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Thank You, Fossil Fuels

Today’s Black Lives Matter protests often include the claim that fossil fuel use is racist, because climate change will hurt the poor and minorities most. But minorities and the poor would be hurt even more if limits are put on fossil fuels. Not according New York U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. “There is no debate as to whether we should continue producing fossil fuels,” she says. No debate? This idiocy could only come from AOC, who put forward the lamebrain Green New Deal, the far-left monstrosity that if passed would whisk America back into the Dark Ages. Energy journalist Robert Bryce, who recently produced the documentary, Juice: How Electricity Explains the World, puts the debate in perspective. “Having electricity doesn’t always guarantee wealth, but not having it always means poverty.” He adds that moving to renewable energy is regressive and expensive, and will impact poverty-stricken Americans the most. Here’s more from Bryce and investigative consumer journalist John Stossel.

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The Sky is Not Falling

Let’s face it, Americans love bad news. Whether scare warnings or disasters, it doesn’t matter, we soak it all up. Author Matt Ridley, who authored the recently released Rational Optimist, says there’s plenty to be positive about. “Back in the 1970s the future was bleak,” he says. “The population explosion was unstoppable, famine was inevitable, pesticides were going to shorten our lives,bird flu was going to kill us, the Ice Age was coming back, acid rain was killing forests. All these things were going to go wrong. So I was kind of surprised when I grew up that actually things have been getting better, much better.” In this edition of LibertyPen, host John Stossel continues his discussion with Ridley and Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow Robert Bryce over this Chicken Little mentality.

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