Alex Epstein
American writer who argues for more fossil fuel use; author of Fossil Future.
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- Alex Epstein is an American author who advocates the use of fossil fuels.
- He wrote The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels (2014) and Fossil Future (2022).
- He founded the Center for Industrial Progress in 2011 and was earlier a fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute.
- His climate views are disputed by climate scientists and critics; he has rejected the label climate denier.
Key facts
- Books
- Fossil Fuels Improve the Planet (2013); The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels (2014); Fossil Future (2022)1
- Founded
- Center for Industrial Progress (2011), which he calls a for-profit think tank1
- Before
- Writer and fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute (2004 to 2011); adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute1
- Education
- BA in philosophy and computer science, Duke University1
- Writes
- A Substack newsletter on energy2
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