Cool it : the skeptical environmentalist's guide to global warming /
Bjorn Lomborg
- London : Marshall Cavendish, 2007
- xiv, 353 p. : ill.
Argues that many of the expensive and complex policies on global warning now being pursued by governments around the world are driven by emotion rather than scientific rationale. Presents an alternative perspective and suggests that scarce resources could be better used for the benefit of mankind generally than by focussing too much effort on reducing carbon emissions. Notes, extensive bibliography, index.