The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
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1 The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
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3 Claim: Every person in this room has the ability to significantly influence the way dozens if not hundreds of people think about this industry. Why I believe this: Because the moral case for fossil fuels convinced me when nothing else did, and it has done the same for tens of thousands of others who didn t believe fossil fuels were moral including former hardcore environmentalists
4 Typical case for a new fossil fuel project why doesn t it work? Generates new economic activity Creates jobs Generates more tax revenue Has lower emissions than older projects
5 Because we are all taught that humanity s use of fossil fuels is a planet-destroying addiction that is immoral to continue. This is the moral case against fossil fuels. America is addicted to oil. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, the country that faced down the tyranny of fascism and communism is now called to challenge the tyranny of oil.
6 The four addiction arguments fossil fuel use is immoral because it causes 1. Depletion 2. Pollution 3. Global Warming (Climate Change) 4. Other environmental impacts land disturbance, habitat destruction, etc Ideal: We need to eliminate fossil fuel use and use green energy instead.
7 Why is the moral case against fossil fuels everywhere? Because of you. The fossil fuel industry has: 1. Failed to answer the addiction argument 2. Frequently made the addiction argument 3. Extravagantly funded anti-fossil fuel institutions Given the conduct of the fossil fuel industry, the widespread opposition is 100% logical And yet, the moral case against fossil fuels is 100% illogical
8 The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
9 Key to understanding what s wrong with the moral case against fossil fuels: be philosophical, question our assumptions If using fossil fuels causes depletion, pollution, global warming, and other environmental impacts make them immoral?
10 It depends on the big picture How to think big-picture about fossil fuels and climate
11 We should think about fossil fuels the same way we think about vaccines but we don t
12 The (unique) benefits Benefits of fossil fuels: the best, most resourceefficient technology--which means choosing fossil fuels enables billions of people to improve their lives.
13 Let s compare to allegedly moral solar and wind Since the 1970s, energy thought-leaders have claimed that solar and wind could supply all the energy we need today, Germany is cited as a leading example
14 The German experiment
15 The China and India experiments
16 ***** China and India DATA
17 ***** China and India DATA
18 If we were forced to use renewables/unreliables, billions would suffer and die prematurely and if we use more fossil fuels, there is the potential to make everyone s lives better. Yet no one seems to care too much why?
19 How to assess climate livability impact 1. Look at magnitude of impact on temperature and climate (Greenhouse Effect) 2. Look at magnitude of impact on plant life (Fertilizer Effect) 3. Look at magnitude of impact on climate mastery (Energy Effect) Separate fact from speculation
20 Greenhouse Effect
21 Long-standing track-record of claims of runaway global warming
![In next 10 years, Average global temperatures [will]](/docs-images/76/74234220/images/22-0.jpg "rise by one-half a degree to one degree Fahrenheit.")
![And 10 years after that, the global temperature [will]](/docs-images/76/74234220/images/22-1.jpg "rise by another 2 to 4 degrees. -1986! Dr. James E.")
22 In next 10 years, Average global temperatures [will] rise by one-half a degree to one degree Fahrenheit. And 10 years after that, the global temperature [will] rise by another 2 to 4 degrees ! Dr. James E. Hansen
23 The choice of doing nothing of continuing to burn ever more oil and coal is not a choice, in other words. It will lead us, if not straight to hell, then straight to a place with a similar temperature a few more decades of ungoverned fossilfuel use and we burn up, to put it bluntly Bill McKibben
24 Reality
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28 Fact: life on Earth thrived, not fried, when CO2 levels were more than 10X today s levels!
29 Fertilizer Effect
30 Never discussed, never thought about even though it s obvious from grade school knowledge! (Why don t we think about it?)
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![[C]arbon-dioxide climate-induced](/docs-images/76/74234220/images/33-1.jpg "famine could kill as many as a")
33 [C]arbon-dioxide climate-induced famine could kill as many as a billion people over the next 35 years ! Director John P. Holdren
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36 Truth: Using fossil fuels doesn t take a safe climate and make it dangerous, it takes a dangerous climate and makes it far, far safer
37 The Overall Truth, the moral case for fossil fuels Fossil fuels are not a self-destructive addiction that is destroying our planet, they are a life-enhancing technology that is improving our planet
38 Why don t we think big picture, why don t we see the truth? Because of the way we measure what is moral.
39 2 views of the right moral standard 1. Maximize human well-being (humanist) 2. Minimizing human impact (green) In our culture we hold minimizing human impact as our standard, which makes us ignore the human benefits of fossil fuels, to view all impacts as immoral, and to assume that those impacts must cause disaster no matter how much evidence there is to the contrary.
40 Minimal impact (green) is an immoral, anti-human ideal and standard, and completely self-defeating in persuasion.
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42 Leveraging the Moral Case
43 This reframing of the debate is the only approach that can truly neutralize attackers, turn nonsupporters into supporters, and turn supporters into champions People are convinced by honest, logical arguments with a noble goal and a common-sense thinking method. When they are exposed to it which is where you have far more power than you think.
44 3 ways to start your chain reaction I ll send you a list of high-impact resources you can immediately share with your sphere of influence. 1. alex@alexepstein.com now 2. Hand business card 3. Fill out sheet
45 More on humanism vs. anti-humanism
46 Standard 1: Maximize human well-being The right choice is the one that, in the full context, looking at both positives and negatives, maximizes human well-being survival, progress, flourishing, happiness. HUMANISM Underlying philosophy of life: The planet: Imperfect Ever-changing and everimprovable Human beings: Producers Ever-evolving creators who improve the planet through ingenuity, technology, and development
47 Standard 2: Minimize human impact The right choice is the one that minimizes human impact on the planet or ecosystem. Underlying philosophy of life: The planet: Perfect stable and nurturing Human beings: Parasites Greedy, meddling dependents who shortsightedly plunder and despoil the perfect planet they depend on. ANTI-HUMANISM (not environmentalism )
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