Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2019-10-15
Books mentioned on Bjorn Lomborg: Patient Zero of Climate Denial
In Episode 89, Robert is joined by Eric Lampaert to discuss Bjorn Lomborg. FOOTNOTES: 1.
Robert Evans discussed State of Fear by Michael Crichton and Cool It by Bjorn Lomborg, and criticized The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjørn Lomborg.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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State of Fear
State of Fear by Michael Crichton is a thriller that confronts the politics of environmentalism and climate change through a fictional narrative.
Discussed“When I was 16 years old, Michael Kiteon released State of Fear, the second to last novel he would publish in his lifetime. Now, I was a big fan of Kiteon's work ever since stumbling across the Lost World in second or third grade.”
Where to get it
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The Skeptical Environmentalist
The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjørn Lomborg is a controversial publication that challenges prevailing environmental narratives by analyzing ecological data and prioritizing solutions based on cost-benefit efficiency.
Critiqued“So I started going through the bibliography and while I was doing at that I came upon the one work that Michael seemed to hold in the highest regard. a book called The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bejorn Lumborg.”
Where to get it
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Cool It
Discussed“In 2007, Bujornne published a new book, Cool It, in which he explicitly accepted the reality of humancaused climate change. This was seen by many as an abrupt reversal of his previous attitude.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Lost World
“Now, I was a big fan of Kiteon's work ever since stumbling across the Lost World in second or third grade. I dutifully devoured his cannon.”
Passing Jurassic Park
“The Senate called on a science fiction the author of Jurassic Park testify on climate change. Trust the guy that blends frogs with dinosaur DNA.”
“About medical stuff like um uh Terminal Strain or whatever the hell that book was. Um but yeah, so he's he's he's not a dumb man, but he has this is the kind of problem you like come up with a lot especially in the global warming debate.”
Passing David Copperfield
“So I I know that for example in the UK during the Roman times there were melons that you could grow you can grow melons and then in Charles Dickens times in one of his books I think it was David Copperfield uh the temps was frozen over”
Passing The Hunger Games
“It does seem like that's what's that's where it's going to go like in 2030 years time like you know it's going to be Hunger Games style um you know the masses versus Amazon.”