Lomborg in Rolling Stone

2012-08-14. Like Water for Climate, by Bjorn Lomborg

“Everyone knows” that you should drink eight glasses of water a day. After all, this is the advice of a multitude of health writers, not to mention authorities like Britain’s National Health Service. Healthy living now means carrying water bottles with us, sipping at all times, trying to drink our daily quota to ensure that we stay hydrated and healthy. (...) 

Copenhagen Consensus Centre President Bjorn Lomborg says “it’s no big surprise” that Australia will face power shortages.

The AEMO has warned of power shortages across the country.

“We’ve been told that solar and wind is cheaper than fossil fuels,” Mr Lomborg told Sky News host Chris Kenny.

“But the reality, of course, is they’re only cheaper when the wind is blowing or when the sun is shining.

“You really have to take that into account, and when you do it, of course, it turns out that it’s much much more expensive.”

2012-09-24 Meteorologické podmínky panující během letošního léta poskytly po celém světě dostatek munice pro debatu o globálním oteplování. Sucha a vlny veder jsou předzvěstí naší budoucnosti, uhlíkové škrty jsou zapotřebí více než kdykoliv dříve, avšak smysluplná politika stále nebyla uzákoněna. (...) Read more