An Appeal To Reason: A Cool Look At Global Warming

Global warming is an issue on which everyone - from layman to scientist | besides politicians | economists | policy makers and businessmen - has a stake | and an opinion that often borders on the extreme. In this persuasively argued work | Nigel Lawson calls for a fresh look at global warming | without in any way discounting the importance of the subject. Lawson carefully and succinctly examines all aspects of the debate: the science | the economics | the politics and the ethics. He concludes that conventional wisdom on global warming is suspect on a number o grounds; that global warming is not the devastating threat to the planet it is widely alleged to be; and that the remedy being proposed is | for very good reasons | not politically attainable; and even if it were | it would be worse than the warming it is supposed to avert. This hard-hitting response | argued with logic | common sense and wit | is particularly relevant to India | given that as a prime mover of the so-called 'Basic' countries (Brazil | South Africa | India and China) India is at the forefront of the environment debate | and that policies on emissions applicable to developed nations would have a direct impact on its rapid economic development - and livelihoods.