# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alex-j-epstein
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:01:09.778Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alex-j-epstein"
name: "Alex J. Epstein"
slug: "alex-j-epstein"
description: "Alexander Joseph Epstein is an American author who advocates for the benefits and use of fossil fuels. Epstein is the author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels (2014) and Fossil Future (2022)."
tagline: "American writer and energy policy commentator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alex_Epstein_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1980-08-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.313394666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/AlexEpstein"
    handle:    "AlexEpstein"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-epstein/"
    handle:    "alex-epstein"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4563372/"
    handle:    "nm4563372"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://alexepstein.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Epstein_(Usona_verkisto)"
    title: "Alex Epstein (Usona verkisto)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "اليكس اپستين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Epstein_(American_writer)"
    title: "Alex Epstein (American writer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B3_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%BE%D8%B3%D9%B9%DB%8C%D9%86_(%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%86%D9%81)"
    title: "الیکس ایپسٹین (امریکی مصنف)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Epstein"
    title: "Alex Epstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A8%EB%A6%AD%EC%8A%A4_%EC%97%A1%EC%8A%A4%ED%83%80%EC%9D%B8_(1980%EB%85%84)"
    title: "앨릭스 엡스타인 (1980년)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12344846"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump