Topics Discussed in The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast #312 – Jordan Peterson & Alex Epstein: Fossil Future, The metric for success, Nature viewed as a god, Fusion, Hostility toward impact, How the climate cult evolved, What drives the anti-capitalist ethos?, The planet has gotten 15 percent greener, Conceptions of Earth, The world without humanity, The underlying Nihilism, Worth of man to the Left, The toxicity of modern environmentalism, Moral monopoly, Bjørn Lomborg, Climate Denier, propaganda , 50+ years, a complete failure as a movement, Keeping the third world poor, Actual concern for the poor, Climate Reparations, Moral Aesthetics, Importance of conservation, Existential guilt, sufficient value, Delicate nurture dogma, wild potential.
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Alex Epstein
Alex Epstein is an American author, and commentator who advocates for the expansion of fossil fuels. He is the founder and president of the Center for Industrial Progress, a for-profit organization in San Diego, California. He is the author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels (2014), and Fossil Future (2022), in which he argues for the expanded use of fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas.
Books Mentioned in this Podcast with Jordan Peterson & Alex Epstein:
Book Title: Fossil Future
Author: Alex Epstein
Book Title: The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
Author: Alex Epstein
Book Title: The New Left – The Anti-Industrial Revolution
Author: Ayn Rand
Book Title: The End of Nature
Author: Bill McKibben
Book Title: The Madhouse Effect