Climate Change: Overheated Planet a Myth

Myth: This year’s hot temperatures show that fossil fuels are already making Earth unlivably hot.

Truth: This year’s hot temperatures are part of a slow warming trend on a planet where far more people die from cold than from heat, and where we need fossil fuels to protect us from both.

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Alex Epstein

Mr. Epstein is the author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels and the founder of the Center for Industrial Progress.

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Myth: This year’s hot temperatures show that fossil fuels are already making Earth unlivably hot.

Truth: This year’s hot temperatures are part of a slow warming trend on a planet where far more people die from cold than from heat, and where we need fossil fuels to protect us from both.