Quote of the Day: Bjorn Lomborg on the Global Warming Hysteria
At TCS Daily, the recovering Greenpeacer and author of The Skeptical Environmentalist, makes a general point on why enviros make so much headway, and then a specific one:
….. you really have to realize that people also have very strong emotions in this area, and that for some reason we have come to believe that it is almost crucial to believe that things are going in the wrong direction, otherwise we don’t feel comfortable.
….. I think for a while it really was moving in the right direction and people were understanding the issues and the arguments better. But I think what is happening now is that we are increasingly seeing a tailspin into hysteria over the global warming discussion, where it is almost commonplace to say things are worse than we thought.
It’s at the stage where people are saying its even worse than we thought yesterday, and that it is going to be catastrophic, and chaotic and disruptive – all these kinds of words.
And in case you dare dispute the enviros’ orthodoxy, you’re told the “science is settled” and the intimidation ensues. Baloney.
Read both items — at TCS Daily, and at OpinionJournal.com.
