The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World

A very important master piece

I was introduced to "The Skeptical Environmentalist" and Bjorn Lomborg by Scientific American. I am a decade long reader of Scientific American, and I still enjoy reading Scientific American. It took me a few years before I decided to read this book. It is a thick book and I was afraid it would be biased. However, I was positively surprised once I read it. This book is one of the most important and interesting books I have ever read. After reading this book I went back and read the critique of the book in Scientific American. I am sorry to say this but the critique in Scientific American was misleading, off target, strong worded, and ridiculous. The critique had nothing to do with Science; it was just a few offended Professors mouthing off. If you read the book carefully, check some of the facts for your self, and then read the critique in Scientific American Bjorn Lomborg will end up looking like the Galileo of our time, or maybe a Giordano Bruno. Many of the claims you will see in the negative reviews below are simply false and many highly exaggerated. Some negative reviewers, however, admit they did not read the book. Regarding his chapter on Global Warming. Contrary to what some reviewers and critics claim, Bjorn Lomborg does not deny the existence of Global Warming. Neither does he state that it is not partially human induced. However, he puts the effects of Global Warming in perspective and corrects many alarmist myths regarding this subject. He also statistically analyzes the effects of the Kyoto protocol and finds that it is a flawed protocol that does much more harm than good. Why the book is so important is because the public has been made to believe so much outrageous nonsense with regards to the economy, health, resources, environment, and the state of the world. It is primarily the media and environmental activists that are responsible for this misinformation. However, environmental scientists have not been very eager to correct misconceptions that r...