Alex Epstein is a pseudo intellectual phony that the fossil fuel denial complex has elevated to pundit status on the strength of his formulating the so-called “moral case for fossil fuels.”
You can think of “Philosopher” Epstein as “the smartest guy at the Frat House Kegger”.
Epstein has been all over Congress this week shilling for what I call the No Good Horrible Very Bad Bill.
One legislator that was not impressed was Senator Thom Tillis, who, (politely) called Epstein out as the phony that he is.

I would love to hear Tillis stay angry and keep telling his people the truth like this. Epstein and his for-profit ‘think’ tank aren’t doing the world (or our national economy right now) any favors.
https://www.desmog.com/alex-epstein/
I had a brief fantasy vision of Mr. Moral Case for Fossil Fuels ending up in prison with Mr. Effective Altruism crypto scammer Sam Bankman-Fried.
The “killshot” for renewables, or the excise tax, was removed at the last minute from the bill. Still, the bill removes most of the benefits for renewables that were set up by the IRA under Biden:
Senate removes excise tax on renewable energy industry from Trump domestic policy bill – CBS News https://share.google/qkhw7IbeKeSqw3nSg