Such a crucial point.

Remember the ESG craze a few years ago?   Banks were scared to finance oil and gas. Bitcoin mining was supposedly boiling the oceans. Cow farts were destroying the planet.   That same anti-growth mentality has now shifted toward AI data centers.   Yes, they use enormous amounts of electricity. Fine, let’s figure out how to put more power on the grid. That’s what major technological revolutions require. And energy markets are already responding. Many data center companies want to build their own power sources and I have legislation that would streamline permitting to do that.   Yes, they use water for cooling. Mostly water that would otherwise flow out to sea.   In return? Trillions in private infrastructure investment. American jobs. AI leadership over China. Breakthroughs in medicine, engineering, and science.   America became powerful by building things. We shouldn’t start apologizing for it now. nationalreview.com/2026/05/i…

“Aid officials briefed on the lab say that it processes about 40 tests most days..1 day managed just 20 because officials ran out of fuel for the generator that powers it”—access to cheap energy (from fossil fuels) provides resiliency to infectious disease nytimes.com/2026/05/24/world…

This passage on diaper-changing from Magda Gerber changed my life.

I love diaper-changing, too. It's such an opportunity to connect with my kids while I'm actively doing something to make their lives a lot better.

Does anyone else get constant spam texts offering to loan them exactly $16K? Why is this such a popular number?

Why is "Big Tech" being demonized for the energy demands of AI, when it is we Americans who are doing the demanding? And that demand is good! AI will give us all access to a level of advice, education, and assistance once enjoyed by only the very wealthy. alexepstein.substack.com/p/w…

I disagree with @chiproytx on many things but there is no member of Congress who has done more to save our electricity grid. x.com/AlexEpstein/status/203…

The federal government just transferred 1.4 million acres of land to the state of Alaska. The "green" movement hates this since now the land might be developed. But people have the right to purchase and develop land. Next step: privatize much more "public" land across America!

People of different political persuasions are starting to wake up to the fact that Germany’s decades-long war on nuclear power helped create its extremely high energy prices. That's true. But don't forget it was also their decades-long war on fossil fuels!

It's a huge red flag if an article defends the supposed success of solar/wind by comparing the "capacity" of batteries with the capacity of nuclear plants. A battery lasts for a few hours. A nuclear plant goes for 1-2 years straight after refueling!

Google and Amazon’s data centers in northern Indiana are reportedly going to be served by a coal power plant. And yet, officially, both companies still claim they are meeting their "100% renewable energy" goals. How is this possible? Because both of these companies engage in deceptive "renewable" accounting: the practice of buying so-called "credits" to count others' solar and wind use as their own, while foisting the "blame" for their fossil fuel use onto others. Amazon's latest "sustainability" report: "Amazon meets 100% renewable energy goal 7 years early. All of the electricity consumed by Amazon’s operations, including its data centers, was matched with 100% renewable energy in 2023." Google's latest "sustainability" report: "We’ve matched 100% of our global electricity use with renewable energy purchases since 2017." Of course, it's nothing new that these companies have depended heavily on coal power. That have for their entire existence. In 2000, coal produced 51.4% of US electricity. Even in 2023, coal still produced 16.2% of US electricity. When will Google and Amazon admit—and ideally, embrace—that they are powered by fossil fuels? They make incredible products, and they are using affordable, reliable energy to power them. That's nothing to be ashamed of.

@joerogan give the people that work in this vitally important US based industry a chance to explain

It is a really really good thing that the US did not ban fracking. The prices of gasoline and electricity would be way higher, and we would be totally stunted in our ability to unleash AI.

The fact that people are seriously considering trying to build data centers in space—while they should certainly be allowed to try—is a sign of just how broken the American permitting system has become. That's why permitting reform is my #1 policy focus right now.

RT @RepBrecheen: Why I oppose the E15 bill and support fuel freedom: ➡️The E15 bill permanently expands the ethanol mandate. (Applies it t…

"The E15 bill isn't a mandate." No, it's the *expansion* of a mandate. The ethanol mandate requires more ethanol than we can use. The Clean Air Act (CAA) serves as a check on it. So do Small Refinery Exemptions (SREs). Loosening the CAA and reducing SREs expands the mandate.

Stop corn and oil lobbyists from permanently expanding the ethanol mandate The corn lobby, joined by many oil lobbyists, is pushing a bill to expand the ethanol mandate by 1) loosening air quality rules and 2) imposing the mandate on small refineries. This will raise fuel costs.

.@AlexEpstein makes this point clear: “The ethanol mandate increases the price of gasoline by up to $0.30/gallon by forcing refiners to buy expensive biofuel credits whose costs get passed onto us”

Dear @RepAdrianSmith, I’m glad you want fuel freedom. Therefore will you join @BasedMikeLee, @chiproytx, @RepScottPerry, etc in supporting elimination of the ethanol mandate in exchange for year-round E15? Otherwise you’re just expanding the mandate. x.com/AlexEpstein/status/205…