The Pessimistic Rationalist and the Philosopher of Fossil Fuels
The bookcovers of Vaclav Smil's "How the World Really Works" and Alex Epstein's "Fossil Future."
The bookcovers of Vaclav Smil's "How the World Really Works" and Alex Epstein's "Fossil Future."
The Rocky Mountains. (Shenandoah National Park from Virginia/Flickr, Public Domain)
Kayakers paddle on the Mersey Estuary near the Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm in Liverpool, United Kingdom on Aug. 4, 2021. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
A bucket-wheel dumping soil and sand removed from another area of a Newcastle mine, the world's largest coal exporting port, in Australia on Nov. 5, 2021. (Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty…
A bucket-wheel dumping soil and sand removed from another area of a Newcastle mine, the world's largest coal exporting port, in Australia on Nov. 5, 2021. (Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty…
Old, broken wind turbine blade. (Frank Fennema/Adobe Stock)
Old, broken wind turbine blade. (Frank Fennema/Adobe Stock)
TransAlta wind turbines are shown at a wind farm near Pincher Creek, Alta., on March 9, 2016. (The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh)
TransAlta wind turbines are shown at a wind farm near Pincher Creek, Alta., on March 9, 2016. (The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh)
Old, broken wind turbine blade. (Frank Fennema/Adobe Stock)