#324 - Alex Epstein - Can Fossil Fuels Save The World?
Modern Wisdom
Chris Williamson
4.7 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2021
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
Alex Epstein is an energy theorist, the founder and president of the Center for Industrial Progress and an author.
During any discussion about fossil fuels, the focus only ever seems to be on the negative side effects, but what about the positives? Alex believes that we need more, not less fossil fuels to improve global human flourishing, and today he makes his case.
Expect to learn why solar & wind energy can't fix our energy problems, how nuclear plants have become so demonised, why Alex thinks that climate change activists fundamentally hate humanity, his views on Extinction Rebellion, why fossil fuels reduce environmental catastrophes and much more...
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| 0:00.0 | Hello friends, welcome back to the show. |
| 0:03.0 | My guest today is Alex Epstein. |
| 0:05.1 | He's an energy theorist, the founder and president |
| 0:08.0 | of the Center for Industrial Progress and an author. |
| 0:11.2 | And we are talking about whether fossil fuels |
| 0:13.2 | can save the world. |
| 0:14.8 | During any discussion about fossil fuels, |
| 0:17.6 | the focus only ever seems to be on the negative side effects. |
| 0:21.1 | But what about the positives? |
| 0:22.8 | Alex believes that we need more, not less fossil fuels, |
| 0:26.5 | to improve global human flourishing. |
| 0:28.6 | And today he makes his case. |
| 0:30.9 | Expect to learn why solar and wind energy |
| 0:33.2 | can't fix our energy problems. |
| 0:35.5 | How nuclear plants have become so demonized. |
| 0:38.2 | Why Alex thinks that climate activists fundamentally |
| 0:41.5 | hate humanity, his views on extinction rebellion, why fossil fuels |
| 0:45.9 | reduce environmental catastrophes and much more. |
| 0:51.1 | Alex is just like a magnet for really passionate conversations. |
| 0:58.5 | Where people completely detest the position |
| 1:00.9 | that he's putting forward. |
| 1:02.2 | So he's a very robust guy. |
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