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EPISODE · Oct 21, 2020 · 1H 2M

A climate activist turned climate thinker

from Power Hour with Alex Epstein · host Alex Epstein

Alex Epstein interviews Joakim Book, an up-and-coming economic and environmental commentator.These days Book is writing articles challenging climate catastrophism and explaining the value of abundant energy use.But he used to be a climate activist who thought he was saving the planet from the evil of fossil fuels. Epstein and Book cover: - Book’s time as a climate activist. - Why Book and others never questioned the rightness of opposing fossil fuels. - How economic thinking changed Book’s perspective. - How Book was influenced by The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels. - What lessons we can learn about persuasion from Book’s experience.

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