New at Reason: Ron Bailey on SuperFreaking Out about Climate Engineering

November 3, 2009

Freakonomics duo Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner discuss engineering proposals to cool the climate in their new book SuperFreakonomics. Their boldness has provoked a firestorm of criticism from ideological environmentalists who fear that such proposals will give humanity an excuse to continue emitting carbon dioxide without feeling the consequences. Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey notes some flaws, but commends the duo for bringing the geoenigineering debate to a wider public.

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