Modern Wisdom

#495 - Alex Epstein - The World Needs More Fossil Fuels, Not Less

Jul 4, 2022

01:22:46

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Solar and Wind Provide Three % of the World's Energy

01:36

Are Public Companies Dominating Governments?

01:05

The World Is Going To End If It's More Tropical

01:27

Climate Change

03:36

Introduction

5min

A New Look at the Old Navy Seal Boat

2min

Fuel and Energy Prices Still Pretty Wild at the Moment

5min

Are There Any Other Element That Affects the Supply of Oil and Gas?

6min

Why Are Public Companies So Important?

5min

Is the World Needing More Oil, Coal and Natural Gas?

6min

The Goal Is Bad

2min

The Immediacy of Eliminating Fossil Fuels

5min

Why Renewables Aren't Working?

2min

10.

Solar and Wind Provide 80 % of the World's Energy

4min

11.

Carbon in the Atmosphere

2min

12.

The Benefits of C O Two and Warming

4min

13.

Climate Change

2min

14.

Catastrophising Side Effects

4min

15.

The Most Common Criticisms That You Get About Your Position

3min

16.

Are You a Lobbyist for the Fossil Fuel Industry?

2min

17.

The Parasitic Polluter View of Humans

6min

18.

Climate Change

4min

19.

Is There a Pandemic?

4min

20.

What's in People's Heads?

5min

21.

The Truth Is the Truth

1min

22.

Are You Confident in Your Position?

4min

23.

Is There Any Other Mental Model That You Wish More People Would Use?

3min

24.

Slash Modern Wisdom

2min

Alex Epstein is an energy theorist, the Founder and President of the Center for Industrial Progress and an author.

Fossil fuels are a contentious topic. If you've currently got your hands glued to the surface of a road in England, you may not want any more being used. But if we follow an environmentalist approach, what impact will reducing fossil fuel use have on human flourishing in the future, especially in the poorest parts of the world?

Expect to learn why all our energy cost so much right now, why 2 billion people get their energy by burning wood and dung, how renewable sources are causing more problems not less, Alex's thoughts on the modern ESG movement, whether fossil fuels will create a climate apocalypse, why China tried to stop Alex from releasing his book and much more...

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