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Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2025-01-13

Jordan Peterson & Alex Epstein: books mentioned on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast #514

Renewable Energy, Fossil Fuels, and the Climate Debate | Alex Epstein | EP 514

2 books · With Alex Epstein · Watch on YouTube

Jordan Peterson discussed The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels by Alex Epstein and Fossil Future by Alex Epstein.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels

    Alex Epstein · at 1:10 · mentioned 2 times

    The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels by Alex Epstein is a controversial energy book that argues that the widespread use of oil, coal, and natural gas has drastically improved global human flourishing and environmental safety rather than hindered it.

    Discussed
    “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”
    Jordan Peterson Renewable Energy, Fossil Fuels, and the Climate Debate | Alex Epstein … 2025-01-13 Listen at 1:10
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible

  2. Fossil Future

    Alex Epstein · at 1:10 · mentioned 2 times

    Fossil Future by Alex Epstein argues that fossil fuels are essential for human flourishing and that eliminating them prematurely would cause widespread societal collapse and death.

    Discussed
    “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”
    Jordan Peterson Renewable Energy, Fossil Fuels, and the Climate Debate | Alex Epstein … 2025-01-13 Listen at 1:10
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Fossil Future
“well I mean this is you know the best person to talk to is an expert in large language models but let's just I'll give it to you in the macro and especially I'm very proud that I forecast this in fossil future”
Alex Epstein Renewable Energy, Fossil Fuels, and the Climate Debate | Alex Epstein … 2025-01-13 Listen at 11:33
Plugged Fossil Future
“and so there's all this like mumbo jumbo which I sort of debunk in fossil future like chapter six type stuff”
Alex Epstein Renewable Energy, Fossil Fuels, and the Climate Debate | Alex Epstein … 2025-01-13 Listen at 21:10
Plugged Fossil Future
“so I feel like I got particularly with fossil future I sort of got to a level where I felt like I had fully like fleshed out how to think about this in a pro-human way”
Alex Epstein Renewable Energy, Fossil Fuels, and the Climate Debate | Alex Epstein … 2025-01-13 Listen at 32:29
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