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The Pessimistic Rationalist and the Philosopher of Fossil Fuels

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The Pessimistic Rationalist and the Philosopher of Fossil Fuels
The book covers of Vaclav Smil's "How the World Really Works" and Alex Epstein's "Fossil Future."
Rupert Darwall
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More than 80 percent of global gross domestic product (GDP) is covered by national net-zero targets. Strip away the hype, and net zero emerges as a project that the West is foisting on the rest of the world.

Rupert Darwall
Rupert Darwall
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Rupert Darwall is a senior fellow of the RealClear Foundation and author of the books “The Age of Global Warming: A History,” “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex,” and “Going Through the Motions: The Industrial Strategy Green Paper.” Darwall also authored the reports “The Climate Noose: Business, Net Zero, and the IPCC’s Anti-Capitalism,” “Capitalism, Socialism and ESG,” “Climate-Risk Disclosure: A Flimsy Pretext for a Green Power Grab,” “The Anti-Development Bank: The World Bank’s Regressive Energy Policies,” and “The Folly of Climate Leadership.”
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