Learning Is The First Step
This article seeks to contribute to the discussion around prioritizing economic health compared to fighting climate change. Here, I’ll argue that the negative health consequences of a weakened economy and significantly under-appreciated. A recent video showed a group of vandals destroying a Van Gogh painting. Apparently, this was supposed to be a climate change protest. … Read more
In 2013 I talked about how the planet would easily accommodate food and water for 9 billion people in 2040. In this article, I argue that the current Malthusian scare about running out of fossil fuels is equally overblown and unimportant. I also argue that climate change is not at all an important economic or … Read more
Source – Politico – Tal Kopan – 10/17/13 A finding in a study on the relationship between science literacy and political ideology surprised the Yale professor behind it: Tea party members know more science than non-tea partiers. Yale law professor Dan Kahan posted on his blog this week that he analyzed the responses of more than … Read more