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#EarthDay Why do environmentalists get away with such wildly inaccurate doomsday prophecies?

24 Apr 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: climate alarmism, doomsday prophets

Source: Betting on the Planet – NYTimes.com.

#EarthDay explained

23 Apr 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in environmental economics, environmentalism Tags: Earth Day

DILBERT on EARTH DAY: "You can't save the Earth unless you're willing to make other people sacrifice." http://t.co/TvZjFqXXla—
Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) April 22, 2015

Why environmentalists are adverse to real solutions #earthday

22 Apr 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - USA Tags: anti-market bias, Earth Day, expressive voting, rational ignorance, rational rationality

Source: Quotation of the day for Earth Day on the ‘science of economics versus the religion of environmentalism’ … – AEI | Carpe Diem Blog » AEIdeas from Steven E. Landsburg’s book “The Armchair Economist: Economics and Everyday Life,” in his chapter titled “Why I Am Not an Environmentalist: The Science of Economics versus the Religion of Ecology“.

Earth Day flashback

21 Apr 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in environmental economics, environmentalism, labour economics, labour supply, population economics Tags: doomsday prophecies, Earth Day, Paul Ehrlich

#Climatechange denier as an ever expanding smear

24 Mar 2016 1 Comment

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John Bagnell Bury on Francis Bacon and the idea of progress

24 Mar 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in environmental economics, environmentalism, liberalism Tags: Age of Enlightenment, Francis Bacon, growth of knowledge, philosophy of science

Source: Beware greens in progressive clothing | Books & Essays | Environment | spiked.

Did Earth Hour save any power? @GreenpeaceNZ

21 Mar 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: Earth Hour, expressive politics, expressive voting, Greenpeace, Human Achievement Hour, New Zealand Greens, pessimism bias, rational irrationality

Regression time! Using Saturdays only, control for temp and time, earth hour had zero effect. @bcshaffer #ableg https://t.co/krTy8DFvrE—
Trevor Tombe (@trevortombe) March 20, 2016

How did #EarthHour affect electricity demand in Alberta? Here's a look. Peak demand was at 9pm. So…. #ableg pic.twitter.com/nF6niMzeuQ

— Trevor Tombe (@trevortombe) March 20, 2016

Why @NZGreens @GreenpeaceNZ are enemies of workers & poor

15 Feb 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, economic growth, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, labour economics, macroeconomics, politics - New Zealand Tags: expressive voting, Greenpeace, Leftover Left, New Zealand Greens, rational irrationality, Twitter left

Source: An Environmentalism for the Left | Dissent Magazine.

Why @GreenpeaceNZ @NZGreens are not @nzlabour’s comrades

13 Feb 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in environmental economics, environmentalism, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand

Source: An Environmentalism for the Left | Dissent Magazine.

Some birds are more equal than others? @GreenpeaceNZ @GarethMP

28 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism

A Bihar village really did refuse to eat solar panels – it demanded ‘real’ electricity

15 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, energy economics, environmentalism, global warming

World #journalism: The Australian accused for bad-taste cartoon on #Indians #theaustralian #australia https://t.co/rQ4UkJDKYP—
Matteo Fagotto (@MatteoFagotto) December 14, 2015

Bihar village rejects solar micro-grid and demands 'real' electricity http://t.co/JamgDEetkM via @MailOnline

— sanjeev kumar (@sanjeev079kr) September 3, 2015

Australia has problems with racism but the cartoon isn't racist. We ourselves say feeding our people naturally higher priority than climate.

— Mikesh Patel (@tomilis) December 14, 2015

How insightful was The Population Bomb

14 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, growth miracles, population economics, resource economics, technological progress Tags: cranks, doomsday prophets

https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/674831519521882112

Who profits from the science of global warming? @GreenpeaceUSA #COP21

08 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, rentseeking

Source: Causes and Consequences of the Climate Science Boom: The Independent Review.

@Oxfam what’s another name for a solar spill? @GreenpeaceUK

03 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism

BREAKING: African Union announces HUGE #renewables plan: https://t.co/NoTMZjSmnk #Keepitintheground ht @Greenpeace pic.twitter.com/t4Z8JDUae7

— Oxfam International (@Oxfam) December 1, 2015

@350 @GreenpeaceUSA want to keep poor countries in energy poverty

03 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmentalism, growth miracles

Tell @POTUS to set a global example—it’s time to keep ALL fossil fuels in the ground! https://t.co/6FrP7aZ9wv #COP21 pic.twitter.com/2YTzvdEZR4

— Greenpeace USA (@greenpeaceusa) December 2, 2015

#China: The gov't shut down parts of national industry because #AirPollution from #Coal burning hit critical levels pic.twitter.com/8e5dlp3Veq

— Greenpeace UNITED FOR CLIMATE (@GreenpeaceU4C) December 1, 2015

We have a “historic opportunity” to tackle poverty AND #climatechange https://t.co/1x3PxumMfv pic.twitter.com/pCen8DE0lj

— Greenpeace International (@Greenpeace) December 2, 2015

Electricity shortages and industry: Evidence from India: In many countries, electricity supply is cited as a p… https://t.co/NpbBomaEJg

— VoxEU (@voxeu) December 3, 2015

1.1 BILLION people still lack access to electricity. Learn how we #EndEnergyPoverty https://t.co/KBCxtohIsU pic.twitter.com/eXRcTPpylU

— World Bank (@WorldBank) November 10, 2015

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