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Fossil Future
- Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas—Not Less
- Narrated by: Alex Epstein
- Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
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Summary
The New York Times bestselling author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels draws on the latest data and new insights to challenge everything you thought you knew about the future of energy
For over a decade, philosopher and energy expert Alex Epstein has predicted that any negative impacts of fossil fuel use on our climate will be outweighed by the unique benefits of fossil fuels to human flourishing--including their unrivaled ability to provide low-cost, reliable energy to billions of people around the world, especially the world’s poorest people.
And contrary to what we hear from media “experts” about today’s “renewable revolution” and “climate emergency,” reality has proven Epstein right:
- Fact: Fossil fuels are still the dominant source of energy around the world, and growing fast—while much-hyped renewables are causing skyrocketing electricity prices and increased blackouts.
- Fact: Fossil-fueled development has brought global poverty to an all-time low.
- Fact: While fossil fuels have contributed to the 1 degree of warming in the last 170 years, climate-related deaths are at all-time lows thanks to fossil-fueled development.
What does the future hold? In Fossil Future, Epstein, applying his distinctive “human flourishing framework” to the latest evidence, comes to the shocking conclusion that the benefits of fossil fuels will continue to far outweigh their side effects—including climate impacts—for generations to come. The path to global human flourishing, Epstein argues, is a combination of using more fossil fuels, getting better at “climate mastery,” and establishing “energy freedom” policies that allow nuclear and other truly promising alternatives to reach their full long-term potential.
Today’s pervasive claims of imminent climate catastrophe and imminent renewable energy dominance, Epstein shows, are based on what he calls the “anti-impact framework”—a set of faulty methods, false assumptions, and anti-human values that have caused the media’s designated experts to make wildly wrong predictions about fossil fuels, climate, and renewables for the last fifty years. Deeply researched and wide-ranging, this book will cause you to rethink everything you thought you knew about the future of our energy use, our environment, and our climate.
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- Alejandro Durán
- 08-06-22
A masterpiece in argumentation
This book is an objective presentation of the value of energy sources based on the standard of human flourishing.
The great value of the book is that it leads you through well-paced arguments which follow from previous conclusion. After reading this I have the sense that Epstein respects my thought-process since he does not go for the easy path by first choosing that fossil fuels are the best and then arguing for them, but rather he lays the framework that lead him to that conclusion.
I regards to content I found his explanation of the “knowledge system” as compelling and quite interesting to understand why there is a disparity between what scientists conclude and what the media says. In addition I think that his vision for the future is extremely exciting and I wish that the book is a big step forward to this ideal.
It is a great book if you like thought-provoking themes and if you like to tackle conventional themes from an unconventional point of view.
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- J D A LAING
- 30-01-23
Honest Discussion on our Energy & Climate Choices
Finally a book that discusses openly the significant disadvantages of transitioning to renewables.
It also exposes the very unbalanced media commentary around Climate change and Renewables. Let's hear both sides of the debate going forward.
Renewables (Wind and Solar) will ensure we are all poorer and condem large parts of society to energy poverty and insecurity.
This should be a must read for all those interested in the Energy Transition and particularly those in politics who set our laws and regulations.
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- Ian Currie
- 12-12-22
truth
highly recommended, if you want a balanced view on fossel fuels and the benefits to our world vs the co2 issue then read this book. brilliant must read for anyone seeking truth.
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- Matthew
- 18-06-22
mind-blowing
This should be the mainstream narrative. it shows the UN , World Bank, and other bodies to be cruel and corrupt.
I wish every climate alarmist had a copy.
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- Honest John
- 11-11-22
A must read
If you’re concerned, anxious, worried or simply curious about climate change and the role fossil fuels play into the subject then you must read this book. A little repetitive at times but that can be forgiven to make sure the essential points are reiterated. I see things more clearly now and I trust you will too - a ‘must read’ for our times.
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- David Rogers
- 25-01-23
Challenging counter argument
Alex takes a challenging and persuasive view on what it means to live in harmony with our planet and flourish as human beings.
Essential listening for all open minded and pragmatic people
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- Alexander Goodman
- 29-05-22
A powerful look at Fossil Fuels and alternatives in there full context.
This book is essential reading for anybody concerned about energy, Fossil Fuels, and the planet. An airtight argument goes over the whole issue of energy from a human flourishing point of view and points out the distortions committed by our destructive anti-impact knowledge system. This book could not better better timed to show the tip of the destructive effects in are global current cost of living crisis.
A must read.
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- tomasz sliwa
- 02-03-23
an eve opening book
everyone should know both sides of the story, and this book presents it very well. we can't deny that where our civilization is today wouldn't be possible without coal, oil, and gas.
we need to be mindful of how we deal with energy generation now and in the future so we don't compromise our progress.
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- Y. Syed
- 07-02-24
Excellent arguments in favour of humanity
Human flourishing vs Anti-Human framework to argue in favour of fossil fuels.
Extremely necessary in this age.
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-07-22
Read this book
Everyone should read this book. Especially anyone persuaded by the Green agenda, there is another side to the story.
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