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The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World (Cambridge University Press, 2001)

Bjørn Lomborg · c. 2001

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  1. We are not running out of energy or natural resources.
  2. Second, we should not spend vast amounts of money to cut a tiny slice of the global temperature increase when this constitutes a poor use of resources
  3. this is the essence of politics - we have to prioritize resources and choose some projects over many others.
  4. Thus, we need to confront our fears; we need to challenge the Litany.
  5. I will need to challenge our usual conception of the collapse of ecosystems, because this conception is simply not in keeping with reality.

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