Summary of Alex Epstein's The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels

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Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: For decades, environmentalists have told us that using fossil fuels is a self-destructive addiction that will destroy our planet.

Yet at the same time, by every measure of human well-being, from life expectancy to clean water to climate safety, life has been getting better and better.How can this be?The explanation, energy expert Alex Epstein argues in The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, is that we usually hear only one side of the story.

We're taught to think only of the negatives of fossil fuels, their risks and side effects, but not their positives-their unique ability to provide cheap, reliable energy for a world of seven billion people. And the moral significance of cheap, reliable energy, Epstein argues, is woefully underrated.

Energy is our ability to improve every single aspect of life, whether economic or environmental.