Comments on: Bjørn Lomborg’s new book Cool It http://www.carboncommentary.com/2007/10/15/29 A critical appraisal of issues in the move to a low-carbon economy Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:50:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kåre Fog http://www.carboncommentary.com/2007/10/15/29/comment-page-1#comment-14 Kåre Fog Sun, 21 Oct 2007 13:27:50 +0000 http://www.carboncommentary.com/2007/10/15/29#comment-14 To Chris Goodall: Thank you for the informative review. I have been inspired by your points about hurricane damage and have checked some of Lomborg´s sources. The result may be seen on www.Lomborg-errors.dk/coolit.htm. However, I did not manage to find any source for your claim that the costs of Katrina were actually as high as $150 bn. Do you have a source for this? I do not agree with your review concerning the issue of heat-related deaths. You write: "His conclusions are far too strong. Nevertheless we should all bear in mind that deaths in higher latitudes from winter cold are currently far greater than those from excess heat in summer. Climate change is cutting deaths in Scotland at the moment, not increasing them, and this will be true for several decades yet. As with many things, there is a considerable germ of truth in Lomborg’s polemic." But if you check the Lomborg-errors web site, you will find that the claims in the book concerning the ratio of cold-related to heat-related deaths are much flawed. In my opinion, there is very little germ of truth in Lomborg´s polemic on this point. To Chris Goodall:
Thank you for the informative review. I have been inspired by your points about hurricane damage and have checked some of Lomborg´s sources. The result may be seen on http://www.Lomborg-errors.dk/coolit.htm. However, I did not manage to find any source for your claim that the costs of Katrina were actually as high as $150 bn. Do you have a source for this?

I do not agree with your review concerning the issue of heat-related deaths. You write:

“His conclusions are far too strong. Nevertheless we should all bear in mind that deaths in higher latitudes from winter cold are currently far greater than those from excess heat in summer. Climate change is cutting deaths in Scotland at the moment, not increasing them, and this will be true for several decades yet. As with many things, there is a considerable germ of truth in Lomborg’s polemic.”

But if you check the Lomborg-errors web site, you will find that the claims in the book concerning the ratio of cold-related to heat-related deaths are much flawed. In my opinion, there is very little germ of truth in Lomborg´s polemic on this point.

]]> By: Will Watt http://www.carboncommentary.com/2007/10/15/29/comment-page-1#comment-11 Will Watt Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:17:59 +0000 http://www.carboncommentary.com/2007/10/15/29#comment-11 Excellent analysis and very useful. All the better for being so even handed. I have seen Bjorn Llunberg debate these issues a number of times and my problem has always been that his view is very one dimensional - it sounds like the book is more of the same. Excellent analysis and very useful. All the better for being so even handed.
I have seen Bjorn Llunberg debate these issues a number of times and my problem has always been that his view is very one dimensional – it sounds like the book is more of the same.

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