Abstract
The average Dutch citizen considers the environmental problems as serious. It is believed that the pessimistic scenarios and forecasts are based on scientific facts. The author does not agree. The apocalyptic scenarios start from a number of concrete threats: the greenhouse effect, the ozone layer depletion, the acidification, the increasing water and air pollution, the growing amount of toxic materials in the environment, the exhaustion of base materials, deforestation, overpopulation, and the extinction of species of animals and plants. If every threat is considered by itself, than it appears that most of these threats are based on misunderstandings, half truths, ill-founded speculations and sometimes even a lie. According to the author environmental problems can be identified, but in most cases they are not disastrous. There is no environmental crises. The author suggests that politicians draw benefit from the increased attention for the environment. Keeping up the idea of an environmental crisis helps the politicians to justify a tax raise. Or it helps the society criticaster to criticize the consumer society. Other motives to think that the environment is going to be destroyed are fears for fast technological developments, concern about the individualism and increasing anonymity in the urbanized Netherlands, outrage
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Beckman, K.
The greenhouse effect does not exist. Het broeikaseffect bestaat niet; De mythe van de ondergang van het milieu.
Netherlands: N. p.,
1992.
Web.
Beckman, K.
The greenhouse effect does not exist. Het broeikaseffect bestaat niet; De mythe van de ondergang van het milieu.
Netherlands.
Beckman, K.
1992.
"The greenhouse effect does not exist. Het broeikaseffect bestaat niet; De mythe van de ondergang van het milieu."
Netherlands.
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title = {The greenhouse effect does not exist. Het broeikaseffect bestaat niet; De mythe van de ondergang van het milieu}
author = {Beckman, K}
abstractNote = {The average Dutch citizen considers the environmental problems as serious. It is believed that the pessimistic scenarios and forecasts are based on scientific facts. The author does not agree. The apocalyptic scenarios start from a number of concrete threats: the greenhouse effect, the ozone layer depletion, the acidification, the increasing water and air pollution, the growing amount of toxic materials in the environment, the exhaustion of base materials, deforestation, overpopulation, and the extinction of species of animals and plants. If every threat is considered by itself, than it appears that most of these threats are based on misunderstandings, half truths, ill-founded speculations and sometimes even a lie. According to the author environmental problems can be identified, but in most cases they are not disastrous. There is no environmental crises. The author suggests that politicians draw benefit from the increased attention for the environment. Keeping up the idea of an environmental crisis helps the politicians to justify a tax raise. Or it helps the society criticaster to criticize the consumer society. Other motives to think that the environment is going to be destroyed are fears for fast technological developments, concern about the individualism and increasing anonymity in the urbanized Netherlands, outrage over hunger and other misery in the world. Real problems, but no link with the environmental problems. 41 refs.}
place = {Netherlands}
year = {1992}
month = {Jan}
}
title = {The greenhouse effect does not exist. Het broeikaseffect bestaat niet; De mythe van de ondergang van het milieu}
author = {Beckman, K}
abstractNote = {The average Dutch citizen considers the environmental problems as serious. It is believed that the pessimistic scenarios and forecasts are based on scientific facts. The author does not agree. The apocalyptic scenarios start from a number of concrete threats: the greenhouse effect, the ozone layer depletion, the acidification, the increasing water and air pollution, the growing amount of toxic materials in the environment, the exhaustion of base materials, deforestation, overpopulation, and the extinction of species of animals and plants. If every threat is considered by itself, than it appears that most of these threats are based on misunderstandings, half truths, ill-founded speculations and sometimes even a lie. According to the author environmental problems can be identified, but in most cases they are not disastrous. There is no environmental crises. The author suggests that politicians draw benefit from the increased attention for the environment. Keeping up the idea of an environmental crisis helps the politicians to justify a tax raise. Or it helps the society criticaster to criticize the consumer society. Other motives to think that the environment is going to be destroyed are fears for fast technological developments, concern about the individualism and increasing anonymity in the urbanized Netherlands, outrage over hunger and other misery in the world. Real problems, but no link with the environmental problems. 41 refs.}
place = {Netherlands}
year = {1992}
month = {Jan}
}