The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (909 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00INIQVJA |
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| Number of Pages | : | 301 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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And the moral significance of cheap, reliable energy, Epstein argues, is woefully underrated. Energy is our ability to improve every single aspect of life, whether economic or environmental.If we look at the big picture of fossil fuels compared with the alternatives, the overall impact of using fossil fuels is to make the world a far better place. Fossil fuels don’t take a naturally clean environment and make it dirty; they take a naturally dirty environment and make it clean. Yet at the same time, by every measure of human well-being, from life expectancy to clean water to climate safety, life has been getting better and better.How can this be?The explanation, energy expert Alex Epstein argues in The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, is that we usually hear only one side of the story. Calls to “get off fossil fuels” are calls to degrade the lives of innocent people who merely want the same
"If you want to see the power of fine logic, fine writing, and fine research, read Epstein's book." ---Patrick J. Michaels, director, Center for the Study of Science, Cato Institute
Alex lives in California.Alex Epstein is founder of the Center for Industrial Progress and the author of Fossil Fuels Improve the Planet. Alex Epstein is founder of the Center for Industrial Progress and the author of Fossil Fuels Improve the Planet. He is a regular columnist at Forbes, and he has been published in the Wall Street Journal, the San Francisco Chronicle,
Giving thanks where thanks are due It's appropriate that I'm writing this review on Thanksgiving, a holiday in celebration of an abundant harvest. I think the author would approve. As The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels amply demonstrates, the predominately fossil fuel-powered energy industry is perhaps the most productive, life-giving industry of all. Energy is that important, underlying and making possible all the other varied industries that improve our lives in so many ways, from transportation to communication to an agricultural industry able to feed a global population of over seven billion people better than most people . Another "must read" Sentinel Probably one of the most important recent books written. Excellent book and I can't speak highly enough of it. To say that it is simply a book about global warming or even the larger energy debate is to diminish the importance of this book. Although that is the topic of the book and I don't want to take away from that. This book is one of the best books on that issue and for if that is your main concern then this book does fit that bill and will teach you more than you ever thought you would know about those subjects. However the way he does it makes this book much more far reaching. He no. If you evaluate things as good or evil based on their net value to human life Tim Kent Then cheap, reliable and scalable energy is profoundly good. The author makes a compelling argument that the development of such energy is the foundation of industrial progress. And turns each of us into "superman", amplifying our abilities a hundredfold or more.Fossil fuels power 87% of the world. The past 20 years has seen billions of people lifted out of crippling poverty. Lifted by the introduction of electricity and machines powered by fossil fuels.This is an overwhelmingly positive value to human life. What about the negatives of fossil fuel use? What about the forecasts of catastrop