Nutrition and Metabolic Health
Presentation on Metabolic Health and Nutrition at Liberty International conference. Link to slide pdfs from talk. Many metabolic health posts on Normal Nutrition substack.
Category: Energy Policy
Ronald Reagan/Leonard Read Affirmative: Push the Button!
End all federal energy subsidies and mandates In the 1970s–fifty years ago now– The Energy Crisis jolted the U.S. economy causing shortages and long lines at gas stations. In response various federal energy policies...
Energy Policy Goes to the Movies
Okay, maybe not movies, but documentaries and online videos. Still, these can be an engaging way to survey ongoing debates over current and future energy technologies. The hundreds of thousands migrating north to cities...
Family, Work, Community: Did Ebenezer Scrooge Dream a Better Life for Himself?
Charles Dicken’s novel, A Christmas Carol, was set in England in the early 1840s. We hope England and Europe escapes the cold of the winter of 1840-41. Modern industrial societies should be safe from...
Our Energy Future is Eclectic
Energy matters, and the world’s energy future will be eclectic. For an overview see this 2020 TEDxSanAntonio talk by Graham Conway The Contradictions of Battery Operated Vehicles. The video now has a warning for...
All Energy Day 2023 (updated)
Bjorn Lomborg discusses “the energy transition” as keynote speaker for All Energy Day 2022. Lomborg warns renewable energy advocates to be careful not to exaggerate harms from climate change and global warming. Transitioning from...
The Energy Race
For thousands of years energy technologies have advanced as knowledge expanded for discovering, transporting, and processing fuels, along with other advances in material sciences. From burning wood then peat, then coal, oil, and natural...
A Christmas Carol in Cold, Cold Europe
Charles Dicken’s novel, A Christmas Carol, was set in England in the early 1840s. We hope England and Europe escapes the cold of the winter of 1840-41. Modern industrial societies should be safe from...
US/Europe Energy Policies and Exports
A November 12 article in The Hill explains why: Natural gas: A wellspring for the US and global energy future. For students advocating energy policy reforms, natural gas provides reliable, inexpensive, and clean energy...
Julian Simon readings, Liberty Fund, Orange Beach, Alabama
Links to readings for this Liberty Fund colloquium on Population, Resources, and Liberty: The Continuing Impact of Julian Simon SESSION I : Julian Simon’s Contributions to Perennial Policy Debates• Simon, Julian.”Philosophy and My Work...