Greens vs. Energy

This Earth Day, the Ayn Rand Center wants to help you understand the destructive campaign environmentalists have pursued for decades against energy production.

Environmentalists say they only want to protect us from the dangers of CO2 emissions, but when you look at the history of what energy projects they oppose, it becomes clear that environmentalists are not so concerned about carbon emissions—they fight against every form of practical, cheap energy regardless of whether it emits CO2 (like fossil fuels) or not (like nuclear and hydro).

What is their real agenda? Should oil and nuclear be viewed as “dirty” and “dangerous?” Do solar and wind represent the future of energy as the environmentalists would have you believe? What did the recent tsunami in Japan actually reveal about the safety of nuclear energy?

Check out the materials on this blog by ARC writers and speakers that expose how environmentalists consistently oppose the kind of energy industrial development requires.

We will also be hosting a live Q & A session this morning from our headquarters in Irvine, CA, where resident fellows Dr. Keith Lockitch and Alex Epstein will answer YOUR questions about “green energy,” environmentalism, the recent nuclear scare in Japan, and related issues.

Event Details

Date: Friday, April 22 (Earth Day)

Time: 12 p.m. EST / 9 a.m. PST

Where: Anywhere with Internet access

If you have questions you would like answered, you can submit them via the Facebook page for this event (you will need a Facebook account for this). While the event is taking place, you can log onto Facebook and chat with us and others also watching. If you have a follow-up question, you can ask it at that time.

How to Watch: Click on the video below at 12 p.m. EST / 9 a.m. PST or view it via the Ayn Rand Center’s Facebook page (you won’t need an account for this)

Energy and Environmentalism on the Blog

“Industrial Development Promotes Human Life”

“What ‘Going Green’ Really Means”

“‘Green Energy’: A Recipe for Energy Poverty”

More on the blog ⇒

Ayn Rand on Environmentalism

Ecology as a social principle . . . condemns cities, culture, industry, technology, the intellect, and advocates men’s return to “nature,” to the state of grunting subanimals digging the soil with their bare hands.

-Ayn Rand in “The Lessons of Vietnam” in the collection The Ayn Rand Letter

More of Ayn Rand’s distinctive view on environmentalism ⇒

ARC Speakers on Energy Issues

”Power Hour” podcast ep. 3: Interview with ARC senior fellow Onkar Ghate on environmentalism

“Power Hour” podcast ep. 2: Interview with Michael Lynch on peak oil

“Power Hour” podcast ep. 1: Interview with Robert Bryce on “green energy”

“Climate Policy in a Free Society”; campus lecture given by Dr. Keith Lockitch at UCLA

“A Critique of Climate Change Science and Policy”; panel discussion featuring Dr. Lockitch and Dr. Willie Soon

“No ‘Footprint,’ No Life”; video op-ed by Dr. Keith Lockitch

More audio/video ⇒

Read more at The Ayn Rand Center