Jurassic Logic
I was just reading about Michael Crichton winning a journalism award, presented by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists no less. The award is for his book State of Fear, a work of fiction about the global warming predictions turning out to be wrong. Eye-rolling, isn't it.
No I haven't read it. But, for the record, here's my take on the whole global warming issue:
We can go with the climate scientists and green lobby groups: If they're right we avoid radical and deadly climate change and have a whole new renewable energy economy with new technology and new jobs, cleaner air and cleaner water. If they're wrong we just get the whole new renewable energy economy with new technology and new jobs, cleaner air and cleaner water.
Or we can go with the politicians and petrochemical multinationals: If they're right we can continue pouring our energy waste into the environment indefinitely, keeping our dirty air and dirty water. If they're wrong we still keep our dirty air and dirty water, but we also have to suffer radical and deadly climate change, potentially killing hundreds of millions of people.
To summarise:
RightWrongScientistsWinWinPoliticiansLoseLose a lot
It's not rocket science... ironically.
No I haven't read it. But, for the record, here's my take on the whole global warming issue:
We can go with the climate scientists and green lobby groups: If they're right we avoid radical and deadly climate change and have a whole new renewable energy economy with new technology and new jobs, cleaner air and cleaner water. If they're wrong we just get the whole new renewable energy economy with new technology and new jobs, cleaner air and cleaner water.
Or we can go with the politicians and petrochemical multinationals: If they're right we can continue pouring our energy waste into the environment indefinitely, keeping our dirty air and dirty water. If they're wrong we still keep our dirty air and dirty water, but we also have to suffer radical and deadly climate change, potentially killing hundreds of millions of people.
To summarise:
RightWrongScientistsWinWinPoliticiansLoseLose a lot
It's not rocket science... ironically.