James Lovelock Finally Walks Back His Absurd Doomism, But He Still Doesn’t Follow Climate Science

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MSNBC reports:

‘Gaia’ scientist James Lovelock: I was ‘alarmist’ about climate change

Joe Romm responds:

Now that he has dialed back his doomism — alarmism is a wholly inadequate word for Lovelock’s (former) brand of unjustified hopelessness — the media and the deniers are just so excited. That’s especially true since Lovelock has now overshot in the other direction of climate science confusion and just keeps peddling nonsense.

He was wrong about his doomism before, he is wrong about Gore now, and he is apparently uninformed about basic climate observations (see “Breaking News: The Earth Is Still Warming. A Lot“).

Memo to Lovelock: Gore never asserted billions would die or anything close to what you’ve been saying.

Much more at:

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/04/23/469749/james-lovelock-finally-walks-back-his-absurd-doomism-but-he-still-doesnt-follow-climate-science/

James Lovelock Finally Walks Back His Absurd Doomism, But He Still Doesn’t Follow Climate Science

By Joe Romm on Apr 23, 2012 at 7:10 pm

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[kristopher]

1. I agree with Romm 100%.

Lovelock's recent positions and the stated belief behind them are nothing short of bizarre.

[FedUpWithIt All]

2. James Lovelock is 92 years old. Nearly 93.

Meaning no disrespect to people living that decade of life, but they are not always known for either their consistency or their memory.