Alex Epstein joins me for a deep conversation about fossil fuels, renewable energy, money, philosophy, history, and more.Be sure to check out NYDIG, one of the most important companies in Bitcoin: https://nydig.com/GUESTAlex's twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexEpsteinAlex's Website: https://energytalkingpoints.com/CHANNELPodcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?si=wgVuY16XR0io4NLNo0A11A&nd=1RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYITranscript:EPISODE00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro00:00:05 NYDIG00:01:22 The First Principles of Energy00:04:31 The Relationship Between Humans and Nature00:07:25 Pursuing What is Best for Humans00:11:54 The Intellectual Package Deal00:21:43 The 20th Century Left’s Anti-Capitalist Propaganda00:29:03 Philosophical Utilitarians vs. The Individual Rights Perspective00:35:27 The Parallel Between Energy and Currency00:39:10 The Socially Objective Value and The Role of Government in Economics00:47:25 Bitcoin’s Natural Resistance to Violence00:52:38 The Distortion of Money00:56:19 The Unspoken Costs of Alternative Sources of Energy01:05:57 Freedom of Competition01:14:42 The Philosophical Foundations of Economics01:18:42 The World Economic Forum Propaganda Against Property01:25:05 The Dominance of Fossil Fuel01:41:30 Sacrificing Humans to the Idea of an Impacted Climate01:50:02 Defining Sacrifice as The Surrender of Value01:58:50 The Disingenuousness of Human Motives02:03:47 Catastrophe Predictions02:05:21 Inflation and Taxation as Modern Forms of Servitude02:10:20 Fiat Currency: Costless Money02:14:27 The 100% Renewable Energy Fraud02:19:50 Power Purchase Agreements and The Grid Accounting Fraud02:24:02 The Climate Mastery Ability and Global Warming02:27:03 Are We Causing a Rate of Change that is Overly Disruptive?02:33:25 Capital Misallocation as an Anti-Human Viewpoint02:35:46 The Human Flourishing ProjectSOCIALBreedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?lang=enAll My Current Work: https://linktr.ee/breedlove22​WRITTEN WORKMedium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/WAYS TO CONTRIBUTEBitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=1784359925317632528The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101&fan_landing=trueBITCOIN BUSINESSESUse Discount Code "Breedlove" for Bitcoin Custody w/ Casa: https://keys.casa/#plansBuy Bitcoin in a Retirement Account w/ DAIM: https://daimio.typeform.com/to/oU5OHXMZStack Sats with Swan Bitcoin: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/breedlove/Worldclass Bitcoin Financial Services: https://nydig.com/