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On this episode of Newt's World, the debate about climate change many times fails to mention

the reasons we use fossil fuels in the first place. Policies like the Green New Deal really

remind us that the wealthier countries can adopt green policies as a fashion trend,

but in reality with the growth in global population, particularly in China and India,

it's going to require us to think of new ways to approach our energy needs.

We can not just rely on renewable energy, we also need fossil fuels.

In a new book, Fossil Future, why global human flourishing requires more oil,

coal and natural gas, not less. Alex Epstein reveals the latest data and new insights that will

challenge everything you thought you knew about energy consumption, the environment and climate,

and why oil and natural gas are in fact life-saving. Here to discuss Fossil Future,

I'm really pleased to welcome my guest, Alex Epstein. He is an energy expert,

industrial policy-funded and founder of the Center for Industrial Progress,

which offers a positive prohuman alternative to the green movement.

Alex, thanks for joining me. Thanks for having me. Alex, what was it that led you to decide

you'd be a voice on this issue and that then led you to write your very first book

on the moral case for fossil fuels? So people often think of the fossil fuel industry

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