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An Appeal to Reason

A Cool Look at Global Warming

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An Appeal to Reason

By: Nigel Lawson
Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
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 In this well-informed and hard-hitting response to the scaremongering of the climate alarmists, Nigel Lawson, former Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State for Energy, argues that it is time for us to take a cool look at global warming.

Lawson carefully and succinctly examines all aspects of the global warming issue: the science, the economics, the politics, and the ethics. He concludes that, contrary to the deeply-flawed Stern Review, the conventional wisdom on the subject is suspect on a number of grounds; that global warming is not the devastating threat to the planet it is widely alleged to be; and that the remedy that is currently being proposed, which is in any event politically unattainable, would be worse that the threat it is supposed to avert. All this is argued with logic, common sense, even wit, and thoroughly sourced and referenced.

The book concludes by outlining the form a rational response to global warming should take, and explains why the mistaken conventional wisdom has become the quasi-religion it is today, and the dangers that this presents.

Lord Lawson has written a long overdue and much needed corrective to the barrage of spin and hype to which the politicians and media have been subjecting the public on this important issue, which affects us all.

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I have always liked listening to Lord Lawson when debating in either the Commons or Lords. He was a critical thinker & if everyone thought things through like him the World would be a better place. I recommend this book to anyone who has thought about recent World debates and listen/read with an open mind.

Lord Lawson gave a well thought out perspective.

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