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Fossil Future with Alex Epstein | Starting Strength Radio #234

Starting Strength Radio

Mark Rippetoe

Training, Fitness & Nutrition, Strength, Barbell, Health, Fitness

4.6740 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Rip talks to the author of Fossil Future, Alex Epstein, about the need for increased usage and accessibility of fossil fuels, the advantages of fossil fuel consumption, the impact on global warming, and the role of nuclear energy. 00:33 Alex Epstein 01:26 Fossil Future 04:29 Rip’s position 10:07 Philosophy of science 14:30 Global warming 19:53 Selecting the terminology/Naming the state of things a catastrophe 26:33 Fear and guilt 31:06 Nuclear energy 41:44 Incentives 48:38 In conclusion

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0:00.0

The only way to bag a classy lady is to give her two tickets to the gun show.

0:08.9

And see if she likes the goods.

0:11.8

Okay, kids, here we go.

0:13.0

Next seminar up December 8 through the 10th, then February 9th through the 11th.

0:17.9

Coaching workshop going on October 21st in the Long Island.

0:20.8

This is open to anyone with no

0:21.9

prerequisites. This is for personal trainers, fitness instructors, or folks that want to

0:26.1

casually coach their family and friends. We go over the starting strength methods and

0:30.4

principles on barbell training, and participants will take each other through the five-step

0:34.5

deadlift setup. There is a discount available for active personal trainers to check out the link for details. Self-sufficient lifter camp

0:41.9

November 4th in Wichita Falls, press and bench press camp going on November 11th in Orlando

0:47.0

at Starring Strength Orlando. Deadlift and Power Clean camp December 2nd on Long Island.

0:51.1

A couple squat and deadlift camps November 4th in Indianapolis

0:54.7

at Staring Strength Indianapolis and then November 12th in Baltimore at 5 by 3 training. And finally

0:59.9

a squat press and deadlift camps on the list. These are three lift camps going on. Brussels,

1:04.0

Belgium at Brussels Barbell, October 21st and December 9th in London. Got a fresh update of top

1:10.0

10 markets that we're looking to put franchise

1:12.3

gyms in. So listen up. Looking at Arlington, Virginia, Charlotte, Raleigh, in Durham, North Carolina,

1:19.0

Phoenix, Jacksonville, Florida, Kansas City, Missouri, Vegas, Milwaukee, Detroit, and finally,

1:25.7

Norfolk, Virginia. If you have any interest in those markets, head over to starting strength gyms.com,

1:30.1

scroll all the way down to the bottom, hit the Ona Gym tab, and find out more information.

1:35.2

And as usual, for more info on anything else that I've talked about,

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