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Posted on 09/04/2007 1:26:17 PM PDT by fgoodwin
To the prospect of more killer storms like Hurricane Katrina, of rising sea levels that inundate coastal regions where hundreds of millions of people live and farm, of more frequent deadly heat waves, of alternating droughts and floods that will devastate agriculture, and of rampant insect-borne diseases, Bjorn Lomborg has the same taunt that President George W. Bush offered to Iraqi insurgents in 2003: bring it on.
Lomborg, a political scientist in Denmark, became a conservative darling in 2001 with the publication of his book "The Skeptical Environmentalist." Contrary to the apocalyptic pronouncements of green groups, he argued that human activities were not poisoning the air and water, driving species to extinction or dangerously altering the planet's climate. Scientists who had actually studied those issues begged to differ. A review in the science journal Nature called "The Skeptical Environmentalist" "a hastily prepared book on complex scientific issues which disagrees with the broad scientific consensus, using arguments too often supported by news sources rather than by peer-reviewed publications."
Lomborg isn't likely to win any green stars with his latest book. In "Cool It," which reaches bookstores next week, he argues that if the climate really is changing, we would be better off dealing with the consequences directly, not making deep cuts in the emissions of greenhouse gases that are causing global warming. Rising sea levels? Build sea walls. Heat waves such as the one that killed 35,000 people in Europe in 2003? Buy everyone an air conditioner. Sweltering cities? Paint the asphalt white so more solar radiation is reflected back into space. All of this will be cheaper and less disruptive than curbing greenhouse emissions through energy efficiency and conservation, let alone replacing coal, oil and natural gas with wind, solar and nuclear power, Lomborg argues.
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
Well, I’m glad she read the book with an open mind [/s]
Why is this woman unable to write clearly? She rehashes criticisms of TSE, misstates his conclusions, and does a hit job on Dr. Lomborg’s conclusions. I am so sick of these hit jobs by wannabe intellectuals.
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Rehash of the Newsweek hit piece, or merely another hit piece in Newsweek?
The Skeptical Environmentalist:
Measuring the Real State of the World
by Bjorn Lomborg
I saw a very quick blurb of Lomborg on either FNC or CNN a couple of days ago, but by the time I realized it was him, they moved on to another story.
Did anyone else see it, and if so what was the gist of the story?
Sounds interesting.
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