The economic models of global warming are crude, unsophisticated, static, and untested by data?
17 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
Science-based predictions, recruitment standards at the White House and global warming
15 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
Not very likely alert: How much oil, gas and coal do we need to leave in the ground?
14 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
Bryan Caplan on expressive voting and environmentalism
10 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of media and culture, environmental economics, Public Choice Tags: Bryan Caplan, do gooders, environmentalism, expressive voting
“Caring about the environment” is probably one of the biggest expressive issues of our time but most environmental issues are expressive voting issues:
1. Recycling
2. Preserving wild lands
3. Endangered species
4. Conservation
5. Logging
Even for the more instrumental-looking problems, green voters are bizarrely hostile to efficient solutions:
1. Emissions trading, domestic and international
2. Planting trees as carbon sinks
3. Liming lakes to counter acid rain
4. Privatizing common resources
via Prof.
The relative risks of nuclear and other energy sources
03 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, health and safety, health economics Tags: Anti-Science left, nuclear energy, precautionary principle
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