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Three key points:
1) Grid governance should move further towards energy-only systems.
2) The right governance for the grid is tech-neutral.
3) Capacity markets are cures worse than the disease.
Josh Smith
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Josh Smith
@smithtjosh
Powering Spaceship Earth with @PacificLegal as the Senior Fellow for Abundance & ENR. People bring prosperity. Prosperous people are energy-intensive.
- When is the last time you read something where the headline _understated_ the argument and evidence? @CharlesCMann's piece is that good
- From 2021
11:12LISTEN: Dan Bongino’s and Vince Coglianese’s in-house economist, @RealEJAntoni, who also happens to be an economist for The Heritage Foundation, breaks down the Trump tariffs: “This whole idea that tariffs can never serve a good purpose, that’s just not correct, neitherReaders added context@Heritage on @FoxBusiness in 2018: "Tariffs are Never a Good Idea, Never a Good Solution" heritage.org/press/video-am… web.archive.org/web/2025022520… @Heritage in 2021 (and deleted today): "Tariffs Are Never a Good Idea. Those on Aluminum Are Especially Bad." Still up on Feb. 26: web.archive.org/web/2025022600… Deleted today: web.archive.org/web/2025030615… - Replying to @smithtjoshWe have built invisible cathedrals that our lives depend on. They are beyond any single person's grasp. But their operation should still instill a kind of wonder and reverence as cathedrals do.
- Replying to @smithtjoshRather than live like royalty, we live better than royalty:
- Replying to @smithtjoshOur failure to see the invisible cathedrals results in a belief that we are uniquely set upon by today's demands. The opposite is true. But this feeling dominates:A reader recently sent me this old Calvin and Hobbes strip.
- Replying to @smithtjoshMann's first installment on agriculture is also awe-inspiring. It's a short version of The Wizard and the Prophet. thenewatlantis.com/publications/h…
- Replying to @smithtjosh"The responsibility of economic historians is to remind the world what things were like before 1800. Growth was imperceptibly slow, and the vast bulk of the population was so poor that a harvest failure would kill millions. Almost half the babies born died before reaching age 5,Replying to @jmhorpI love this quotation from Joel Mokyr. It's how I start my Econ History syllabus
- Replying to @EricBoehm87Yes. But not from everywhere--Daily Signal still had it up earlier today.Sad! Number 3 is a winning message!
- Replying to @smithtjoshAfter spending 20 days in the NICU, infant mortality numbers have felt shockingly personal and real. Just a few decades ago, my wife and kids would be dead. This would be the norm. Today it's almost unbelievable.
- Replying to @smithtjoshThere are three more essays coming from Mann on water, energy, and public health that have a lot to live up to after the introduction and the first essay!
