Alex Flint @AWFlint

Republican who respects climate science and economics. Exec. dir., Alliance for Market Solutions (@AMSResearchOrg), former staff dir., Senate Energy Committee. amsresearch.org Washington, DC Joined July 2010

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Alex Flint @AWFlint

8 months ago

Remember the Base Realignment and Closure Commission? What about doing one of those for permitting reform? Got a better idea? realclearenergy.org/articles/2025/…

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Alex Flint @AWFlint

9 months ago

This is about when the Senate passes the bipartisan spending deal and adjourns for the year.

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Alex Flint @AWFlint

a year ago

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Alex Flint @AWFlint

2 years ago

The US national debt just went over $32T. That's $95k/citizen and $248k/taxpayer. I really don't know what else to say.

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Alex Flint @AWFlint

2 years ago

Regarding AI, @sundarpichai says climate activism causes him to think, "the collective will will come over time to tackle all of this responsibly." Well... I don't find that reassuring at all. nytimes.com/2023/03/31/tec…

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Alex Flint @AWFlint

3 years ago

I am curious about about reactions to this idea: realclearenergy.org/articles/2023/…

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Alex Flint @AWFlint

3 years ago

If you follow me, please take a few minutes to read this. crfb.org/papers/analysi…

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Alex Flint @AWFlint

3 years ago

Washington, we have a problem. crfb.org/blogs/what-wou…

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Alex Flint @AWFlint

3 years ago

This Thanksgiving, I am grateful @lisamurkowski won. The Senate is better for it.

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Alex Flint @AWFlint

3 years ago

Pondering something and open to ideas that wouldn't otherwise occur to me. What are the climate policy lessons from the recent UK political and fiscal gyrations?

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Alex Flint @AWFlint

3 years ago

This NOPEC/anti-OPEC saber rattling is more troubling in a post-Trump/GOP protectionist era. It's dangerous policy, and the normal guardrails that have prevented this sort of thing in the past may be weak.

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Alex Flint @AWFlint

3 years ago

These economists are starting to be really opinionated about climate: "The world must cut greenhouse gas emissions...[which will] impose short-term economic costs, though these are dwarfed by the innumerable long-term benefits of slowing climate change." imf.org/en/Blogs/Artic…

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Alex Flint @AWFlint

3 years ago

The national debt went over $31 trillion today. Each taxpayer's share is over $246,000. Let that sink in. How are we going to pay for that -- or, more realistically, how are our kids going to pay that?

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Alex Flint @AWFlint

3 years ago

"The one change I would make to the global economy to better prepare us for the future would be to implement a global carbon pricing mechanism." -- Christian Keller, Head, Economics Research, Barclays weforum.org/agenda/2022/09…

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Alex Flint @AWFlint

3 years ago

The technical, political, and moral issues of geo-engineering... I'm not sure where to begin, but it has begun: nytimes.com/2022/08/28/wor…

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Alex Flint @AWFlint

3 years ago

Talking to friends about record temperatures and climate change can be challenging. Here's a great article in the MIT Technology Review to help those conversations: technologyreview.com/2022/07/21/105…

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Alex Flint @AWFlint

3 years ago

Do Senate Democrats have 50 votes for a reconciliation bill that doesn't address climate change?

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Alex Flint @AWFlint

3 years ago

Climate policy substance still matters. So, today, we offer that a carbon tax is better fiscal policy than increased corporate taxes. Good fiscal policy can also be good climate policy. amsresearch.org/report/macroec…

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Alex Flint @AWFlint

3 years ago

The principal drivers for climate policy remain: rising temperatures and seas, government deficits, and carbon pricing by our trading partners. Those are strategic drivers and are independent of today's politicians.