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#324 - Alex Epstein - Can Fossil Fuels Save The World?

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Are We Going to Use Fossil Fields?

The value we get from fossil fueles is far, far greater than the price we pay. There's no near term replacement for fossil fuels to have this ultra-cost effective energy that's low cost on a global scale. If you think of the positive externalities af false fels, like the existence of the modern internet, they can't be ignored. We're ignoring the benefits of fossil fueles with this kind of pseudo scientific, pseudo economic externalaty thing. I'm just say i'm right, and we have no other way to justify restricting fossilfuels in a world where there are virtually no people left who need them.

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