Climate 'sceptic' Bjørn Lomborg now believes global warming is one of world's greatest threats
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world's greatest threats
One of the world’s most prominent climate change sceptics has called
for a $100bn fund to fight the effects of global warning, after
rethinking his views on the severity of the threat.
By Matthew Moore
Published: 7:25AM BST 31 Aug 2010
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Bjorn Lomborg is now urging world leaders to invest heavily in clean
energy Photo: ABBIE TRAYLER-SMITH
Bjørn Lomborg, a self-styled "sceptical environmentalist" who has long
opposed international curbs on carbon emissions, is now urging world
leaders to invest heavily in clean energy.
In a new book argues that global warming is “a challenge humanity must
confront" and “undoubtedly one of the chief concerns facing the world
today".
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Prof Lomborg, an author and academic at Copenhagen Business School, is
calling for a tax on carbon emissions to fund international efforts to
boost wind, wave, solar and nuclear power.
Money is also needed to cover the research and development costs of
innovative projects to counter rising temperatures, he argues.
He writes: "Investing $100bn annually would mean that we could
essentially resolve the climate change problem by the end of this
century."
Prof Lomborg denied that he had reversed his opinion the threat posed
by global warming. Unlike many climate change sceptics he has never
denied that mankind’s actions are making the earth hotter, merely that
it makes more economic sense to adapt to higher temperatures than
resist them.
He told The Guardian: "The point I've always been making is it's not
the end of the world. That's why we should be measuring up to what
everybody else says, which is we should be spending our money well."
However, Prof Lomborg’s unequivocal warning about the potentially
disastrous consequences of the world’s reliance on fossil fuels will
provide a welcome boost for environmentalists at a time when the
science behind global warming is coming under increasing scrutiny.
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Climate 'sceptic' Bjørn Lomborg now believes global warming is one of
world's greatest threats
One of the world’s most prominent climate change sceptics has called
for a $100bn fund to fight the effects of global warning, after
rethinking his views on the severity of the threat.
Translation: Exxon stopped writing him checks. Time to get back on the
reality train.
Brandii
Lomborg has always been a global warming believer. He only disagreed
with the solutions being proposed as a collosal waste of money. His
book merely details his solutions, which do not coincide with most
alarmists. And yes, he has a movie coming out and is well, maybe
stirring up interest. His figure of $100 billion is many many times
smaller than the UN and alarmists want. The Obama admin. says that we
should spend that much each year EVERY year 1 trillion the next
decade), and that is just from the US. Lomborg has changed almost
nothing about his views.
Irish Mike
and political
manipulation used to create the global warming scam. The Green $windle
shows in detail how the so called global warming "scientific proof" was
based on phony, distorted and fabricated data. It completely de-bunks
Michael Mannn's infamous "hockey stick graph". Also shows the desperate
attempt by the "scientists" at the Climate Research Center (CRU) to
suppress data, and smear scientists, that challenged the CRU's bogus
research and reports. It also explains the research of Keith Briffa, and
others, that clearly shows the errors and intentional omissions and
distortions in the CRU's reports, as well as the leaked E-mails that
discredited Bill Jones, the CRU's head "scientist".
In addition, The Green $windle shows the redistribution of wealth and
massive tax increases that are really behind Obama's "Cap and Trade"
energy plan. How the company that will profit the most from this
boondoggle was started in Chicago with grants from an organization where
both Obama and Valerie Jarrett were board members. It also exposes the
whole phony "carbon credits" scam and how it will do nothing but cost
America $billions in tax increases while sending 2,000,000 American
private sector jobs out of the country.
If you, or any one you know, still believes in the global warming scam you
owe it to yourself to see this documentary.
Irish Mike
Global warming is the biggest bullshit scam ever pulled on the American
people and makes Bernie Madoff look like a crooked girl scout selling over
priced cookies.
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