Author and statistician Bjorn Lomborg argues that the fears of environmentalists about human activity destroying the planet are unfounded. He describes four major environmental fears and presents evidence to support his arguments.
"[E]nvironmentalists...have developed a sort of "litany" of four big environmental fears: natural resources are running out; the population is ever growing, leaving less and less to eat; species are becoming extinct in vast numbers, forests are disappearing, and fish stocks are collapsing; the planet's air and water are becoming ever more polluted. Human activity is thus defiling the earth, and humanity may end up killing itself in the process.The trouble is, the evidence does not back up this litany."
Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan
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