The essence of the environmental movement summed up
03 May 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, environmentalism Tags: Anti-Science left, expressive voting, Green Left, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, The Great Fact
What are the prices on the black market for animal parts?
01 May 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, environmentalism, law and economics, property rights Tags: black markets, economics of prohibition, endangered species, offsetting behaviour, or unintended consequences
Animated #Dailychart: Bear bile, rhino horn, tiger bone–how much do animal products cost? econ.st/1nfrFKf http://t.co/oG5HtZvzOL—
The Economist (@ECONdailycharts) July 23, 2014
The Ehrlich–Simon Bet and commodity prices since 1845
30 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, energy economics, environmentalism, resource economics Tags: commodity prices, Julian Simon, Paul Ehrlich
A 2011 blog post of mine on "the bet" rogerpielkejr.blogspot.com/2011/10/cornuc…
Attached a bigger bin of commodities & bet dates in red http://t.co/SC6HeuRwys—
Roger Pielke Jr. (@RogerPielkeJr) April 29, 2015
PETA and the height of its hypocrisy
27 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in environmentalism, liberalism Tags: PETA
Further evidence of the Anti-Science Left
27 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, environmentalism Tags: advocacy bias, Anti-Science left, anti-vaccination movement, expressive voting, motivated reasoning, rational ignorance, rational irrationality
The right of the political spectrum is less likely to accept scientific conclusions if they involve excessive regulation of the economy. The anti-vaccination infestation of left-wing thinking shows that they are not immune to magical thinking and therefore should not be so smug.
Cognitive biases of the anti-vaccination movement and the Antiscience Left
15 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, environmentalism, health economics Tags: anti-vaccination movement, antiscience left, cognitive biases, cognitive psychology, conjecture and refutation, philosophy of science
The survivalist community have finally gone organic and renewable
14 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in environmentalism, health economics, politics - USA Tags: Big Wind, conspiracy theorists, organic farming, survivalists, wind power
For sale: luxury apocalypse-proof condos in a missile silo gu.com/p/4398h/tw via @guardiang2 @IAmTimDowling http://t.co/tH1B7M4lXT—
Guardian Visuals (@GraphicGuardian) November 13, 2014
On appeals to emotion
11 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, growth disasters, health economics, liberalism, resource economics Tags: activists, bootleggers and baptists, climate alarmism, conjecture and refutation, green rent seeking, peak oil, population bomb, precautionary principle
I knew hand dryers were time wasters, now I have proof
10 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, environmentalism Tags: Anti-Science left, environmental waste
More evidence of mass kidnapping of environmental activists
08 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, environmentalism, international economic law, international economics, International law, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: green hypocrisy, ozone layer
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Why aren’t they in the streets celebrating the recovery of the ozone layer, pursuant to an international treaty negotiated by the Reagan administration that banned CFCs as soon as they were not required any longer in developed countries:
International efforts to control the gases, particularly among developed countries, began to occur in the mid-1980s as new information appeared that strengthened the link between CFCs and the deterioration of stratospheric ozone. This increased the expected benefits of international action.
At the same time, domestic political opposition began to diminish when Du Pont announced they would no longer make CFCs. A reason for Du Pont’s attitude change was that European firms had increased their share of the CFC market, and in response Du Pont had developed CFC substitutes.
Accordingly, since international controls on CFCs provided them a competitive advantage, Du Pont announced that they would no longer make CFCs and the company lobbied the U.S. Congress for international regulation.
Under the 1987 Montreal Protocol, world leaders agreed to phase out CFCs, and eventually the hole in the ozone layer stopped expanding. In 2014, a UN assessment found that the ozone layer is just now starting to heal — and should be back to its 1980 levels by 2050 or so.
The mass kidnappings of environmental activists has extended to Europe
06 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, environmentalism Tags: activists, capitalism and freedom, do gooders, green hypocrisy
Europe is getting greener.
Here is the comparison between today and 1900. http://t.co/GFMXD6Bd6c—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) March 15, 2015
There is no other explanation for why they are not dancing in the streets to celebrate the greening of Europe under capitalism and freedom.
Earth Hour celebrates ignorance, poverty and backwardness
29 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economics of media and culture, environmentalism, growth disasters, growth miracles, liberalism, Marxist economics, technological progress Tags: Earth Hour
Great Quote on Earth Hour, which Celebrates Ignorance, Poverty and Backwardness #HAH2015 aei.org/publication/ea… http://t.co/775bQhpiBs—
Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) March 28, 2015
Still more evidence of mass kidnappings of environmental activists
25 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: activists, Big Wind, bootleggers and baptists, do gooders, green hypocrisy, green rent seeking, trade-offs, world heritage areas
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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