Scott Tinker

Yes, yeah, yeah. Yeah, you plateau. And some of it is, well, you don't need any more stuff. You know, there's that reality. But we're making better things, more efficient things. There's a rebound effect.

Yes, yeah, yeah. Yeah, you plateau. And some of it is, well, you don't need any more stuff. You know, there's that reality. But we're making better things, more efficient things. There's a rebound effect.

Yes, yeah, yeah. Yeah, you plateau. And some of it is, well, you don't need any more stuff. You know, there's that reality. But we're making better things, more efficient things. There's a rebound effect.

An economist back in the 1800s, Jevons, showed, well, if you get a really nice, efficient, let's call it a refrigerator, and you're using a lot less energy and it doesn't cost as much, you're gonna get two. And we do. Two cars, two TVs.

An economist back in the 1800s, Jevons, showed, well, if you get a really nice, efficient, let's call it a refrigerator, and you're using a lot less energy and it doesn't cost as much, you're gonna get two. And we do. Two cars, two TVs.

An economist back in the 1800s, Jevons, showed, well, if you get a really nice, efficient, let's call it a refrigerator, and you're using a lot less energy and it doesn't cost as much, you're gonna get two. And we do. Two cars, two TVs.

Yes, it does. And the removal of choice and basic human freedoms and liberties.

Yes, it does. And the removal of choice and basic human freedoms and liberties.

Yes, it does. And the removal of choice and basic human freedoms and liberties.

Let's kind of set the idea that we could tell people what they can do aside for a second, even in places that tell people what they can do. I see behind me the Soviet Union post. I went there in 82 for three weeks when it was still the Soviet Union. The Cold War was on. We were behind the Iron Curtain and I was out of college. And it left a huge impression on me.

Let's kind of set the idea that we could tell people what they can do aside for a second, even in places that tell people what they can do. I see behind me the Soviet Union post. I went there in 82 for three weeks when it was still the Soviet Union. The Cold War was on. We were behind the Iron Curtain and I was out of college. And it left a huge impression on me.

Let's kind of set the idea that we could tell people what they can do aside for a second, even in places that tell people what they can do. I see behind me the Soviet Union post. I went there in 82 for three weeks when it was still the Soviet Union. The Cold War was on. We were behind the Iron Curtain and I was out of college. And it left a huge impression on me.

I saw what it was like to live without liberty. In a command economy. It was very intense. And I went out when I shouldn't at night from hotels and met with young people my age, 22, 23, invincible. These are embedded forever. These are memories that are embedded forever of the look in young people's eyes who are now in their 60s, if they're still here. So what that system does, it doesn't work.

I saw what it was like to live without liberty. In a command economy. It was very intense. And I went out when I shouldn't at night from hotels and met with young people my age, 22, 23, invincible. These are embedded forever. These are memories that are embedded forever of the look in young people's eyes who are now in their 60s, if they're still here. So what that system does, it doesn't work.

I saw what it was like to live without liberty. In a command economy. It was very intense. And I went out when I shouldn't at night from hotels and met with young people my age, 22, 23, invincible. These are embedded forever. These are memories that are embedded forever of the look in young people's eyes who are now in their 60s, if they're still here. So what that system does, it doesn't work.

You can't tell people that.

You can't tell people that.

You can't tell people that.

how's that working yeah we'll eventually come back there you know yeah but but getting back uh kind of this dialogue yeah energy economies and that gives you the wherewithal to invest in cleaning up environments and we see that in all sorts of different right and that that final 50 50 50 50 that's the bottom half of the world well no oh okay yeah it's it's uh

how's that working yeah we'll eventually come back there you know yeah but but getting back uh kind of this dialogue yeah energy economies and that gives you the wherewithal to invest in cleaning up environments and we see that in all sorts of different right and that that final 50 50 50 50 that's the bottom half of the world well no oh okay yeah it's it's uh