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Bjorn Lomborg: Global priorities bigger than climate change (True/Not?)


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Anybody know something more about this subject?

 

Personally I cannot see that all Global Climate Change Panic, like something other than scam on global scale. But this is just my impression.

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Personally I cannot see that all Global Climate Change Panic, like something other than scam on global scale. But this is just my impression.

 

You can tell it's a scam because they sell it with "consensus" and not evidence. The predictions are poor, differing evidence doesn't change the theory, the ultimate results are hyped, and past trends are discounted.

 

Of course most people don't have the time to really get invested in learning enough to tear it apart, so they're getting away with it.

 

But, when I was a kid, there was plenty of talk about how the next ice age was starting (and some even said it was man-made). And how DDT killed birds ("Silent Spring"). And about how population growth would overwhelm our ability to feed people ("The Population Bomb"). Apocalyptic talk has always backed up the scam du jour.

 

On top of it the EPA and the Endangered Species act were also both launched in the 1970s. Those have been great successes, right?

 

Were all those things intended to distract us from Vietnam and incredibly high inflation because of it? Are all the stories now intended to distract us from perpetual war in the Middle East and the coming collapse of the economy under its own weight of debt? Many have said Obama is a the second coming of Carter, so it's all kinda coming together, isn't it?

 

I guess I'm cheating a little because the 70s were kind of a banner decade for this kind of crap, but that's when I was a kid. :)

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You can tell it's a scam because they sell it with "consensus" and not evidence. The predictions are poor, differing evidence doesn't change the theory, the ultimate results are hyped, and past trends are discounted.

 

Of course most people don't have the time to really get invested in learning enough to tear it apart, so they're getting away with it.

 

But, when I was a kid, there was plenty of talk about how the next ice age was starting (and some even said it was man-made). And how DDT killed birds ("Silent Spring"). And about how population growth would overwhelm our ability to feed people ("The Population Bomb"). Apocalyptic talk has always backed up the scam du jour.

 

On top of it the EPA and the Endangered Species act were also both launched in the 1970s. Those have been great successes, right?

 

Were all those things intended to distract us from Vietnam and incredibly high inflation because of it? Are all the stories now intended to distract us from perpetual war in the Middle East and the coming collapse of the economy under its own weight of debt? Many have said Obama is a the second coming of Carter, so it's all kinda coming together, isn't it?

 

I guess I'm cheating a little because the 70s were kind of a banner decade for this kind of crap, but that's when I was a kid. :)

Thank you for respond. Is nice to receive confirmation that I'm not a mad man, especial when you are bombarded from every side by "Only real truth that you will ever should know."

 

But what you think about priorities of Bjorn? Does he focus on the right thinks?

 

PS. Little bonus ]

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Well, I think Bjorn's priorities are easy because it requires someone else to do them to be effective. For the most part, I'd rather focus on things I can do that greatly improve my local environment, because progress is where I derive the most positive feedback. For whatever reason, banging my head against the big things and not getting anywhere doesn't appeal to me anymore.

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