An appeal to reason : a cool look at global warming / Nigel Lawson.
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TextPublication details: London ; New York : Duckworth Overlook, 2009Edition: 1st edDescription: ix, 149 p. ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780715637869Subject(s): Global warming | Global warming -- Economic aspects | Global warming -- Political aspects | Global warming | Global warming -- Economic aspects | Global warming -- Political aspects | Greenhouse effect | Greenhouse effect -- Economic aspects | Greenhouse effect -- Political aspectsDDC classification: 363.73874 | Item type | Current library | Home library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| JKRC Social Science Complex | JKRC Social Science Complex | 363.73874 LAW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | PN087196 | BCL3089 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-157) and index.
The science--and the history -- The next hundred years : how warm? how bad? -- The importance of adaptation -- Apocalypse and Armageddon -- A global agreement? -- The cost of mitigation -- Discounting the future : ethics, risk, and uncertainty -- Summary and conclusion : a convenient religion.
Argues against the conventional ideology regarding global warming, stating that "solutions" and "remedies" such as green protectionism create more harm than support for the cause and the global economy.-- Source other than Library of Congress.
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