Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Guide to Global Warming (Vintage)
Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Guide to Global Warming (Vintage) – Review
It is very interesting to widely read some of the supplementary reviews, and I suspect that the book has finally managed to pursuade a few community of its central principle – that being, assume the best with regards to global warming because everything will turn out alright. I’m fairly caught in a bind with Lomborg’s contribution, because like his other well-known book, “The Skeptical Environmentalist”, he makes some valuable points, and provides some really refreshing contributions to the issue. Where this title is seriously let down is by the total lack of study of uncertainties, and the great emphasis on purely directly measurable individual effects. Who knows – Lomborg may turn out to be right in 2100, but one thing is for certain, if I was responsible for risk management and the entire existing world, Lomborg would be the last person I would employ. The major benefit of Lomborg’s writings are to encourage people to think a little differently about issues, and for that I support him, but that reportedly said, you need to be careful that he doesn’t lead you up the common river without a paddle. I think the danger with his work is that readers with an honest mind, but without a thorough fully understanding about climate change, will be significantly mislead by his conclusions.