Not unexpected. Enough peer pressure will get to anyone. Now the “skeptic” wants to declare global warming a “a challenge humanity must confront” and, here is the unshocking shocker, tax YOU to confront it.
In a Guardian interview, he said he would finance investment through a tax on carbon emissions that would also raise $50bn to mitigate the effect of climate change, for example by building better sea defences, and $100bn for global healthcare.
Yeah, like that would a) help and b) not be raised infinitely, c) not hurt way more people than imaginary global warming ever would. Dumb move Lomborg, but alas, not surprising.
Anyway, Bjorn… I’m sorry, but not surprised, to see you become just another shill spreading fear of global warming to pump up and fund policies you prefer.
May your Danish winters be colder than normal now.
September 1st, 2010 at 11:22 am
And may the floods come before your dumb levees are finished. How much carbon footprint is that construction leaving?
September 1st, 2010 at 11:23 am
I suspect he threw a bone on the mitigation of flooding. His main interest is universal (global) healthcare, paid for by YOU. Global warming can be used to advocate anything if you put your mind to it.
Maybe somebody should use it to advocate CAPITALISM and LOW TAXES.