The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels

The book was a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller.[4]

The book received praise from publications such as The Wall Street Journal,[1] Barron's,[5] National Review,[6] Reason,[7] The Washington Free Beacon,[8] and The Morning Sun of Pittsburg, Kansas,[9] along with think tanks including the Independent Institute[10] and The Heartland Institute.[11][12]

However, the book's conclusions were criticized by other publications, with critical reviews published by Inside Higher Ed,[13] The Huffington Post,[14] The Guardian,[15] and Our World, a publication of the United Nations University.[16] Jason Wilson of The Guardian noted that "Epstein's work has been popular and influential on the right because it is a particularly fluent, elaborate form of climate denialism."[15]

In 2014, Epstein was interviewed by Peter Thiel at an event hosted by the energy startup Tachyus. Thiel also provided a blurb for the book.[17]

In December 2014, political commentator John McLaughlin called Epstein "most original thinker of the year" for his book during McLaughlin's yearly The McLaughlin Group roundup.[18]