Season 1 · Episode 64
Cool It (Bjørn Lomborg) - Book Review
February 13, 202114m 32sFull
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Show Notes
Do you believe the global warming debate is full of hyperbole and needs calmer arguments? 'Cool It' by Bjørn Lomborg (a Danish statistician/political scientist) is the sequel to his wildly successful book 'The Skeptical Environmentalist'. In it he argues against dramatic climate change response due to the overhype & poor ROI of the proposed solutions. The book is also largely a rebuttal against Al Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth' and focuses upon unemotional realism and deciding upon our priorities to make the proper trade-offs.
I summarised the book as follows. "It is a book of solid rational sense from start to finish. Bjørn argues against the hyperbole of global warming and is supported by a large amount of data showing why it is not an existential threat. He firmly acknowledges that global warming is real and man-made, but states that we can make better use of our resources to fix the problems that we all acknowledge."
As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!
Timeline:(0:00) - Synopsis(2:00) - Unemotional Realism(3:58) - Tradeoffs: Smarter solutions & deciding our priorities(8:49) - Personal Observations(11:32) - Summary(12:40) - Pragmatic Takeaway: Bring the data/facts
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I summarised the book as follows. "It is a book of solid rational sense from start to finish. Bjørn argues against the hyperbole of global warming and is supported by a large amount of data showing why it is not an existential threat. He firmly acknowledges that global warming is real and man-made, but states that we can make better use of our resources to fix the problems that we all acknowledge."
As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!
Timeline:(0:00) - Synopsis(2:00) - Unemotional Realism(3:58) - Tradeoffs: Smarter solutions & deciding our priorities(8:49) - Personal Observations(11:32) - Summary(12:40) - Pragmatic Takeaway: Bring the data/facts
Connect with Mere Mortals:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show