On Climate Change & Energy, “The Vatican’s A
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On Climate Change & Energy,
“The Vatican’s Advisors Have Lost Their Moral Compasses”
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Date: 30/06/15
Global Warming Policy Foundation
A new paper published by the Global Warming Policy Foundation finds the Vatican is being led astray by its advisors by statements on climate change that are scientifically lacking and ethically dubious.
As Dr Goklany explains:
“The academies say that sustainability and resilience are being destroyed by over-consumption and that fossil fuels are to blame, yet almost every indicator of human well-being from life-expectancy to health to standard of living has improved beyond measure largely because of our use of fossil fuels”.
And according to Dr Goklany’s analysis, the beneficial impact of fossil fuels has not only been on human well-being but also on nature, because fossil fuel use has allowed more intensive use of land, thus reducing the amount of wilderness that has to be diverted to agricultural use. This means that the Vatican’s backing of reductions in fossil fuel use would actually reduce human well-being and increase the human impact on the planet.
Dr Goklany said:
“Climate change is a moral and ethical issue, but it is a strange ethical calculus that would justify wiping out the gains we have made in human well-being over the last few centuries at the same time devastating the natural world. The Vatican’s advisors appear to have lost their way”.
full paper / pdf
“The Vatican’s Advisors Have Lost Their Moral Compasses”
< >
Date: 30/06/15
Global Warming Policy Foundation
A new paper published by the Global Warming Policy Foundation finds the Vatican is being led astray by its advisors by statements on climate change that are scientifically lacking and ethically dubious.
As Dr Goklany explains:
“The academies say that sustainability and resilience are being destroyed by over-consumption and that fossil fuels are to blame, yet almost every indicator of human well-being from life-expectancy to health to standard of living has improved beyond measure largely because of our use of fossil fuels”.
And according to Dr Goklany’s analysis, the beneficial impact of fossil fuels has not only been on human well-being but also on nature, because fossil fuel use has allowed more intensive use of land, thus reducing the amount of wilderness that has to be diverted to agricultural use. This means that the Vatican’s backing of reductions in fossil fuel use would actually reduce human well-being and increase the human impact on the planet.
Dr Goklany said:
“Climate change is a moral and ethical issue, but it is a strange ethical calculus that would justify wiping out the gains we have made in human well-being over the last few centuries at the same time devastating the natural world. The Vatican’s advisors appear to have lost their way”.
full paper / pdf
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