Wow.

This is one polarizing book.

The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World by Bjørn Lomborg.

It’s far too dense, scientific and … long for me to read. So I’ll save time and leap straight to the review.

I like it. I like the author. Some of the graphs are incontestable.

Lomborg concludes:

“… children born today — in both the industrialized world and developing countries — will live longer and be healthier, they will get more food, a better education, a higher standard of living, more leisure time and far more possibilities — without the global environment being destroyed.

And that is a beautiful world.”

Things are not good. But they are still improving.

The world may still end. But there is no evidence it will.

Thanks Bjørn.

Bjørn Lomborg – official website

The Skeptical Environmentalist – Wikipedia