Fossil Future

Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas—Not Less

De: Alex Epstein

Narrado por: Alex Epstein

Duración: 16 h y 15 m

Resumen del Editor

New York Times best-selling 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 one 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 50 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.

©2022 Alex Epstein (P)2022 Penguin Audio

Best Book I’ve Listened To

I consider myself fairly informed on the climate change & related policy debate, but I was still taken about by how succinct, thorough, honest, and data-driven he was able to be with his moral case. An absolute masterpiece.

Read this to become a better thinker

Read this to think clearer about fossil fuels, and as a consequence, a better thinker in general.

Engaging, entertaining and educational.

Organized coherently, so easy to comprehend and follow, even on the audiobook format.

Important Message

Great message. Important for people to hear. Please rename 'Climate Mastery'. Sends the wrong message.

Excellent

Now I have a better idea on how government play with the interpretation of scientists.

The holistically positive case for cost-effective energy

Good looks on the first and second order energy effects. The future will be bright.

common sense

Wow, finally a sound discussion of energy concepts and its benefit to humanity! The author takes the anti fossil fuel arguments apart like a house of cards in a hurricane!

Increased Use of Fossil Fuels

Alex Epstein does an excellent job of presenting a strong case for the increased use of fossil fuels. I worked in the petroleum industry for more than 55 years and this book presents the best argument for continuing use of fossil fuels.

Informative and highly logical

This is a devasting critique of the anti-anthropic position. This, with Lomborg's numbers and Shellenberg's writings on government failings, I hope, is recognized by those most likely to count. A world returned to a state of nature is not what the gullible anticipate the Evangelists of Renewables are hawking. But when their phones stop working, the MRIs have no power, and A/C use is a crime, they will have their come-to-God moment.

Creates an Excellent Understanding of Our Energy needs

Thoroughly research’s, discusses our need for more Safely used forms of energy. Well done Mr. Epstein!

Great alternative perspective to lazy commonsense

It's not comfortable to stray from a cozy consensus on matters beyond one's hands to influence or action, but there's no reason to entertain other takes that challenges what otherwise people take for granted.

Like with everything in life; the listener doesn't have to embrace everything the author enthusiastically advocate for; but one will definitely have enough takeaways from this book not only in the matters it directly discusses, but also how the world we live in today can easily skew one's thoughts and "fact of the matters" to serve goals that are at best concealed and at worst; not aligned with humane goals.