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Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas—Not Less

tommu56

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Mike and Alex hit the points on energy

Back by popular demand – the sometimes controversial and always provocative Alex Epstein, founder of the Center of Industrial Progress, teller of uncomfortable truths, and author Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas—Not Less. If you’re at all like me, you love books that live up to their titles. This one does. Alex is an energy expert who believes that our planet has all the necessary resources to support all the people on it and then some. He also believes that the planet is warming and that our reliance on fossil fuels is partly to blame. He is by no means a “climate change denier,” but he does NOT believe that fossil fuels should be limited or replaced by alternatives. Far from it. Alex believes that oil, coal, and natural gas are the best hope for human flourishing and that their actual impact on the climate can only be properly evaluated if we first understand their overall impact on humanity.


 
HUMANS HAVE ALWAYS NEEDED COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF CHEAP ENERGY TO SURVIVE AND EXCELL. HOME GROWN IS EVEN BETTER.

Just look at China. Thirty years ago it was a third world economy. Cottage iron was their primary source of iron and steel. They build a new coalfired electricity plant every four days. Meanwhile, USA Steel production is almost dead.

They built a hydro-electric dam so big it has altered the earth's rotation. Anyone here notice the difference?
And, a new larger one is being developed.
 
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