I just listened to Nicholas Stern’s lecture at LSE on the train on the way home. It’s extremely interesting – have a listen if you haven’t already. Ricardo at XCO2e has posted a text summary here.
A couple of things that rubbed the wrong way:
- I find it odd when scientists, agencies, economists, etc base predictions on future population on current rates of growth – assuming 9 billion by 2050. It’s like a strange form of tunnel vision.
- While he described the hydrocardon economy as self-destructive, declining output didn’t seem to figure largely in his thinking
- How does he imagine we’ll feed such a population without fossil fuel derived fertiliser?
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