Tuesday 14 April 2015

Green Fallacies

Endless exponential growth on a finite planet

Critic: Greens argue for zero-economic growth, which hits the poor hardest and limits all human development.
Green: We can't have endless exponential growth on a finite planet.

The critic didn't call for either endless or exponential growth. The green reply invokes a false dilemma.

Top 5 logical fallacies used in technical debates (Brett W. Green)

AGW CO2 somehow knows it's special!

Dumb question? The IPCC claims that 95% of natural CO2 returns to surface sinks, but only 50% of fossil fuel emitted CO2 returns to the surf...