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Why Climate Change Should NOT Be A Priority!

Mere Mortals Conversations
Mere Mortals Conversations
Episode • Apr 28, 2021 • 50m
Why does Bjorn Lomborg believe that the current discussion & solutions for climate change are not only unhelpful, but will hurt the poor? In Episode #182 on 'Climate Change' Juan and I discuss: Bjorn Lomborg and his book False Alarm, the outcomes predicted by the UN climate science reports, analysing how much good $1 spent can achieve across varied categories, why some of the proposed solutions to climate change will actually end badly, implementing a carbon tax/innovation/adaptation and some general observations from the conversations between JBP & Bjorn.


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Timeline:

(0:00) - Intro

(0:55) - Definition of climate change

(6:47) - General thoughts

(12:11) - The data and science from UN climate science reports

(16:16) - Cost-benefit analysis of priorities

(24:17) - Is one human worth more than another

(26:36) - Trying to stop CC right now is a poor investment

(27:55) - Bad decisions can inadvertently hurt the poor

(30:00) - Bjorn has a marketing problem

(31:50) - What should we actually do about climate change?

(40:47) - Observations from the discussion

(44:18) - Mere Mortal Moments

(47:47) - We are prepared no matter the weather


Link to the Jordan Peterson & Bjorn Lomborg conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prrbooi9PNw&ab


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