Disclaimer: this letter is a contrarian view in support of an author that does not believe that the consequences of burning fossil fuels is being accurately portrayed.
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Recently I have become aware of author, Alex Epstein and his book titled : Why Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal and Natural Gas- Not Less. I am reading this excellent positive perspective and felt that others may be interested in these facts.
Here is the pre amble on the inner cover.
What if the “experts” have gotten everything about the future of energy wrong?
What if fossil fuels are the energy of the future–and that’s a good thing?
Over the past decade, philosopher and energy expert Alex Epstein has predicted that any negative impacts of fossil fuel use on our climate will be outweighed by the unique benefits of fossil fuels to human flourishing–including their unrivaled ability to provide low-cost, reliable energy to billions of people around the world.
And contrary to what we hear from the media “experts” about today’s renewable revolution and climate emergency, reality has proven Epstein right:
- Fact: Fossil fuels are still the dominant source of energy around the world, while much-hyped renewables are causing skyrocketing electricity prices and increased blackouts.
- Fact: Fossil fuel development has brought global poverty to a record low.
- Fact: While fossil fuels have contributed to the 1 degree of warming in the past 170 years, climate-related deaths are at an all-time low.
What does the future hold? In Fossil Future, Epstein applies his distinctive “human-flourishing framework” to the latest evidence and comes to the shocking conclusion that the benefits of fossil fuels will far outweigh their side-effects for generations to come. The true path to global human flourishing is a combination of using more fossil fuels, getting better at climate mastery, and establishing energy freedom policies that allow nuclear energy and other promising alternatives to reach their long-term potential.
Today’s pervasive claims of imminent climate catastrophe and renewable energy dominance are based on what Epstein calls the “anti-impact framework””–a set of faulty methods, false assumptions, and anti-human values that have caused the media’s designated experts to make wildly wrong predictions about fossil fuels. Deeply researched and wide-ranging, this book will cause you to rethink everything you thought you knew about the future of our energy use, our environment and our climate.
ALEX EPSTEIN is an energy expert and founder of the Centre for Industrial Progress, which offers a positive, pro-human alternative to the Green Movement. His New York Times best selling book, The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, has been widely praised as the most persuasive argument ever made for our continuing use of fossil fuels, winning Epstein the “ Most Original Thinker of 2014″ award from The McLaughlin Group.
“At this strange time in history, with a mass movement demanding an end to the 80 percent of our energy provided by fossil fuels , Alex Epstein has the nerve to walk in the streets of New York City wearing a T-shirt that blares “I Love Fossil Fuels” This book confirms the genius of his stance.
Net zero is suicide” –Patrick Moore, cofounder of Greenpeace and author of Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom.
“In this book Alex Epstein champions a humanity-centric alternative to the anti-fossil fuel climate hysteria that is disturbingly pervasive among today’s elites. Policymakers across the political spectrum should heed Epstein’s arguments and abandon the disastrous path we are on before it is too late.”-Chip Roy, U.S. Congressman(TX-21)
Check it out for your selves…(:
sincerely, Linda Armstrong
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