Alex Epstein's "The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels: How Our Most Controversial Energy Source Can Help Us Save the Planet"

GEORGE G. CERVENKA: The claims of global apocalypse, particularly over the last several years, made it abundantly clear that I lacked the ability and the knowledge to draw fact-based conclusions of my own. Mr. Epstein’s analysis of energy production and the subsequent radical improvement of human life, and his pro-human philosophic arguments provides a rational approach to understanding current and future energy production requirements, and their impacts, in making possible for living people to flourish on earth.

United States on Jan 22, 2024

B. Parsley: Since the beginning of time people have been convinced that something was true only to find out they had been wrong. The general public do not have the expertise to judge the truth of a thing, so they depend on the views of those in authority. Many years later, they find out that something they had been told, was actually not true. The best example of this is the belief that fossil fuels are bad for the planet.

Alex Epstein has studied the effect that fossil fuels have had on the quality of life in nations around the world. He is most concerned that many critics who have no education in climate science, have been given the majority of attention. They have pushed only the negatives about fossil fuels and have ignored how oil, gas, and coal have made our lives much better.

Epstein’s main point is that fossil fuels have increased the livability of humans in countries where fossil fuel is available and affordable. Life expediency has increased, protection from cold in winter and extreme heat in summer and many more positive benefits are due to fossil fuels. Hundreds of items we use every day are manufactured from fossil fuels. Everything, from health care to...

United States on Jun 15, 2023

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Mexico on May 25, 2023

Joseph: This is a must read. Glad I was open to looking at this subject without bias. Thanks Alex for opening my eyes to the conditioning of society

Australia on Feb 15, 2022

Kevin O'Hara: Well done Alex. Instead of teaching some of the nonsense that is on the modern school curriculum, they should be teaching our young to appreciate just what a priviledge it is to live in the 21st century western countries. Your philosophical approach to this topic is one of the first works to look at this topic from a human point of view. There's no contest and no logical argument against fossil fuel use. Yes, look for other means of fueling our planet, by all means, but don't kill the goose just to pander to Platonists.

Spain on Jul 03, 2020

Philip M: Epstein takes a different approach to the discussion about climate change and its alleged causes. He makes clear that for humanity to survive we must continue using coal, oil and gas to power our industries and help developing countries. Without these fossil fuels billions of people will be deprived of the energy that has helped us create our modern civilisation. Many millions will die and many more will live miserable lives of hardship. Epstein provides excellent graphics illustrating the benefits fossil fuels have brought to humanity.

Right now 85% of our power worldwide is derived from fossil fuels. He acknowledges there are risks associated with them but explains that by using modern technology we have eliminated those risks. And the alternative renewable energy sources are simply nowhere near capable of providing sufficient energy to power our societies.

Epstein also demonstrates that the manufacture of so-called green renewable technologies is not as green as we would like to think. For example, he reveals the appalling devastation in one of China’s most polluted cities caused by the manufacture of neodymium, the element used in the magnets of wind turbines....

United Kingdom on May 31, 2019

Thierry D.: Lecture requise pour quiconque souhaite débattre en connaissance de cause des questions énergétiques et environnementales.
Alex Epstein remet avec bonheur le progrès humain au centre du débat.

France on Sep 29, 2017

Jon Hersey: “Almost nothing matters more to our lives, the lives of those you care about, and the lives of billion of others around the world than the existence of cheap, plentiful, reliable energy.” - Alex Epstein, The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels.

As I read these words this Thanksgiving Day, I sat in relative comfort while my turkey was roasting. I listened to Christmas music on internet radio, sipping hot coffee and scouring the internet for the best Christmas gifts. Then I got this text from my mom:

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My family lives in New Hampshire where a heavy storm knocked out the power on the eve of Thanksgiving. Reports said “Cato’s heavy snow brought down power lines and knocked out utilities for more than 270,000 homes, from Virginia to Maine.” You can’t cook a turkey on Thanksgiving, or turn on the heat for that matter, without power. And most of the power we all use comes from fossil fuels.

It is in exactly this context that we need to consider the public statements of today’s supposed experts on energy. Take “James Hansen, probably the world’s most politically prominent climate scientist: ‘CEOs of fossil energy...

United States on Dec 09, 2014