I looked up that book's author, it's a guy named Alex Epstein. Who is he? > Alex Epstein is an American author, energy theorist and industrial policy pundit. H

I looked up that book's author, it's a guy named Alex Epstein. Who is he? > Alex Epstein is an American author, energy theorist and industrial policy pundit. He is the founder and President of the Center for Industrial Progress, a for-profit think tank located in Laguna Hills, California, and a former fellow of the Ayn Rand Institute. Sounds like a reliable source to me!