Andrew Orlowski

Collected Journalism

Tag: malthusianism

  • The bogus logic of ‘sustainability’

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    NEF co-author Saamah Abadallah

    Did you know people in Haiti, Burma and Armenia are all better off than in Britain? And the Congo is happier than the USA? That’s what the London think-tank New Economic Foundation reckons in its second “Happy Planet” rankings. But even NEF admits that its “happiness” rating or HPI doesn’t really measure human happiness, and that it’s sacrificing truthiness for the publicity its reports can generate.

    Like the notorious Carbon Calculator, the Happy Planet Index is an advocacy tool for … Read More

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  • How the middle classes’ superstitions keep Africa poor and hungry

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    The man dubbed the “King of Climate Porn” achieved notoriety at the turn of the decade as the architect of the Foot and Mouth holocaust – which unnecessarily slaughtered seven million animals, and cost the country billions of pounds. But King astonished observers by saying something sensible last week – and he promises to do so again tonight.

    Speaking at the British Association’s Science Week, King will say that the Greenies’ anti-science superstitions are causing unnecessary suffering in … Read More

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