Alex Epstein

Alex Epstein is an energy philosopher who argues that "human flourishing" should be the guiding principle of industrial and environmental progress. His book The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels became a New York Times bestseller and was widely praised, winning him the Most Original Thinker of 2014 award from The McLaughlin Group. He speaks around the world and has publicly debated leading environmentalist organizations such Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, and 350.org over the morality of fossil fuel...See more

Alex Epstein is an energy philosopher who argues that "human flourishing" should be the guiding principle of industrial and environmental progress. His book The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels became a New York Times bestseller and was widely praised, winning him the Most Original Thinker of 2014 award from The McLaughlin Group. He speaks around the world and has publicly debated leading environmentalist organizations such Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, and 350.org over the morality of fossil fuel use. See less