The Guardian reports today that long-time global warming contrarian Bjorn Lomborg has changed his tune a bit, and now acknowledges that climate change is "a challenge humanity must confront." In an interview with the paper, Lomborg calls for a carbon tax and a $100 billion annual investment in clean technologies and other solutions to climate disruption.
Lomborg has never been among the outright climate deniers, acknowledging repeatedly over the years that he accepts the science confirming manmade global warming. But until now he has downplayed the need for massive investment to solve the problem and is often seen cavorting with the ExxonMobil-funded denier crowd. In his 2007 book Cool It, he argued that spending huge amounts of money to address climate change would do little to address the problem.
Now it appears Lomborg has come to his senses, becoming an unlikely advocate for massive public investment in creating a low-carbon energy future.
"It's about technologies, about realizing there's a vast array of solutions," he tells the Guardian.
Lomborg has even attracted the endorsement of U.N. climate chief Rajendra Pachauri -- who once compared Lomborg to Hitler. Dr. Pachauri supplied an unlikely endorsement of Lomborg's forthcoming book, Smart Solutions to Climate Change.
"This book provides not only a reservoir of information on the reality of human-induced climate change, but raises vital questions and examines viable options on what can be done," Pachauri wrote.
It will be interesting to see how the Exxon- and Koch-funded climate disinformation machine reacts to Lomborg's new emphasis on fighting climate change.
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More interesting will be how the Goldman, JPMorgan, GE cap and trader disinformation will react. Probably to exclude him because he mentioned the unholy "carbon tax", cap and trade's big enemy rival. Happened to James Hansen too.
I wonder if he has sweat rolling down into his eyes this am as I have in NORTHERN MAINE, supposed to be a cooler climate. I can't see to work as my glasses are fogged! I thought I had left S Jersey behind, in 20 years it caught up with me!
atch this video: Dr. Greer, has been compiling all the inventions for alternative energy that have been squelched & BURIED OVER THE YEARS, HE HAS ONE G - 8 country pledged to his cause, needs broader support. Only the intro is in Spanish, his important message is in English,....
European Exopolitics Summit 2009 in Barcelona - Dr. Steven Greer
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1874942#utm_campaigne=synclickback&source=http://divinecosmos.com/index.php/videos/44-2012-return-to-camelot/487-awesome-new-disclosure-videos&medium=1874942
The Great Depression ended when the U.S. mobilized to fight the Second World War. Unemployment fell to 2%.
This Second Great Depression can end by mobilizing to supersede fossil fuels and combat Global Warming.
See the analysis pro and con concerning the threat of a possible climate Tipping Point at http://www.aesopinstitute.org
We need a worldwide effort to leave fossil fuels behind much faster than conventional wisdom would believe is possible.
In spite of a legion of skeptics, it can be done!
Revolutionary, cost-competitive, breakthrough renewable technologies are being born. They can supplement the truly effective carbon free systems already available.
For a couple of examples, see Moving Beyond Oil and Running on Water on the Aesop Institute website.
Scientists understandably doubt they are possible. That is likely to change as independent laboratories repeatedly confirm the technologies are real.
Shortly after Pearl Harbor was attacked, Ford completed a bomber every 59 minutes at the Willow Run factory.
That same kind of enthusiastic 24/7 effort can dramatically reduce unemployment.
An all out attack on climate change will inherently produce the missing economic stimulus.
Ironically, this approach might open a realistic way to regain economic health that, once the threat is understood to be genuine, can enjoy strong White House and Congressional support.
Insuring reasonable odds for the survival of our children and grandchildren has the potential to provide an emotional force that can awaken widespread latent leadership
The government want to add a whole new tax base earning billions or trillions. They also want to create carbon traders, people like Gore and Pauchur who have earned tens of millions off of global warming. Why can't anyone mention this in the mainstream media.
Obama realized that everyone knows this and wants the EPA to pass cap and trade through regulation. This during a time when if the economy goes further down we including liberals will lose their jobs. All based on the IPCC thast was caught lying and whose president was caught lying and earned 20 million dollars off green businesses he owns. THINK!
European Exopolitics Summit 2009 in Barcelona - Dr. Steven Greer
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1874942#utm_campaigne=synclickback&source=http://divinecosmos.com/index.php/videos/44-2012-return-to-camelot/487-awesome-new-disclosure-videos&medium=1874942
But not for creation of “Green Corporations” and nursing them to another “ too big to fail” on the back of the taxpayer.
Money that is so easy to come by (should this law pass) does not beg for much accountability.
We the taxpayers did not hold secret meetings in WH with big oil, hatching new plans how to bilk us and legally pollute the environment.
We already paid at the pump, forced to use the only technology made available to us.
If this is a valid business, promising jobs to the people and prosperity for the companies …let Big Oil invest into it.
They have enough money and always looking for more.
Say no to carbon tax.