tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229878121183426722.post806400629570987081..comments2023-10-08T12:27:04.050+03:00Comments on HIV in Kenya: Lomborg Preaching to the Converted, AgainSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13522180315970081603noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229878121183426722.post-27479670056153712932009-11-05T17:00:03.687+03:002009-11-05T17:00:03.687+03:00Anonymous, you put an interesting gloss on Lomborg...Anonymous, you put an interesting gloss on Lomborg but he sidelines the issue of climate change and draws attention to issues that are, however important, consequences of climate change. He may have changed the melody but the song is pretty much the same.<br /><br />Thanks for your comment, Claire, that is what I understand his view to be. But in an effort to get away from an unpopular position I think he has made some cosmetic changes over the years.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522180315970081603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229878121183426722.post-1289945202677701002009-11-05T14:57:05.432+03:002009-11-05T14:57:05.432+03:00I thought his stance in the Skeptical Environmenta...I thought his stance in the Skeptical Environmentalist was that climate change is inevitable and we had to adapt to it, rather than prevent it.Clairenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229878121183426722.post-21925444118508183442009-11-05T11:45:49.817+03:002009-11-05T11:45:49.817+03:00You write: "Lomborg also uses the opportunity...You write: "Lomborg also uses the opportunity given by this smokescreen to plug his tired old argument that climate change is not caused by human activities and that we need to adapt to it rather than trying to fight it."<br /><br />Since his first book in 1998, and in the Skeptical Environmentalist in 2001 and ever since then, Lomborg has argued that climate change is real, man-made, and needs to be dealt with.<br /><br />He argues that 'smarter' policy options need to be used to respond to global warming effectively, because global agreement on carbon cuts isn't working. He recommends a large increase in public spending on R&D into green energy. <br /><br />You can differ with him on the soundness of the policies, but there's a big difference between his position on climate change - he endorses the findings of the IPCC - and the one that you attribute to him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com