- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: Institute of Economic Affairs (20 Aug 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0255365411
- ISBN-13: 978-0255365413
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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The energy challenges of resource depletion, security of supply and pollution have been effectively addressed by market entrepreneurship, technology, and measured regulation. The remaining sustainability issue for carbon-based energy reliance is anthropogenic or man-made climate change. "Climate Alarmism Reconsidered" demonstrates how the balance of evidence supports a benign enhanced greenhouse effect, and how the case for mandatory greenhouse gas reductions depends on unrealistic assumptions. Government intervention in the name of energy sustainability is the major threat to real energy sustainability and the provision of affordable, reliable energy to growing economies worldwide. Free-market structures and the wealth generated by markets help communities to best adapt to climate change. This multi-disciplinary study concludes that climate alarmism and its corollary, policy activism, are unwarranted and counterproductive for the developed world and particularly for the world's energy poor. Every few decades the intellectual community becomes obsessed with some energy 'problem' to which it can see no solution and calls for intervention by governments and international bodies to save the world. In the 1970s, the perceived problem was an imminent energy shortage; today the issue is climate change.
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As a young man I remember hearing dire warnings of imminent environmental disasters whether it was from neo-Malthusians arging for population timebombs or from those who claimed that oil reserves would run out, a new ice age was about to begin. These warnings were not confined to the dreaming spires of the academes but were found in books and newspapers and on television. I viewed these with some concern rather than alarm and responded in a political way with letters to politicians etc.
At the time I was unaware of the opposing arguements and it was only prior to embarking on my first undergraduate degree that I discovered the writings of Julian Simon and began to understand that the scientific and academic communities were split by conflicting views about our environment. Later my interest in the notion of Gaia from a different view brought me into contact with that debate in which I have maintained an interest ever since.
This book in conjunction with the Skeptical Environmentalist which I have reviewed elsewhere, gives some perspective on a serious debate which should be a concern to each of us. Certainly here in the United States there is considerable disquiet among the general population, encouraged by the media about impending doom caused through climatic change. Indeed on the Weather Channel only moments ago was a commercial for a show based on the assumption that a category 5 hurricane will flood Manhattan. Six years ago there was serious concern about massive winds which would destroy much of the nation's infrastructure which it was alleged, struck at the end of each century. Now every hurricane event or deviation from some "norm" is seen as evidence of impending disaster.
The trouble is that although it is foolish to deny that the climate is not changing, there is no accepted agreement on the nature or extent of that change. While stories and reports of alarm are sensationalist and sell copies, the media does not present a balanced debate and the general public are not equipped to deal with the scientific arguemnts.
This little book has it's bias but it makes it clear what that is. What I really like about this book is that it gives to the reasonably educated person, say to A-level or High School Diploma standard, some of the information from a contrary point of view to what appears in the general media. From this point of view it is an ideal book for science and other students or the reasonably informed lay reader to be able to give a perspective on the serious matter under debate. Whether you agree with the notions or not, surely it is in our interests as a general population to have a better understanding of some of the forces which face us and our children and our children's children's future for many years to come.
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In "Climate Alarmism Reconsidered" Robert Bradley claims that climate change will be a net benefit, asserts the use of carbon energies as increasingly sustainable, and rejects a role for government intervention in addressing either of these issues. He bases these premises on amateur science, neoclassical economic principles, and a bias against government regulation. This text is full of misinformation about climate change, with the likely intent of misleading people and generating confusion in the public dialogue about what climate change is, what it means, and what appropriate action should be taken in response to it...
...This book is not going change your mind if you are pro- or con-climate change, nor will it present an unbiased and factual account of the current debate. The science of climate change is in a continual state of refinement, and the agreement among the community continues to tighten on the conclusion that global warming is strongly related to anthropogenic emissions. If you are interested in learning about the science then there are plenty of respectable sources to choose from instead of reading "Climate Alarmist Reconsidered." Try "The Discovery of Climate Change" by Spencer Weart as a good review of the recent scientific literature.
My full review is more detailed, and you can find it if you google for book reviews of "Climate Alarmism Reconsidered."
...This book is not going change your mind if you are pro- or con-climate change, nor will it present an unbiased and factual account of the current debate. The science of climate change is in a continual state of refinement, and the agreement among the community continues to tighten on the conclusion that global warming is strongly related to anthropogenic emissions. If you are interested in learning about the science then there are plenty of respectable sources to choose from instead of reading "Climate Alarmist Reconsidered." Try "The Discovery of Climate Change" by Spencer Weart as a good review of the recent scientific literature.
My full review is more detailed, and you can find it if you google for book reviews of "Climate Alarmism Reconsidered."
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In "Climate Alarmism Reconsidered" Robert Bradley claims that climate change will be a net benefit, asserts the use of carbon energies as increasingly sustainable, and rejects a role for government intervention in addressing either of these issues. He bases these premises on amateur science, neoclassical economic principles, and a bias against government regulation. This text is full of misinformation about climate change, with the likely intent of misleading people and generating confusion in the public dialogue about what climate change is, what it means, and what appropriate action should be taken in response to it...
...This book is not going change your mind if you are pro- or con-climate change, nor will it present an unbiased and factual account of the current debate. The science of climate change is in a continual state of refinement, and the agreement among the community continues to tighten on the conclusion that global warming is strongly related to anthropogenic emissions. If you are interested in learning about the science then there are plenty of respectable sources to choose from instead of reading "Climate Alarmist Reconsidered." Try "The Discovery of Climate Change" by Spencer Weart as a good review of the recent scientific literature.
My full review can be found if you google book reviews for "Climate Alarmism Reconsidered."
...This book is not going change your mind if you are pro- or con-climate change, nor will it present an unbiased and factual account of the current debate. The science of climate change is in a continual state of refinement, and the agreement among the community continues to tighten on the conclusion that global warming is strongly related to anthropogenic emissions. If you are interested in learning about the science then there are plenty of respectable sources to choose from instead of reading "Climate Alarmist Reconsidered." Try "The Discovery of Climate Change" by Spencer Weart as a good review of the recent scientific literature.
My full review can be found if you google book reviews for "Climate Alarmism Reconsidered."
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