Hmm, George reads two papers drawing on the same evidence. He then decides that the one with teh catastrophic outcome must be the right one.
And thus society must be turned upside down.
He really doesn’t seem to get the economists’ point. That doing these things might (and at the speed that Monbiot is arguing they should be done, will) cost more than not doing them.
That’s "cost" as in deaths, shortened life spans and general human misery, not just "cost" as in cash.
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1 alexlockwood.net » Blog Archive » Climate of coverage: Lord Turner’s report // Dec 3, 2008 at 11:07 am
[...] George Monbiot, with technical detail and an urgency not found in most writers, notes in the Guardian that “Turner’s report – polite, measured and impressive as it is – proposes is more procrastination.” Monbiot consistently contributes his own solutions to the problem, which, when read in the light of say evidence given to the Environmental Audit Committee by people such as Tim Helweg-Larsen of the PIRC, seem perfectly acceptable actions. Not all commentators think so, particularly Tim Worstall criticizing Monbiot for getting his economics muddled up. [...]
2 The Current Climate» Climate of coverage: Lord Turner’s report // Dec 3, 2008 at 11:09 am
[...] George Monbiot, with technical detail and an urgency not found in most writers, notes in the Guardian that “Turner’s report – polite, measured and impressive as it is – proposes is more procrastination.” Monbiot consistently contributes his own solutions to the problem, which, when read in the light of say evidence given to the Environmental Audit Committee by people such as Tim Helweg-Larsen of the PIRC, seem perfectly acceptable actions. Not all commentators think so, particularly Tim Worstall criticizing Monbiot for getting his economics muddled up. [...]
3 Green Journalism » Climate of Coverage: Lord Turner’s Report // Feb 14, 2009 at 10:23 am
[...] George Monbiot, with technical detail and an urgency not found in most writers, notes in the Guardian that “Turner’s report – polite, measured and impressive as it is – proposes is more procrastination.” Monbiot consistently contributes his own solutions to the problem, which, when read in the light of say evidence given to the Environmental Audit Committee by people such as Tim Helweg-Larsen of the PIRC, seem perfectly acceptable actions. But if Monbiot’s tone has already framed the report from Turner as “futile”, will readers turn off after this? Possibly. But then not all commentators think Monbiot’s solutions are right either, particularly Tim Worstall criticizing Monbiot for getting his economics muddled up. [...]
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