Leading German Daily: “Apocalypse Will Not Take Place”…Richard Tol: “97% Consensus Does Not Exist”!
The German media are giving time and space to skeptical voices.The latest is a report appearing in Germany’s print high-profile national daily the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) which features climate economist Richard Tol titled: “The apocalypse won’t take place“.
Image above, right: FAZ
The subheading reads: “Climate economist Richard Tol sees the consequences of global warming as manageable – he has become a “figure of hate for green activists”
The FAZ describes the controversial 44-year old Dutch scientist and outspoken IPCC critic as someone who in the early days was “quite green”, comes from a modest background, but who developed to become one of the world’s leading authorities in his field. The FAZ:
Tol is one of the most productive and most respected researchers in his field. He is (co)author of more than 250 papers in renowned journals and according to the Ideas-Repec databank, among the top 100 scientists worldwide.”The FAZ reports on how Tol believes the IPCC has gone overboard with hysterical scenarios for the future and as a result had his name removed from the IPCC’s final report.
Such a consensus does not exist, he explains. ‘Climate science is very bitter and politicized.’ He sees the unpleasant tendency of scientists getting more attention by issuing ever more drastic warnings.”According to the FAZ, Tol is confident that humans can overcome the challenges posed by climate change through their uncanny ability to adapt by applying their ingenuity. His come country of Holland is cited as an example with the construction of dikes to hold back the seas. Another example he cites is the huge gain in agricultural yields over the past decades that will provide sample supplies of food in a warmer world.
Overall Tol believes “the European Union is on the wrong path” with its climate policy of costly subsidies for the feed-in of green energies, which has scarcely has an impact on climate.
It should all be discarded and the ten thousand climate bureaucrats should look for new jobs. We need a policy change”In the FAZ article, Tol is in favour of a carbon tax because in his view it is “the only effective measure.”
Leading German Daily: “Apocalypse Will Not Take Place”…Richard Tol: “97% Consensus Does Not Exist”!
The German media are giving time and space to skeptical voices.The latest is a report appearing in Germany’s print high-profile national daily the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) which features climate economist Richard Tol titled: “The apocalypse won’t take place“.
Image above, right: FAZ
The subheading reads: “Climate economist Richard Tol sees the consequences of global warming as manageable – he has become a “figure of hate for green activists”
The FAZ describes the controversial 44-year old Dutch scientist and outspoken IPCC critic as someone who in the early days was “quite green”, comes from a modest background, but who developed to become one of the world’s leading authorities in his field. The FAZ:
Tol is one of the most productive
and most respected researchers in his field. He is (co)author of more than 250
papers in renowned journals and according to the Ideas-Repec databank, among
the top 100 scientists worldwide.”
The FAZ reports on how Tol believes the IPCC has gone overboard with
hysterical scenarios for the future and as a result had his name removed from
the IPCC’s final report.
Such a consensus does not exist,
he explains. ‘Climate science is very bitter and politicized.’ He sees the
unpleasant tendency of scientists getting more attention by issuing ever more
drastic warnings.”
According to the FAZ, Tol is confident that humans can overcome the
challenges posed by climate change through their uncanny ability to adapt by
applying their ingenuity. His come country of Holland is cited as an example
with the construction of dikes to hold back the seas. Another example he cites
is the huge gain in agricultural yields over the past decades that will provide
sample supplies of food in a warmer world.Overall Tol believes “the European Union is on the wrong path” with its climate policy of costly subsidies for the feed-in of green energies, which has scarcely has an impact on climate.
It should all be discarded and
the ten thousand climate bureaucrats should look for new jobs. We need a policy
change”
In the FAZ article, Tol is in favour of a carbon tax because in his view it
is “the only effective measure.”
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