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Laissez Faire Book News: ENVIRONMENTAL GORE
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Whitten)
Fri Sep 23 16:00:29 1994
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 15:44:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: Chris Whitten <lfb@panix.com>
Apparently-To: <libertarians@mit.edu>
Environmental truth squad catches up with cliche king Al Gore
ENVIRONMENTAL GORE
A Constructive Response to *Earth in the Balance*
edited by John A. Baden
(reviewed by Jim Powell)
Vice President Al Gore's bestselling environmental tract *Earth in
the Balance* cleverly uses political cliches to make a case for a much
bigger government. He wants power to restrict what you buy, how many kids
you have and in other crucial ways to suppress your liberty. Because Gore
seems to have had enormous influence, it's important for you to rebut
his dangerous cliches.
John Baden, chairman of the Foundation for Research on Economics
and the Environment, assembled a formidable truth squad including Dixy Lee
Ray, Robert Balling and Lynn Scarlett.
They tackle all the key issues. They explain why, contrary to
Gore's claims, there isn't any compelling evidence that the earth is
warming or that such warming would be bad...why the ozone hole theory is
bogus...how much-maligned nuclear power produces 99.9% less toxic waste
than coal-fired power plants...how to rebut claims that America is a
"throwaway society," that we use "excessive packaging," that we dispose
of waste unsafely.
The authors go on to explain why private property rights are
absolutely essential for protecting the environment...why prosperous market
economies are better for the environment than bureaucrats...why, in the
name of improving the environment, government power must be cut back,
not expanded. Plenty of intellectual ammunition here.
Contents:
Preface
About the Authors
PART I: CIVILIZATION IN THE BALANCE
1. Comments on *Earth in the Balance*, James L. Huffman
2. Toward a New Environmental Paradigm, Robert Hahn
3. Gore's Environmental Views and the Economy, John R. Lott, Jr.
4. The Environmental Creed According to Gore, James G. Lennox
PART II: CLIMATE ISSUES
5. Global Warming--The Gore Vision versus Climate Reality,
Robert C. Balling, Jr.
6. The Origin and Nature of the Alleged Scientific Consensus,
Richard S. Lindzen
7. With Respect to the Ozone Hole--Gore is Part of the Problem,
Hugh Ellsaesser
PART III: RESOURCE ISSUES
8. Tropical Rain Forests--Myths and Realities, Evaristo E. de Miranda
9. Waste Not, Want Not, Lynn Scarlett
10. It Works Better If You Plug It In, Dixy Lee Ray
11. The Role of Free Trade in Conservation, Barrett P. Walker
PART IV: TOWARD REAL REFORM
12. Property Rights as a Central Organizing Principle, Nancie G. Marzulla
13. Sustainable Commmunities, Gus diZerega
14. Clear Thinking About the Earth, Lynn Scarlett
Afterword
Index
Book No. EN6169 (paperback) 264p. Publisher's price $21.95
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