Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2022-12-08

Jordan Peterson & Alex Epstein: books mentioned on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast #312

312. The Great Climate Con | Alex Epstein

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Dr. Peterson's extensive catalog is available now on DailyWire+: https://utm.io/ueSXh Dr. Jordan B. Peterson and Alex Epstein discuss the undeniable need for fossil fuels, the toxic underlying nihilis

Jordan Peterson discussed The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels by Alex Epstein and Fossil Future by Alex Epstein. Alex Epstein recommended The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars by Michael E. Mann, discussed The Population Bomb by Paul R. Ehrlich, The New Left: the Anti-Industrial Revolution by Ayn Rand, The end of nature by Bill McKibben, and The Last Headbangers: NFL Football in the Rowdy, Reckless '70s: the Era that Created Modern Sports by Kevin Cook, and criticized The madhouse effect by Michael E. Mann and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels

    Alex Epstein · at 3:27

    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
    “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.”
    Where to get it
  2. Fossil Future

    Alex Epstein · at 3:27

    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
    “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.”
    Where to get it
  3. The Population Bomb

    Paul R. Ehrlich · at 8:14

    The Population Bomb by Paul R. Ehrlich is a 1968 environmental warning book that predicted global societal collapse due to rapid overpopulation and mass starvation.

    Discussed
    “he became famous through the 1968 book the population bomb where he's telling human beings not”
    Where to get it
  4. The New Left: the Anti-Industrial Revolution

    Ayn Rand · at 25:39

    The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution by Ayn Rand is a collection of essays examining the philosophical origins and destructive anti-industrial motives of modern political movements.

    Discussed
    “there's a book by um by Ein Rand called the the new left the anti-industrial Revolution and it was written at the time that this was happening”
    Where to get it
  5. The end of nature

    Bill McKibben · at 44:48

    Discussed
    “one guy for example who was reviewing Bill mckibben's book the end of nature talks about you know like a flourishing bios sphere is more important me more important to me than one human or a billion of them”
    Where to get it
  6. The Last Headbangers: NFL Football in the Rowdy, Reckless '70s: the Era that Created Modern Sports

    Kevin Cook · at 45:32

    The Last Headbangers: NFL Football in the Rowdy, Reckless '70s: the Era that Created Modern Sports by Kevin Cook explores the violent, unfiltered culture of professional football during a notoriously bruising decade.

    Discussed
    “in a Los Angeles Times review of the end of nature Kevin's influential book”
    Where to get it
  7. The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars

    Michael E. Mann · at 51:12

    The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars by Michael E. Mann is a prominent climatological book detailing the author's famous hockey stick graph and the intense public battles surrounding climate change science.

    Recommended
    “He has a whole book people can look it up called the madhouse effect”
    Where to get it
  8. The madhouse effect

    Michael E. Mann; Tom Toles · at 51:12

    The Madhouse Effect by Michael E. Mann and Tom Toles is an illustrated book that combines scientific analysis with political cartooning to examine the reality of climate change and the organized opposition faced by climate scientists.

    Critiqued
    “he has a whole book people can look it up called the madhouse effect about fossil fuels and climate”
    Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Fossil Future
“why my my new book is called fossil future why Global human flourishing requires more oil coal and natural gas not less”
Plugged Fossil Future
“and I had a personal experience I don't know if you heard about this but the Washington Post tried to basically cancel my book fossil future uh back before it came out”