Freaking Out over Global Warming
"I just want to caution Austrian and libertarian readers not to assume that anyone who 'thinks global warming is a big hoax' is automatically a great scholar.
"I just want to caution Austrian and libertarian readers not to assume that anyone who 'thinks global warming is a big hoax' is automatically a great scholar.
As for the old conservative claim that libertarians are insufficiently worried about the Soviet threat and too much about garbage collection, note that the Soviet Union is gone and the garbage problem is still with us.
Gray embraces an extreme version of environmentalism, under the guidance of James Lovelock. According to this bizarre view, human beings are in danger of upsetting the Earth, which is viewed not as a mere planet but as a living organism. At times, Gray despairs of human beings altogether and appears a veritable misanthrope.
This is green tyranny at its worst: waste, distortion, and violating liberty in the name of "saving the planet."
This is not the only instance in which Frank refutes his own arguments. Like most good leftists, Frank dislikes SUVs.
Nuclear energy is the cleanest, most efficient energy we have — by light years. Anyone who tells you differently, is flat-out wrong.
Partisans on both sides of the debate concede that if the United States imposes unilateral emission cuts, there will be a negligible effect on global temperatures.
The global-warming debate has now been completely politicized.
Today is Earth day, and a week ago we “celebrated” tax day.