Obviously any group that has to have funding also needs to get attention to their issues.
BJORN LOMBORGI think it’s great that we have organisations like Greenpeace. In a pluralistic society, we want to have people who point out all the problems that the Earth could encounter. But we need to understand that they are not presenting a full and rounded view.
More Bjorn Lomborg Quotes
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There is something wrong with saying we should start using renewables now, while they are still incredibly expensive.
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Winter regularly takes many more lives than any heat wave: 25,000 to 50,000 each year die in Britain from excess cold.
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I think it’s great that we have organisations like Greenpeace. In a pluralistic society, we want to have people who point out all the problems that the Earth could encounter. But we need to understand that they are not presenting a full and rounded view.
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We see many more, but the number is roughly constant, and we manage to deal much better with them over time. Globally, the death rate from catastrophes has dropped about fifty-fold over the past century.
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To prepare adequately for the challenge of global warming, we must acknowledge both the good and the bad that it will bring.
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On average, global warming is not going to harm the developing world.
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Nobody wanted to buy a computer in 1950, but once they got cheap, everyone bought them.
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Across Europe, there are six times more cold-related deaths than heat-related deaths…by 2050…Warmer temperatures will save 1.4 million lives each year.
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The only thing that will really change global warming in the long run is if we radically increase the speed with which we get alternative technologies to deal with climate change.
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Wishful thinking is not sound public policy.
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My suggestion is that we should first work to ensure the Third World has clean drinking water and sanitation.
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I really try to say things as they basically are and it so happens that it is a good message that things are getting better, but there are still problems.
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I tentatively believe in a god. I was brought up in a fairly religious home. I think the world is compatible with reincarnation, karma, all that stuff.
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The second thing is, if you want to do something about global warming, you have to think much more long-term.
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Global warming is real – it is man-made and it is an important problem. But it is not the end of the world.
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