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Why Population Control Is Not The Answer to Climate Change

Oct 1, 2019

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in Demography, Economics, Environment, Great Divergence, Poverty, Public Policy, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Population control is sometimes championed as a way to fight climate change. Bernie Sanders recently raised this idea. The world population is growing. There are 7.7 billion people today. According to United Nations estimates, there will be nearly 11 billion in 2100. Extra people mean extra CO2 emissions. While two children per woman may seem…

Groups Aim to Lure Conservatives Out of the Closet on Climate Change

Mar 5, 2015

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in Capitalism and Markets, Environment, Public Policy, Science

Forbes: Groups Aim to Lure Conservatives Out of the Closet on Climate Change This is an excellent article! Climate change and the left-wing narrative of "capitalism-is-exploitation" have been closely intertwined. Scientists tend to lean left-wing already, but when Al Gore became the official face of climate change, that relationship between science and ideology became cemented.…

How to Talk About Climate Change So People Will Listen

Aug 14, 2014

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in Environment, Politics, Public Policy

The Atlantic: How to Talk About Climate Change So People Will Listen Environmentalists warn us that apocalypse awaits. Economists tell us that minimal fixes will get us through. Here's how we can move beyond the impasse. This is an exceptionally good piece by Charles Mann on how we think and talk about climate change. It…

Repackaging Climate Action

May 2, 2014

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in Environment, Human Progress, Public Policy, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Over recent years I've posted about the messaging we typically get on climate change. (Most recently Global Warming Scare Tactics (They Usually Backfire)) The predominant approach is to hit people with dire visions of what is happening to the world, lecture on the evils of capitalism and consumerism, and then offer a few practical solutions.…

Global Warming Scare Tactics (They Usually Backfire)

Apr 11, 2014

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in Economic Development, Environment, Public Policy

New York Times: Global Warming Scare Tactics This article confirms what I've been arguing for some time now: … evidence that a fear-based approach backfires has grown stronger. A frequently cited 2009 study in the journal Science Communication summed up the scholarly consensus. "Although shocking, catastrophic, and large-scale representations of the impacts of climate change…

Social Science and Culture Links

Mar 31, 2014

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in Culture, Environment, Gender and Sex, Generations, Links – Social Science and Culture, Politics, Public Policy, Race, Sociology

1. Atlantic Cities: How Different Generations of Americans Budget Their Time Example 2. Business Insider: How Women Spend Their Time Vs. How Men Spend Their Time 3. USA Today: Millennial doesn't mean liberal: Column Bad news for Democrats: It seems Millennials are special little snowflakes after all. A new report by the centrist Democratic think…

Science and Technology Links

Mar 17, 2014

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in Culture, Economics, Environment, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Links – Science and Technology, Politics, Public Policy, Sociology, Technology (Biotech & Health), Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Energy), Technology (Food & Water), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction))

1. PBS: Five Cook Stoves Used Around the World 2. Upworthy: It Used To Take Up 40% Of Their Daily Expenses. Then They Found A New Way To Cook. 3. Viral Forest: This is the Pallet Emergency Home. It Can Be Built in One Day With Only Basic Tools. … Developed by the creative folks…

Social Science and Culture Links

Feb 24, 2014

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in Business, Education, Gender and Sex, Generations, Health and Medicine, History, Links – Social Science and Culture, Politics, Poverty, Public Policy, Race, Sociology, Vocation

1. Two informative articles in Forbes: A Tale Of Two Incomes: How To Handle Having More Money Than Your Friends and A Tale Of Two Incomes: How To Handle Having Less Money Than Your Friends 2. New Yorker: Why Your Name Matters … The effects of name-signalling—what names say about ethnicity, religion, social sphere, and…

Science and Technology Links (Environment Edition)

Feb 2, 2014

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in Environment, Links – Science and Technology, Politics, Public Policy, Science, Technology (Energy), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

I'm playing catchup with a backlog of links to be posted. This list pulls together a subsection of science and technology links dealing with the environment. 1. Bloomberg: Warring Dogmas Block Climate-Change Progress … In 1981, [Julian] Simon proposed a bet. [Paul] Ehrlich could name any five metals, and by the end of the decade,…

The Alternative to Climate Alarmists & Deniers

Jan 30, 2014

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in Environment, Politics, Public Policy, Science

Daily Tech: Climate Alarmists & Deniers: Please, Just Shut Up Researchers at George Mason University and Yale University bring the grave news that "belief in global warming" is at a "six year low". I. Do You Believe? The study [PDF] comes courtesy of principle investigator Professor Anthony Leiserowitz, an environmental scientist at Yale. Other principle investigators include…

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