Why people recommend it
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels by Alex Epstein is an examination of energy policy and global human flourishing. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Chris Williamson brought up the book while discussing climate-related deaths and energy production. Williamson had previously mentioned on Modern Wisdom that he had Epstein on his show to discuss fuel sources. Jordan B. Peterson repeatedly referenced the book across multiple episodes of The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast and on The Joe Rogan Experience. Peterson introduced Epstein on episode 514 by highlighting The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels alongside his later work, Fossil Future, while discussing energy and the climate debate with him, and also mentioned the book when talking to guests like Richard Lindzen. Lex Fridman discussed the book on the Lex Fridman Podcast, noting that Epstein argues that global human flourishing requires more oil, coal, and natural gas rather than less, mirroring the subtitle's premise.
Who recommended it
- Jordan B. Peterson Discussed
- Chris Williamson Discussed
- Dave Rubin Discussed
- Jordan Peterson Discussed
- Lex Fridman Discussed
Jordan B. Peterson — 4 mentions
“so I had the Good Fortune to speak again today with Alex Epstein who I spoke with two years ago almost to the day um Alex is the author of two influential books one the first one the moral case for fossil fuels and the second one fossil future”
“Okay so we talked at the beginning here when we were trying to structure this conversation I noted remembered that you know you had written these two books moral case for fossil fuels and then fossil future and I asked you if you were writing another book”
“I was talking to Alex Epstein recently he wrote a book called fossil fuel”
“he's the author of the new book fossil future as well as the New York Times bestseller the moral case for fossil fuels which was published in 2014.”
Chris Williamson — 2 mentions
“uh the the case moral case for fossil fuels.”
“i had alex epstein on the show quite a while ago the moral case for fossil fuels”
Dave Rubin — 2 mentions
“I think the most hate that I ever got for a Rubin report episode was when I had Alex Epstein author of the moral case for fossil fuels and for a sit down Alex's argument isn't against manmade climate change specifically”
“So so Alex apps night I had him on it's the the Kate of the book the case the moral case for fossil fuels right is the book I hit him on probably about two years ago”
Jordan Peterson — 1 mention
“but Alex Epstein who wrote fossil fuel future recently comments about this a bit”
Lex Fridman — 1 mention
“so he wrote a book uh moral case of fossil fuels and uh fossil future where he makes the case that as a subtitle says Global human flourishing requires oil coal and natural gas or more oil coil and natural gas not less”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
- Fossil Future
- The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars
- Cool it
- False Alarm
- How to Spend $75 Billion to Make the World a Better Place
- Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil
Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
“and as i tell in moral case for fossil fuels like what that means if you haven't ever lived it or seen it”
“by the way i just sorry one note to interrupt this is a temporary thing but do not buy the revised moral case for fossil fuels on amazon because it's a fake book so don't do that”
“thank you for coming on the moral case for fossil fuels”
“I've brought climate scientists in here who have said in unison basically they agree by the way I've had Alex Epstein on his book's right there moral case for fossil fuels”