The Cosmopolitan Globalist

The Cosmopolitan Globalist

Scientific uncertainty and energy policy

Dr. X rearranges a bit more baggage

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Claire Berlinski
May 17, 2021
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From Claire—If you’re only tuning in now, you’ve a bit of catching up to do. For the past week and more, the Cosmopolitan Globalists have examining this question: Omnibus perpensis, what’s the best way to provide energy for the globe’s 7.9 billion people?

The debate has been lively, and despite the bitter acrimony, enlightening. Certainly, I know much more about energy than I did when we started. I’ve considered the question in much greater fullness and come better to appreciate its fiendish complexity. I hope our readers feel the same way. I hope, too, that you share my gratitude to our moderator, Ron Steenblik. His even temper and mastery of the politics and literature of energy policy made this exercise particularly fruitful.

Here’s a Table of Contents for those who’ve recently joined us:

Preface: We propose a wild, week-long debate.

  1. Welcome to Energy Week: Let the games begin!

  2. Long live the Sun: Why the world will run on solar power.

  3. Climate summits are an expensive waste of time.

  4. We …

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