Hi all
Bjorn Lomborg is, was, or used to be into various shades of global
warming denial, depending, I think, on which way the wind's blowing.
Recent big winds may have deepened his apparent shade of green.
Professional contrarian, author of the infamous The Sceptical
Environmentalist. He's a statistician, without environmental
qualifications. At a promotional reading of his book in London in
2001 he had a cream pie thrown in his face by none other than Mark
Lynas - he who recently changed coats to become a supporter of
nuclear power. Maybe they deserve each other. I don't think we
deserve either of them.
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All best
Keith
On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Bjørn Lomborg wrote:
The costs of global climate policies is running at about $1billion every
day. Wind turbines cost 10 times the estimated benefits in terms of
emissions cuts, and solar panels cost close to 100 times the benefits. Yet,
with spending on these technologies of about £136 billion annually, there
are a lot of interests in keeping the tap open.
But opposition to the rampant proliferation of biofuels also shows the way
to a more rational climate policy. If we can stop the increase in biofuels
we can save lives, save money, and start finding better ways to help. This
is about investing in more productive agriculture that can feed more people
more cheaply while freeing up space for wildlife.
It seems to give a fairly rational explanation of how bad mega-biofuels
are..... then concludes with these two paragraphs which all of a sudden
attack wind turbines and solar panels without giving any data to back up
their fairly wild claims. And gives a fairly vague sentence about "more
production agriculture". Does that mean urban farms, edible landscapes or
more intensive chemical use and GMO crops, or what???? I was pretty on
to agreeing with everything he said till the end, but now I kind of
question exactly where he's coming from and what his agenda is...
Z
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