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- Avoiding a Malthusian Future Wed, 14 Sep 22, 3:00amThough apparently horrified by the fruits of human ingenuity, the authors seem dimly aware that material wealth is essential for solving the myriad problems they predict, but only insofar as it is required for “political...
- Malthusian Myth Busting: Easter Island Edition Thu, 15 Jul 21, 7:00pmGuest “Why bust Malthusian Myths? Because it’s fun and easy!” by David Middleton You know the story… In just a few centuries, the people of Easter Island wiped out their…
- Michael Shellenberger’s Smack-Down of Alarmism Fri, 21 Feb 20, 9:00amGuest “attaboy” by David Middleton Dec 4, 2019 Why Climate Alarmism Hurts Us All Michael Shellenberger I write about energy and the environment...
- Michael Schellnberger’s Smack-Down of Alarmism Fri, 21 Feb 20, 9:00amGuest “attaboy” by David Middleton Dec 4, 2019 Why Climate Alarmism Hurts Us All Michael Shellenberger I write about energy and the environment...
- Why Malthus Got His Forecast Wrong Fri, 11 Jan 13, 8:38pmMost of us have heard that Thomas Malthus made a forecast in 1798 that the world would run short of food. He expected that this would happen because in a world with limited agricultural land, food supply would fail to rise...
- Earth does not have a cancer; the cancer is not man Wed, 6 Apr 11, 1:07amAny minute now I’m going to lay off blogging for a while, for health reasons. But I can’t pretend I’m going to find going cold turkey easy, especially not when there are stories like this around. It concerns...
- The man who 'invented' Global Warming Thu, 30 Dec 10, 9:55pmI’m in Ireland this week and am not yet sure how close I’ll be to the internet. So to tide you over just in case here is a fascinating essay from Ishmael2009 (not his real name) on Sir Crispin Tickell is one of...