Q&A for The Speech That Was Supposed to Be a Debate With Michael Mann

This week’s Power Hour features the wide-ranging Q&A from a recent speech Alex Epstein gave at Lafayette College--a speech that was supposed to be a debate with Michael Mann. Some of the many topics covered include: - Does the moral case for fossil fuels uncritically assume that progress is good? - Do people really choose fossil fuel energy? - Can the dominance of fossil fuels be explained by a lack of research into other sources of energy production? - Climate-related damages beyond climate-related deaths. - Energy poverty in the US - The value of fossil fuel-based materials - The “abuse-use fallacy” - Why the anti-fossil fuel movement is anti-nuclear. - The “delicate nurturer” vs. “wild potential” view of Earth - What we can learn from hunter-gatherers - The psychological motivation for being anti-human - Electric cars - Does Alex have a favorite fossil fuel?