True State of the Planet

by Ronald Bailey

Book Overview

In the 25 years since the first Earth Day in 1970, the environmental movement has spawned a new generation of scientists asking vital questions about the true state and fate of the planet. But, surprisingly, some of their answers -- and even the questions themselves -- contradict the movement's deepest beliefs. Why are reserves of oil, precious metals, and other natural resources more plentiful than ever before? Why has the population growth of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0028740106
• ISBN13: 9780028740102
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent resource!

The True State of the Planet is an eye opener. It goes behind all of today's headlines and gets into the meat of what is really going on. So much media hype, so little time to discern the truth, but with this book, the truth is at hand in one convenient place.

Balance to Malthusian / Neo-Malthusian Environmentalists

This volume presents a well reasoned and heavily documented balance to Malthusian and neo-Malthusian authors. Chocked full of statistical data, it is quite at odds with what many of the hyper environmentalists are saying. The author of the epilogue creatively divides the two camps into the doomsayers and the cornucopians, as he seeks for a balance between the two. This is an excellent choice for readers who are concerned about the environment!

A wonderful antidote to environmental apocalytics

Journalist Bailey enlists the services of ten scientists who, one by one, expose the humbug of radical environmental apocalyptics who are trying to terrify the population into submission. Bailey deserves a prize for his courage and initiative.

An excellent book addresses common sense solutions

An excellent book that addresses common sense solutions for food production, rescuing the oceans, conserving biodiversity, water options, the economy and the environment, population trends, pesticides, forests, cancer, among others. Lots of useful, well documented information for speeches, letters, etc...