The moral case for fossil fuels

✍ Scribed by Epstein, Alex

• Publisher: Penguin Group US;Portfolio
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A sure-to-be-controversial defense of the fossil fuel industry Conventional wisdom says fossil fuels are an unsustainable form of energy that is destroying our planet. But Alex Epstein shows that if we look at the big picture, the much-hated fossil fuel industry is dramatically improving our planet by making it a far safer and richer place. The key difference between a healthy and unhealthy environment, Epstein argues, is development'the transformation of nature to meet human needs. And the energy required for development is overwhelmingly made possible by the fossil fuel industry, the only way to produce cheap, plentiful, reliable energy on a global scale. While acknowledging the challenges of fossil fuels (and every form of energy), Epstein argues that the overall benefits, including the largely ignored environmental benefits, are incomparably greater. Read more...

Abstract: A sure-to-be-controversial defense of the fossil fuel industry Conventional wisdom says fossil fuels are an unsustainable form of energy that is destroying our planet. But Alex Epstein shows that if we look at the big picture, the much-hated fossil fuel industry is dramatically improving our planet by making it a far safer and richer place. The key difference between a healthy and unhealthy environment, Epstein argues, is development'the transformation of nature to meet human needs. And the energy required for development is overwhelmingly made possible by the fossil fuel industry, the only way to produce cheap, plentiful, reliable energy on a global scale. While acknowledging the challenges of fossil fuels (and every form of energy), Epstein argues that the overall benefits, including the largely ignored environmental benefits, are incomparably greater

✦ Table of Contents

Content: The secret history of fossil fuels --
The energy challenge : cheap, plentiful, reliable energy ... for 7 billion people --
The greatest energy technology of all time --
The greenhouse effect and the fertilizer effect --
The energy effect and climate mastery --
Improving our environment --
Reducing risks and side effects --
Fossil fuels, sustainability, and the future --
Winning the future.

✦ Subjects

Business. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Energy.