Fossil Future: Why Global Human Florishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas - Not Less - Hardcover

Epstein; Alex

 
9780593420416: Fossil Future: Why Global Human Florishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas - Not Less

Synopsis

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 unrivalled 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-fuelled 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-fuelled 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.

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About the Author

<b>Alex Epstein</b> is an energy expert and founder of the Center for Industrial Progress, which offers a positive, pro-human alternative to the green movement. His <i>New York Times</i> bestselling book, <i>The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels</i>, has been widely praised as the most persuasive argument ever made for our continuing use of fossil fuels, winning Epstein the "Most Original Thinker of 2014" award from The McLaughlin Group.<br/>

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