Cool It, Bjorn Lomborg
Cool It, Bjorn Lomborg
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Cool It
The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Guide to Global Warming

Author: Bjorn Lomborg

Narrator: John McLain

Unabridged: 6 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/24/2019


Synopsis

A groundbreaking book that transforms the debate about global warming by offering a fresh perspective based on human needs as well as environmental concernsBjorn Lomborg argues that many of the elaborate and expensive actions now being considered to stop global warming will cost hundreds of billions of dollars, are often based on emotional rather than strictly scientific assumptions, and may very well have little impact on the world’s temperature for hundreds of years. Rather than starting with the most radical procedures, Lomborg argues that we should first focus our resources on more immediate concerns, such as fighting malaria and HIV/AIDS and assuring and maintaining a safe, fresh water supply—which can be addressed at a fraction of the cost and save millions of lives within our lifetime. He asks why the debate over climate change has stifled rational dialogue and killed meaningful dissent.Lomborg presents us with a second generation of thinking on global warming that believes panic is neither warranted nor a constructive place from which to deal with any of humanity’s problems, not just global warming. Cool It promises to be one of the most talked about and influential books of our time.

About Bjorn Lomborg

Bjorn Lomborg is the author of The Skeptical Environmentalist. He was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time magazine in 2004 and has written for numerous publications, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and The Economist. He is presently an adjunct professor at the Copenhagen Business School, and in 2004 he started the Copenhagen Consensus, a conference of top economists who come together to prioritize the best solutions for the world’s greatest challenges.

About John McLain

John McLain is an Audie Award nominated audiobook narrator and voice actor. He has narrated over 125 audiobook titles, including mysteries, westerns, thrillers, history, science fiction, and historical fiction. A proud member of SAG-AFTRA and the Audio Publishers Association, he and his wife live near Phoenix with their cocker spaniel, Tucker.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Anthony

Lomborg looks at global warming and the proposed solutions with the unflinching eye of an economist, and discovers that most of the hype and hysteria is unjustifiable, and that most of the political solutions offered will make things worse for future generations. Lomborg is not a "climate change den......more

Goodreads review by Larry

Interesting book. Mr. Lomborg takes the science and applies statistical and economic methodology to it. Bottom line, the scare stories miss the point. Quite often they forget to give the other fact or more embaressing to look at the denominator. For example, about 5 times as many people die from col......more

Goodreads review by Brian

5 stars, not for the prose, but for Lomborg's presentation of the facts, and a solid analytical argument that cuts through the choreographed screaming to argue that the costs of Kyoto (and this book is about Kyoto, not global warming per se), are excessive, will leave us and future generations worse......more

Nemmeno troppo eretico questo scienziato fuori dal coro. Il riscaldamento terrestre a causa dell'attivita umana e' molto probabilmente una realta', quello che veramente si differenzia nell'analisi di Lomborg e' l'effetto di questo innalzamento della temperatura a causa della co2. Nulla di catastrofi......more


Quotes

“Bjorn Lomborg is the best-informed and most humane advocate for environmental change in the world today.” Michael Crichton

“Brimming with useful facts and common sense…[Lomborg presents] a calm analysis of what today’s best science tells us about global warming and its risks.” Wall Street Journal

Cool It is a highly valuable contribution to the climate-policy literature.” National Review

“A reasoned addition to the debate about what to do about climate change.” Esquire