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Back this week with the full cast and another full show. We start with a deep dive on the Bari Weiss resignation and free speech in general. Then our favorite Denmark dude, Bjørn Lomborg joins to discuss his new book, How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet. and we give him a chance to rebut a very snarky New York Times review of said book. Happy to help, Bjorn. Then, our favorite health care wonk, Avik Roy (listen to his 2x a week Covid in 19 podcast -- co-hosted by some guy we've ever heard of-- for all the latest COVID news and analysis) drops by to school us why schools should stay open. Finally, yep it's another Lileks Post of The Week, this time by Ricochet member Tocqueville, who has compiled a very good list of Bullsh*t words/expressions that have got to go! 2020 Edition. The guys add a few of their own, so please feel free to give us yours in the comments below. In the meantime, stay safe and mask it.
Music from this week's show: Times Like These by Glen Campbell
James Lileks
Peter Robinson
Rob Long
Bjørn Lomborg
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I loved hearing Peter giving Rob a hard thwack.
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Sorry, but I think that the the radical innovations needed to make solar and wind power competitive with fossil fuels are unlikely to occur in the next generation or two. They are very destructive to the environment and can’t generate power when they’re most needed such as winter storms. Improvements in efficiency are unlikely to solve that. Fracking has radically reduced CO2 emissions and we should be happy with that result.
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Go nukes! Go nukes! Go nukes!
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"The Long Game." That's the one about hunting humans for sport, right?
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