Can Fossil Fuels Save The World? - Alex Epstein - #324

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05/22/21

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87m

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Alex Epstein is an energy theorist, the founder and president of the Center for Industrial Progress and an author.

During any discussion about fossil fuels, the focus only ever seems to be on the negative side effects, but what about the positives? Alex believes that we need more, not less fossil fuels to improve global human flourishing, and today he makes his case.

Expect to learn why solar & wind energy can't fix our energy problems, how nuclear plants have become so demonised, why Alex thinks that climate change activists fundamentally hate humanity, his views on Extinction Rebellion, why fossil fuels reduce environmental catastrophes and much more...

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Michio Kaku is the Professor of Theoretical Physics in the City College of New York, a futurist and an author.

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