James Lovelock: environmentalism has become a religion

John Hames shared with you:   James Lovelock: environmentalism has become a religion theguardian.com - Environmentalism has "become a religion" and does not pay enough attention to facts, according to James Lovelock. The 94 year-old scientist, famous for his Gaia hypothesis that Earth is a self-regulating, single organism, also said that he had been too certain about the rate of global warming in his past book, that "it's just as silly to be a [climate] denier as it is to be a believer" and that fracking and nuclear power should power the UK, not renewable sources such as windfarms. Talking about the environmental movement, Lovelock says: "It's become a religion, and religions don't worry too much about facts." The retired scientist, who worked at the Medical Research Council, describes himself as an "old-fashioned green Available on the App Store.

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