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THE MORAL CASE FOR FOSSIL FUELS
The difference between a healthy environment and an unhealthy environment can be summed up in one word, and it’s not CO2 or climate or temperature. It’s development. In THE MORAL CASE FOR FOSSIL FUELS, Alex Epstein argues that the overwhelming benefits of energy use have been missing from the current debate on the subject.
Environmentalists have stigmatized oil as detrimental to the planet, ignoring the fact that large amounts of energy allow for development—the improvement of nature to meet human needs.
Some nations have excellent water supplies, storm protection, disease prevention, sanitation, and some of the best overall environmental qualities in human history—while others fall victim to extreme weather, crop failures, life-threatening diseases, and lack of clean drinking water. Epstein argues that it is energy, pure and simple, that has transformed hazardous natural environments into healthy human environments.
Whether you’re drinking clean water, listening to a thunderstorm with pleasure instead of fear, or enjoying natural wonders like the Grand Canyon, Epstein maintains that you should be thanking Big Coal, Big Oil, and Big Gas. For hundreds of years, fossil fuels have provided the only reliable form of affordable and effective energy. And a world that produces more energy is a better world.
This is a controversial book that will compel readers to rethink their assumptions. It’s certain to attract attention from all angles and engender spirited debate.
Alex Epstein is the President and Founder of the Center for Industrial Progress. His writing on energy policy has been published in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Investor’s Business Daily, and dozens of other prominent publications. He has become the leading free-market energy speaker, having debated Bill McKibben, Greenpeace, Occupy Wall Street, and other environmentalist groups. He is a Principal blogger for MasterResource, the leading free-market energy blog, and his monthly podcast Power Hour features discussions with leading energy thinkers.
Some nations have excellent water supplies, storm protection, disease prevention, sanitation, and some of the best overall environmental qualities in human history—while others fall victim to extreme weather, crop failures, life-threatening diseases, and lack of clean drinking water. Epstein argues that it is energy, pure and simple, that has transformed hazardous natural environments into healthy human environments.
Whether you’re drinking clean water, listening to a thunderstorm with pleasure instead of fear, or enjoying natural wonders like the Grand Canyon, Epstein maintains that you should be thanking Big Coal, Big Oil, and Big Gas. For hundreds of years, fossil fuels have provided the only reliable form of affordable and effective energy. And a world that produces more energy is a better world.
This is a controversial book that will compel readers to rethink their assumptions. It’s certain to attract attention from all angles and engender spirited debate.
Alex Epstein is the President and Founder of the Center for Industrial Progress. His writing on energy policy has been published in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Investor’s Business Daily, and dozens of other prominent publications. He has become the leading free-market energy speaker, having debated Bill McKibben, Greenpeace, Occupy Wall Street, and other environmentalist groups. He is a Principal blogger for MasterResource, the leading free-market energy blog, and his monthly podcast Power Hour features discussions with leading energy thinkers.
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Published 2014-11-13 by Portfolio |
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Published 2014-11-13 by Portfolio |