Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2025-01-13
Books mentioned on Renewable Energy, Fossil Fuels, and the Climate Debate | Alex Epstein | EP 514
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Fossil Future
Fossil Future by Alex Epstein is a controversial book that argues global human flourishing fundamentally depends on the continued and expanded use of fossil fuels like oil, coal, and natural gas.
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”
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book 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”
Own book Fossil Future
“and so there's all this like mumbo jumbo which I sort of debunk in fossil future like chapter six type stuff”
Own book 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”