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    The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
    The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
    The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
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    The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels

    Written by Alex Epstein

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    For decades, environmentalists have told us that using fossil fuels is a self-destructive addiction that will destroy our planet. Yet by every measure of human well-being, from life expectancy to clean water to climate safety, life has been getting better and better. How can this be?



    The explanation is that we usually hear only one side of the story. We're taught to think only of the negatives of fossil fuels, their risks and side effects, but not their positives—their unique ability to provide cheap, reliable energy for a world of seven billion people. And the moral significance of cheap, reliable energy is woefully underrated. Energy is our ability to improve every single aspect of life, whether economic or environmental.



    If we look at the big picture of fossil fuels compared with the alternatives, the overall impact of using fossil fuels is to make the world a far better place. We are morally obligated to use more fossil fuels for the sake of our economy and our environment.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateFeb 24, 2015
    ISBN9781494580018
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    Alex Epstein

    Alex Epstein is the author of Crafty Screenwriting. He has worked as a development executive, television story editor, and television writer for more than a decade. He co-created the comic drama series Naked Josh, and was head writer for the science fiction series Charlie Jade. A graduate of Yale University and the UCLA School of Film and Television, he writes the popular blog Complications Ensue.

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    What our readers think

    Readers find this title to be a well laid out case for fossil fuels, with a rational assessment of their role. The book asks thought-provoking questions that challenge cognitive bias and exposes the dangers of green energy. It celebrates the use of fossil fuels as the most efficient form of energy, countering leftist propaganda. The author's argument is that we owe our quality of life to the fossil fuel industry and should enjoy its benefits without apology. The book is recommended for students at all levels as a voice of counterbalance to doomsaying.

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    • 5/5
      Excellent. Rational arguments, facts, logic, evidence. Bloomed better and better along the way.
      I enjoyed the style of writing as well. He would mention something and inform us he would go into that later and did, rather than diverge from a path and explore a tangent then jump back to the point of divergence. It helped me keep the focus straight on the main path. I loved the letter to industry at the end, it was brilliantly laid out, pointing out the failures of industry in allowing the extremists to run amok, AND being so explicit about the mechanisms by which the failure occurred together with suggestions, made it Crystal clear how and why industry failed to honestly promote itself and allowed its image to be tarred and feathered.

      Also he has a good reading voice. Not just informative book but enjoyable to listen.

      I’d listen again.

      Sharing with other folks in industry.
    • 5/5
      A rational assessment of the role of fossil fuels

      Mr. Epstein brings the same clarity and rational thinking to the issue of fossil fuels that Mr. Lomborg does to the subject of climate change

      His celebration of the use of fossil fuels compares the alternatives available today and logically identifies this form of fuel as the most efficient for the current state of technology. His conclusion flies in the face of the leftist’s propaganda that these forms of energy only bring destruction to the environment and should be prohibited

      Mr. Epstein’s argument is that we owe our quality of life to the fossil fuel industry and we should enjoy those benefits without apology.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I could listen to Alex speaking on the topic of fossil fuels. It’s so refreshing that there are people like him and Michael Schellenberger to bring a light in the climate doomsdayers of our world.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      You should read this book just because of the mental double-take you probably have after reading the title. Epstein asks lots of questions that expose our congnitive bias against the topic.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Alex is our Modern Paul Revere

      Brave, and Fearless and warning the world about the dangers of Green energy

      God Bless Alex

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This is a well laid out case for fossil fuels in an easy to understand and eye opening book.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      My only regret is that I haven't read this earlier.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Should be required reading for every school child in America.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Thought provoking and persuasive. Well read by the author. A voice in counterbalance to the doomsaying were constantly fed. Recommended for students at all levels.

      1 person found this helpful

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