Monday, August 30, 2010

As I live and breathe

Bjorn Lomborg  has always been a peculiar person,IMO. His brand of skepticism about Global Warming has always seemed to be arguing about the niceties and then hopping into character assassination when he felt like it.
Now he is saying that
global warming is "undoubtedly one of the chief concerns facing the world today" and "a challenge humanity must confront", in an apparent U-turn that will give a huge boost to the embattled environmental lobby.
But most of all in the Guardian report is the writing of someone called Juliette Jowit. Note the "embattled environmental lobby". Also in the article there is a passing reference to bad blood between Lomborg and the head of the IPCC:
Although Pachauri once compared Lomborg to Hitler
Pachauri - who once likened the author to Adolf Hitler
Oh wait, that's two not-so-passing references. Now why would that be?
Well Pachauri got cleared of any wrong doing about money last week when the Guardian had him hung out to dry already.

4 comments:

Big Bad Bald Bastard said...

To hell with him and his "Road to Damascus" moment.

The gobshite's done enough damage as it is.

Hamish Mack said...

Yep I find it hard to welcome him to the fold. Might just watch him for a bit longer

tigris said...

As a writer at Grist said: "Grant him this: Dude knows how to play the media. Who else could get such attention for adopting a position already held by millions of sensible people?"

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

He's the Glenn Beck of Econ PhD's making noise about climate science.
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