The Value of Hydrocarbons

Can we eliminate the use of fossil fuels? Can electric cars replace gasoline cars? Is a transition to wind and solar energy possible? At what cost? What impact will a forced transition have on economic development? How do the costs of eliminating fossil fuels compare to the dangers of increased CO2 emissions? What evidence is there for a pending climate catastrophe? The Mises Institute's Jeff Deist and Bob Murphy host Saifedean for a fascinating discussion of these and many more questions!

Resources

• Saifedean’s PhD thesis Energy Systems and the Knowledge Problem: The Case of Biofuels
• The St Louis Fed compares the cost and protein content of turkey and soy.
• Wikipedia article on dietician Lenna F Cooper.
• The Ultimate Resource 2 by Julian Simon for an analysis of resource scarcity.
• The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels and Fossil Future by Alex Epstein.
• The Bitcoin Standard Podcast episodes with Alex Epstein here and here.
• The Bitcoin Standard Podcast episode Is CO2 the Climate Control Knob? with Tom Nelson.
• The Bitcoin Standard Podcast episode Fake Invisible Catastrophes with Patrick Moore with Patrick Moore.
• Saifedean’s first book, The Bitcoin Standard
• Saifedean’s second book, The Fiat Standard

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