tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5201404.post6755340769626182766..comments2023-05-26T00:21:14.188+10:00Comments on Falkayn's Nest: Stern Report = Political BSFalkaynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13474476407114622880noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5201404.post-14787906595430576522006-11-06T18:11:00.000+11:002006-11-06T18:11:00.000+11:00That makes more sense ... I don't think his (lack ...That makes more sense ... I don't think his (lack of) training as a biologist is what makes his criticism of the Stern report valuable. Instead I think it his strengths as an economist and statistician that let him make damning observations such as:<br /><br /><i>"The review correctly points out that climate change is a real problem and that it is caused by human greenhouse-gas emissions. Little else is right, however, and the report seems hastily put together, with many sloppy errors. As an example, the cost of hurricanes in the US is said to be both 0.13 per cent of US gross domestic product and 10 times that figure.".</i><br /><br />I think global warming advocates are too busy congratulating Sterm on having given the press a bunch of nice scary quotes to actually stop and figure out if he is actually making sense.Falkaynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474476407114622880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5201404.post-75331775803401867002006-11-06T17:36:00.000+11:002006-11-06T17:36:00.000+11:00I'll admit this: Lomborg can offer a good perspect...I'll admit this: Lomborg can offer a good perspective for looking at economic and environmental issues. But read the review of his book that I linked to and you'll see why I don't put much faith in anything he has to say. As I said, he's not a trained biologist.<br /><br />I just read Monckton's piece in the telegraph about the Stern report. I noticed some factual errors, but I thought he had some interesting critiques. I look forward to reading more about the Stern report this week.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12562625602966956096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5201404.post-46536541086008909842006-11-06T13:27:00.000+11:002006-11-06T13:27:00.000+11:00Right ... and personal attacks on these commentato...Right ... and personal attacks on these commentators prove what?<br /><br />Basically you're saying that their problems with the Stern report are politically motivated?<br /><br />How does that not make the Stern report a piece of BS that was written to create a election talking point for the Labour government in Britain?<br /><br />React to Lomberg's points rationally and you might make some sense, otherwise it is just more of the same "down with the unbelievers" nonsense that the alarmists always succumb to. Back in the 70's they wanted to place soot on the poles to prevent global cooling ...Falkaynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474476407114622880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5201404.post-30315338689425763662006-11-06T12:29:00.000+11:002006-11-06T12:29:00.000+11:00Bjorn Lomborg is neither a biologist nor an econom...Bjorn Lomborg is neither a biologist nor an economist. He's a statistician. He cherry picked his own facts in his book, <a href="http://futuregeek.blogspot.com/2006/10/review-of-bjorn-lomborgs-skeptical.html"><em>The Skeptical Environmentalist</em></a>. Just because he got a political appointment by the right wing government of Denmark to an environmental agency doesn't give his opinion any more weight than, say, mine. <br /><br />And Bob Carter... talk about living in a virtual climate reality. He's in the minority as far as the science of global warming. See <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2006/11/carter_reckons_that_just_about.php">here</a>.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12562625602966956096noreply@blogger.com