Ronald Bailey
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Notable works | Eco-scam: The False Prophets of Ecological Apocalypse. |
Ronald Bailey (born November 23, 1953) is an American libertarian science writer. He has written or edited several books on economics, ecology, and biotechnology.[1]
Personal life
Bailey was born in
Career
Bailey attended the
He has lectured at
Work
In 1989, in an article
In his 1993 book, Ecoscam, Bailey wrote, "Despite a great deal of continuing scientific uncertainty, it appears that CFCs do contribute to the creation of the Antarctic ozone hole and perhaps a tiny amount of global ozone depletion. ... [I]t makes sense to phase out the use of CFCs." When
The position taken in his 1995 book The True State of the Planet has been described as "growth forever" or "Promethean" arguing for unrestrained exploitation based on assumptions of unending nature, value derived exclusively from man's changes to material, and exceptional human resourcefulness.[14] His follow-up book Earth Report 2000 was recognized for being among the works of established authors "who have argued that past and present widely accepted visions of environmental deterioration and disaster ... have little or no basis in fact."[15] Citing these two books, Holt, Pressman and Spash describe the CEI as believing, "technology will solve all environmental problems and that present environmental dilemmas are simply a necessary outcome of much needed economic growth."[16]
Bailey has described himself as a "
In 2005, Bailey said that new data convinced him that the earth is definitely warming and that the likely cause is human activity. He has endorsed a carbon tax as one possible solution.[18] He has stated in the article "Global Warming — Not Worse Than We Thought, But Bad Enough":
Details like sea level rise will continue to be debated by researchers, but if the debate over whether or not humanity is contributing to global warming wasn't over before, it is now ... as the new IPCC Summary makes clear, climate change Pollyannaism is no longer looking very tenable.[19]
Bailey is critical of Al Gore and his film about global warming, writing, "On balance Gore gets it more right than wrong on the science (we'll leave the policy stuff to another time), but he undercuts his message by becoming the opposite of a global warming denier. He's a global warming exaggerator."[20]
Bailey voted for George W. Bush in both 2000 and 2004, a fact which he later wrote made him "disheartened and ashamed."[21] In 2008, he voted for Barack Obama because he felt that "[t]he Republicans must be punished and punished hard."[21]
Bibliography
Authored
- Eco-scam: The False Prophets of Ecological Apocalypse. St. Martin's Press. 1993. ISBN 978-0-312-10971-4.
- Liberation Biology: The Scientific and Moral Case for the Biotech Revolution. Prometheus. 2005. ISBN 978-1-61592-169-0.
- The End of Doom: Environmental Renewal in the Twenty-first Century. Thomas Dunne Books. 2015. ISBN 9781250057679.
- Ten Global Trends that Every Smart Person Needs to Know: And Many Other Trends You Will Find Interesting. Cato Institute. 2020. ISBN 978-1948647731.
Edited
- True State of the Planet. Free Press. 1995. ISBN 978-0-02-874010-2.
- Earth Report 2000: Revisiting the True State of the Planet. McGraw-Hill. 1999. ISBN 978-0-07-134260-5.
- Global Warming and Other Eco-myths: How the Environmental Movement Uses False Science to Scare Us to Death. Forum. 2002. ISBN 978-0-7615-3660-4.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Ronald Bailey: Science Correspondent". Reason website. Reason Foundation. 2 July 2023.
- ^ "Factsheet: Ronald Bailey". exxonsecrets.org. Greenpeace. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
- ^ PBS.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-618-24697-7.
- ^ Wertheim, Margaret. "Faith & Reason: Educators Guide". New River Media and Five Continents Music.
- ^ "Staff". Reason website.
- ^ "The Warren T. Brookes Journalism Fellowship". Competitive Enterprise Institute website. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
- ^ "2004 Southern California Journalism Award Winners" (PDF). Los Angeles Press Club website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2013-07-28.
- ^ "Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Oversight Hearing on "The Impact of Science on Public Policy."". US House of Representatives, Committee on Natural Resources. 2004-02-04. Retrieved 2013-07-28.
- PMID 16525392. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2015-06-06. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
- ^ a b Bailey, Ronald (16 October 1989). "Dr Doom". Forbes.
- ^ Bardi, Ugo (9 March 2008). "Cassandra's Curse: how "The Limits to Growth" was demonized". The Oil Drum Europe. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ Bailey, Ronald (July 1, 2016). "Ozone Hole Over Antarctica Is Closing, Reports Science". Reason. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
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- ISBN 978-1-84980-208-6.
- ^ "Liberation Biology: The Scientific and Moral Case for the Biotech Revolution". Innovation Watch. Archived from the original (book review) on 2006-05-12.
- ^ "I Want to Believe?". 25 February 2008.
- ^ Bailey, Ronald (2007-02-02). "Global Warming — Not Worse Than We Thought, But Bad Enough". Reason.
- ^ Bailey, Ronald (2006-06-16). "An Inconvenient Truth". Reason. Archived from the original on 2006-12-27.
- ^ a b "Who's Getting Your Vote? Reason's 2008 presidential poll". Reason. 2008-10-29.