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Fossil Fuels and the Climate Mastery Benefits
11:56 - 19:36 (07:40)
The impact of climate change is not solely negative and often we overlook the benefits that fossil fuels bring, such as allowing us to use machines that provide comfort and ease in our daily lives. The negative impact on the climate is only seen as immoral due to the idea that it's wrong for humans to impact it.
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The belief that fossil fuels are causing a climate catastrophe is a secularized religious narrative, based on the idea that it is immoral to impact the climate.
11:56 - 15:08 (03:12)
Summary
The belief that fossil fuels are causing a climate catastrophe is a secularized religious narrative, based on the idea that it is immoral to impact the climate. However, the impacts on their own cannot be shown to be negative, and climate-related disaster fatalities have decreased by 98% in the last century.
ChapterFossil Fuels and the Climate Mastery Benefits
Episode#324 - Alex Epstein - Can Fossil Fuels Save The World?
PodcastModern Wisdom
The anti-impact framework claims that it is intrinsically immoral to impact nature significantly and inevitably self-destructive.
15:08 - 16:16 (01:08)
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The anti-impact framework claims that it is intrinsically immoral to impact nature significantly and inevitably self-destructive. Delicate nurture promotes the idea of unimpacted nature as a sufficient, safe, and stable delicate balance.
ChapterFossil Fuels and the Climate Mastery Benefits
Episode#324 - Alex Epstein - Can Fossil Fuels Save The World?
PodcastModern Wisdom
The world we live in is dominated by machines that make our lives more comfortable and efficient.
16:16 - 18:51 (02:34)
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The world we live in is dominated by machines that make our lives more comfortable and efficient. They allow us to have jobs that weren't possible before and make our lives amazing.
ChapterFossil Fuels and the Climate Mastery Benefits
Episode#324 - Alex Epstein - Can Fossil Fuels Save The World?
PodcastModern Wisdom
Private jets are not cost-effective for most people as the value received from it does not justify the amount of money and time put into it.
18:51 - 19:36 (00:45)
Summary
Private jets are not cost-effective for most people as the value received from it does not justify the amount of money and time put into it. However, for individuals whose time is extremely valuable, private jets are a justifiable expense.