Tech companies promised to go “net zero.”
Then they wanted more electricity for AI.
“Now they’re begging Congress, ‘Can you please get us some more power?’” says Alex Epstein.
More hypocrisy in our extended interview, Epstein gets into climate alarmism, AI data centers and Trump’s energy policies in his extended conversation with John Stossel.
Imagine losing your airplane because you didn’t check if your passenger was carrying beer!
That actually happened to a pilot in Alaska. Officials took his plane and won’t give it back.
He’s “been fighting to keep his plane for 14 years,” says Mike Greenberg of the Institute for Justice.
Here’s more from John Stossel.
Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire. Many people think that’s terrible. They’re wrong.
A young Bernie Sanders once said, “nobody should earn more than a million.” What would happen if he got his way?
Professor of Business Ethics Chris Freiman says: “We probably wouldn’t have the iPhone, Netflix, DoorDash, Amazon, Spotify…” Because if government limits success, smart people stop innovating.
In this video, we explain why, when entrepreneurs get rich, it’s usually a good thing. Here’s more from John Stossel.
Many schools today hold smart kids back.
They’ve eliminated gifted classes to address “historical inequity.”
“This is so misguided,” says Michael Petrilli.
We show how that hurts ALL kids.
Petrilli. an education analyst with the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, speaks with John Stossel.
Activists called for an AI slowdown. Then politicians. Now, even AI CEOs say it.
It’s a bad idea.
John Stossel elaborates on why America should not slow down AI.
The politicians might say, “Yes, we can!” but John Stossel answers, “No THEY can’t!”
One example, help the disabled. The American’s with Disabilities Act has done more harm than good. Since it took effect, fewer disabled people have been able to work.
Yet government grows, despite its repeated failure.
Here’s a classic Stossel video from 2012.
“Why would you enter a market where the government is actively trying to hurt you?”
Economist Salim Furth of the Mercatus Center predicted builders would flee St Paul’s rent control law.
Four years later, the city admits he was right. Here’s more from John Stossel.
Governments everywhere pledged to go net-zero! They’d STOP increasing emissions.
Sounds nice.
But then: blackouts and soaring energy costs.
So much for the green dream.
Here’s why countries are walking back their net-zero push. Here’s more from John Stossel.
The SAT is racist?
When activists claimed that, MOST colleges dumped the tests.
That’s bad for students, says @jasonrileywsj. “They’re being set up to fail.”
He was right.
Now, more colleges finally admit the tests are useful, and the tests are back! Here’s more from John Stossel.
