In an effort to minimise the effects of climate change, countries in the developed world are chasing net-zero at all costs, causing high energy prices and reduced energy consumption.
The problem? In this video, Bjorn Lomborg explains how, across the world, it is countries with the highest energy consumption that create the most wealth, and it is those with the most wealth that are most able to care for the environment.
By enacting policies that reduce energy availability and increase cost, the 'net-zero' agenda is preventing the very thing it aims to achieve.
Bjørn Lomborg is a Danish political scientist, author, and the president of the think tank Copenhagen Consensus Center.
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Is it reasonable to assume there is something we can do which will save the environment? Should we also allow for the possibility that the environment will deteriorate to the extent that our economies collapse and humans starve in their billions if not go extinct. Then perhaps the environment can re-establish. If the problem with the environment is human caused, then perhaps removing humans is the only thing which will save the environment. Either that or we start behaving radically different to how we behave now and I can't see that happening.
Our climate policies can’t save the environment (or us) so what will?
Getting rid of the plantation owners, the 1 & 2 percenters who own the world, and us.
You OK Barrie? . Bad day or did rugby team lose ? All will be well.
Just sick of the doomsday catastrophists fearmongering and whining.
The planet earth has been around 5 billion years and modern humans about 250 thousand years.
We are a blip in time, a mere slow blink of an eye in relative terms.
Most people can't comprehend the time scales involved let alone understand how climate has changed over the eons.
We can't agree on what temperature the air-conditioning should be in a room or an office. So good luck trying to get consensus with those who foolishly think they can control the earths thermostat.
This planet races through space orbiting a star that will one day die. The main forces that control long term climate are Milankovitch cycles with which we have no control. We are just along for the ride.
The dinosaurs lasted 65 million years and were one of the most successful forms of live on earth.
Humans have survived the late Cenozoic ice age of which we are still technically in given the presence of Antarctic ice sheets. The last cold snap began 115,000 years ago and ended 11,700 years ago.
So a few degrees warmer might be a welcome relief for all we really know.
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