Scientific American and the Silent Lie

Editor’s note: As long as the forces of industrial expansion are able to spew pro-growth propaganda that denies the laws of physics and the reality of overpopulation, the sustainability movement is at a disadvantage in reaching the public. Professor Bartlett has long been a tireless communicator for common sense in the area of energy and environment. –

The September 2006 issue of Scientific American (SA) is a “Special Issue” devoted to “Energy

The main body of this special issue consists of nine articles relating to global warming, each dealing with one or more of the usual suspects. These are summarized in the first article, “A Climate Repair Manual.” There we read that global warming is a major problem: “Preventing the transformation of the earth