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Answers For Delong About The SuperFreaks, Part Two: ‘Global Cooling’ And ‘Economic Suicide’
Answers For Delong About The SuperFreaks, Part Two: ‘Global Cooling’ And ‘Economic Suicide’
Answers For Delong About The SuperFreaks, Part Two: ‘Global Cooling’ And ‘Economic Suicide’
Answers For DeLong About The SuperFreaks, Part Three: Solar Power And Warming Debts
Answers For DeLong About The SuperFreaks, Part Three: Solar Power And Warming Debts
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org — This is part three of a three-part series. Read parts one and two here. Blogging economist J.... Bradford DeLong has read the “ global cooling ” chapter of SuperFreakonomics and has asked six wonkish questions about climate science and policy. DeLong’s ... (more) Answers For DeLong About The SuperFreaks, Part Three: ...
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Jon Stewart praises ‘SuperFreak’ author
Grist - the Latest from Grist — ... “dogmatic” believers of a “secular religion”—they are highly respected climate scientists, energy experts, and economists, including climate scientist Ken Caldeira, who has said Levitt and Dubner misrepresented his views. The widespread criticism isn’t based on the book’s personal attacks on Al Gore or its mocking of global warming as a “religion,” but on the multitude of factual errors, misrepresentations, and false conclusions that the authors use to promote their ...

Contrarian Chic: Why can’t the media tell the difference between an attack on false ‘conventional’ wisdom and an attack on genuine scientific wisdom?
Climate Progress — ... treatment of climate science and policy are not “dogmatic” believers of a “secular religion” — they are highly respected climate scientists, energy experts, and economists, including climate scientist Ken Caldeira, who has said Levitt and Dubner misrepresented his views. The widespread criticism isn’t based on the book’s personal attacks on Al Gore or its mocking of global warming as a “religion,” but on the multitude of factual errors, misrepresentations, and false conclusions that the authors use to promote their mindless ...

Ouch … more Superfreakonomic Uber-Pwnage (all sorts)
Greenfyre's — ... Answers For Delong About The SuperFreaks, Part Two: ‘Global Cooling’ And ‘Economic Suicide’ ...

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