A review by cdeck
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels by Alex Epstein

3.0

Interesting book but left feeling a bit flat. Author is clear about the benefits of fossil fuels, obviously it’s been a foundational building block of society and our best, cheapest, most reliable energy source available. His takeaway from this is that we should invest even more heavily in fossil fuels, trusting that side effects will be overcome through future efficiency improvements and technological developments. I really wished he would have explored that idea to any extent. I think there’s a strong contrary case to be made that development should continue but that significant resources should be diverted to exploring innovative solutions to solve these issues before they become critical condition problems. Overall, decent book but would have loved to see more look toward the future and solutions.