New at Reason: Ronald Bailey Reviews The Climate Fix

November 9, 2010

University of Colorado political scientist Roger Pielke's new book, The Climate Fix: What Scientists and Politicians Won’t Tell You About Global Warming, explains how climate science became thoroughly politicized. Pielke also argues that the "iron law" of climate policy is that economic growth will always trump carbon rationing. Nevertheless, Pielke thinks that uncertainty about the course of climate change over the next century is actually an argument for action. Specifically, Pielke argues for a massive government-funded research effort to develop new low-cost no-carbon energy sources. Reason Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey finds Pielke to be a clear-eyed analyst of climate change issues, but a bit naive when it comes to government energy R&D.

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