why wind cannot displace global fossil fuels usage at scale

   10. Utility-scale batteries are as expensive as nuclear power

   11. A Challenge to Greens: Prove that solar/wind replaces coal!

   12. More evidence that solar + wind cannot decommission coal plants at scale

   13. Why solar + wind undermines EVs

   14. Can increased wind/solar retire US coal plants?

   15. Can increased wind/solar retire Asian coal plants?

   16. Why Greens should stop focusing on the West

3. Why Green energy policies seriously hurt developing nations:

   1. Why sustainable development isn't

   2. Why Developing nations need to use more fossil fuels

4. What is really motivating Green activists?

   1. Is Green activism based on good intentions?

   2. Where does ideology come from?

   3. Radical ideologies feast on mental disorders

5. Viable alternatives to Green Energy policies:

   1. We need abundant, affordable, and secure energy

   2. There is a better alternative to Green energy policies

   3. A simple and cost-effective plan to quickly lower US carbon emissions

   4. Let's leverage American LNG exports into a Global Grand Bargain on energy

   5. We need to complete the Third Energy Transition

   6. The wonders of CCGT

   7. 21 reasons why Greens should love natural gas

   8. Why Greens should love fracking

   9. Innovating the next Energy revolution

6. And many more articles on the topic.

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If you enjoyed reading this series of articles, you might also be interested in reading my “From Poverty to Progress” book series: