Lomborg about Earth Day - on MSNBC

China and a New Age of Energy WED JUL 21, 2010 Host: Warren Olney

At 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, in the U.S. and around the world, around one billion people are expected to switch off their lights for one hour as a political statement against climate change and fossil fuels, and in support of carbon cuts and renewable energy.

This feel-good exercise not only does absolutely nothing for the planet, but it ignores the reality that what the world’s poorest need right now is more light and energy, much of which will be powered by fossil fuels, not darkness.

It turns out the percentage of the globe that burns each year has been declining since 2001.