Archive for Tag “oil industry”


11 min. Energy at the Speed of Thought

Alex Epstein appears on KLEE (Otumwa, Iowa) to discuss his recent article on energy sources. Recorded January 18, 2011.

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10 min. Oil and the Economy

Alex Epstein is a guest of Dan Lovallo on WDRC (Connecticut) to discuss energy policy, and why there is no substitute for oil. Recorded January 27, 2011.

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18 min. Six Myths About Oil

Alex Epstein discusses the oil industry, and the widespread false beliefs about oil, as a guest on The Schilling Show. Recorded January 14, 2011.

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15 min. The State of Those Oil Myths

Alex Epstein discusses points raised in his recent op-ed, “Six Myths About Oil.” (Pajamas TV interview; January 24, 2011; 15 min.)

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9 min. The BP Oil Spill, Six Months Later

Alex Epstein appears on The Thom Hartmann Program to discuss energy policy on the six-month anniversary of the BP oil spill. This appearance was recorded on October 21, 2010.

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15 min. Oil and Alternative Energy

Alex Epstein is a guest of Rod Grams, discussing Mr. Epstein’s recent Wall Street Journal op-ed titled “Obama follows Nixon on oil spills,” on the topic of the oil industry and problems with the government’s energy policy. Recorded September 2, 2010.

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32 min. Defending Oil

Alex Epstein appears on The Think Tank with Garland Robinette (WWL, New Orleans) to discuss and dispel three myths about oil. (WWL interview; 32 min.)

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15 min. Are We Powerless to Stop the Power America Act?

Yaron Brook discusses the newest energy legislation to appear in Congress. (Pajamas TV interview; 15 min.)

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13 min. Still, Baby, Drill

Yaron Brook discusses the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, who should pay for the cleanup, and what it means politically. (Pajamas TV interview; 13 min.)

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The Triumph and Tragedy of the Oil Industry

Recorded Summer 2008—Born out of scientific and inventive genius, and brought to the masses by entrepreneurs like John D. Rockefeller, the oil industry took a seemingly useless substance and transformed it into an incalculable value to men’s lives. And yet with all the glory it has brought man, the oil industry has been vilified, strangled, looted since its inception.

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