Paul has referred me to a new book :
What’s the Worst That Could Happen? A rational response to the climate change debate by Greg Craven, Published by: Perigee
Craven’s ingenious argument is that when it comes to global warming, the facts we fight over don’t actually matter. Far more important is that the experiment is already running. We will see soon enough who is right, but in the meantime, Craven believes we should analyse the situation using the tools of risk management. Here, the answer is indisputable. If we take strong action and global warming turns out to be no big deal, we have needlessly incurred a serious economic cost. If we fail to take strong action and global warming turns out to be catastrophic, we have sacrificed the entire planet and everybody’s future. Clearly, inaction carries the greater risk…read the rest of the article
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