Environmental extremists have gone after Bjorn Lomborg, writer of The Skeptical Environmentalist (Cambridge University Press, 2001) , with a vengeance. Lomborg wrote a 500+ page book that outlined the research in practically every area related to environmental science. He actually published the actual data and the findings from hundreds of studies. He included around 2,900 notes). He drew conclusions based on actual data. In 2001, Scientific American, a pseudo-scientific magazine, threatened to sue Lomborg for copyright infringement as he defended himself on his own website against an 11 page diatribe in the magazine. He was not allowed to respond directly to the article but was told he could have one page to respond in a future edition.
I am providing the link to Lomborg’s response to the offensive article. I realize this is a bit dated, but I believe it is critical that we all see the extremism of environmental fascists for exactly what it is.
http://www.greenspirit.com/lomborg/ScientificAmericanBjornLomborgAnswer.pdf
I will quote only one section of Lomborg’s response. In it, he notes that the title of the 11 page article itself gives away the motives of the magazine. The title is Science defends itself against The Skeptical Environmentalist.
Lomborg stated: “This statement is potentially the most surprising of all – that the following critique should be science defending itself against my book. In a sense this encapsulates the bias of the following critiques. Mybook clearly makes a claim to science and to be factually based. I openly state the facts and mysources, and thus anybody is free to point out where these are faulty or incorrect and of course, such
errors will then be posted on my web site. Thus, there is no need to defend science from my book – any possible defeat of science was never the issue. The discussion is whether the statements in my book are correct or not. The need to make it sound like a battle of science against my book seems entirely to misplace and bias the focus. Rather,
the standpoint that might need to defend itself from my book would be the alarmist environmentalism, and that is perhaps the headline that would make more sense: Alarmist environmentalism defends itself against the Skeptical Environmentalist.”
I hope very much that you will read Lomborg’s rational response to the fanatical left. I also hope that you will pass this on to everyone you know. Environmental fascists are just one segment of the liberal fascist movement but they are powerful. They use pseudo-science to make claims that cannot be substantiated. Then they demonize everyone who disagrees with them to the point that most just hide out in the shadows. Lomborg has not gone away and I hope he never does. He knows the environmental movement from the inside, having been a leader of Greenpeace. He is someone who needs to be heard.
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