Book review of Vaclav Smil’s “How the World Really Works”

The key chapter (4) in noted author and Renaissance Man Vaclav Smil’s newest book, How the World Really Works, is subtitled, “The four pillars of modern civilization.” To the uninitiated, this means cement, steel, plastics, and ammonia.

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|2023-03-16T11:16:50-04:00March 16th, 2023|Comments Off on Book review of Vaclav Smil’s “How the World Really Works”
  • New book is just another junk-science screed against modern civilization and technology.

Review: Don’t waste time or money on ‘Silent Earth’

New book is just another junk-science screed against modern civilization and technology.

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|2021-10-03T10:17:52-04:00October 3rd, 2021|Comments Off on Review: Don’t waste time or money on ‘Silent Earth’

Woke, Inc. review

A new book shows that once corporations discovered “wokeness,” they began using their professed new allegiance to make money.

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|2021-09-10T21:15:22-04:00September 12th, 2021|Comments Off on Woke, Inc. review

Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom — Patrick Moore’s outstanding new book

The co-founder of Greenpeace reveals the false narratives pushed by today's Green pressure groups.

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|2021-03-14T20:28:26-04:00March 17th, 2021|Comments Off on Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom — Patrick Moore’s outstanding new book

New from CFACT: “The Climate Hysteria – What’s It All About?”

CFACT Europe recently released The Climate Hysteria – What’s It All About? The New Nairobi Report on Climate Change, Climate Hoax and Climate Madness by Senior Advisor Michael Limburg […]

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|2009-04-06T04:10:00-04:00April 6th, 2009|Comments Off on New from CFACT: “The Climate Hysteria – What’s It All About?”

Newspapers Review “Eco-Imperialism”

HOLGER J. THUSS (JENA) With 150.000 copies and about twice as many readers every day, the Swiss newspaper Neue Zuercher Zeitung is not only the largest Swiss newspaper, but also the most respected daily paper among the German-speaking Europeans. Under the headline “Eco-imperialism at the expense of the poor,” it also was the first major print media that informed its readers of CFACT’s newly published German edition of Paul Driessen’s Eco-imperialism: Green Power Black Death on September 11. According to the reviewer, Detmar Doering of the German Liberal Institute, it is “fully comprehensible” that “humans care for an environment worth living [...]

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|2007-12-06T18:11:00-05:00December 6th, 2007|Comments Off on Newspapers Review “Eco-Imperialism”

CFACT Europe presents its new book in Brussels

On October 11, CFACT Europe's Executive Director Dr. Holger Thuss presented Edgar Gaertner's new "Eco-Nihilism. A Critique of Political Ecology" (Öko-Nihilismus. Eine Kritik der Politischen Ökologie) at a private reception in the Brussels Renaissance Hotel. The many invited guests, mainly from the media, like-minded think tanks and assistants of MEPs, were able to listen to some introductory remarks by author Edgar Gaertner. There was also an opportunity to purchase sigend copies of the new book that was recently published with the support of CFACT Europe.

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|2007-10-13T18:01:00-04:00October 13th, 2007|Comments Off on CFACT Europe presents its new book in Brussels

Eco-Nihilism Enters Top 20

For the first time ever, a book supported by CFACT Europe entered the book charts. Last week, Edgar Gaertner's "Eco-Nihilism: A Critique of Political Ecology" appeared on #20 of the BOD book charts in non-fiction. Even better: in this week's charts, the book defended its position. "The example of Edgar Gaertner's book shows that the German readers are waiting for books promoting a more honest approach towards the environment" says Dr Holger Thuss, Executive Director of CFACT Europe. "We at CFACT Europe are very happy about that." The best selling lists of BOD are released every Monday. There are two separate [...]

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|2007-08-06T13:17:49-04:00August 6th, 2007|Comments Off on Eco-Nihilism Enters Top 20

CFACT’s “Eco-Nihilism” Reviewed by Deutschlandfunk: “Global Warming Is Not the Greatest Problem”

Every Monday, Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Germany’s national information radio station rewiews what it considers the nation’s most important political literature. On June 16, between Czech President Vaclav Havel’s autobiography, and a book by Alice Schwarzer (Germany’s most prominent feminist) Edgar Gaertner’s “Eco-nihilism” was presented and reviewed for the listeners. […]

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|2007-07-18T15:25:00-04:00July 18th, 2007|Comments Off on CFACT’s “Eco-Nihilism” Reviewed by Deutschlandfunk: “Global Warming Is Not the Greatest Problem”

Earth Day Review of “Eco-Nihilism”

One of Austria’s largest daily’s commemorated Earth Day with an extensive review of Edgar Gaertner’s new Öko-Nihilismus: Eine Kritik der Politischen Ökologie (Eco-nihilism: A Critique of Political Ecology).   The review appeared in The Linz-based “Oberösterreichische Nachrichten” (OÖN) , which also interviewed the author.    The book was published with support from CFACT Europe. […]

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|2007-07-10T13:40:02-04:00July 10th, 2007|Comments Off on Earth Day Review of “Eco-Nihilism”

“Eco-Imperialism” reviewed in Switzerland

CFACT Europe's German edition of Paul Driessen’s Eco-imperialism: Green Power – Black Death received a lengthy review in Die Idee, published by the Junge Schweizerische Volkspartei [JSVP] (Young Swiss People's Party).  CFACT Europe is proud to join the political debate in one of the world's oldest democracies. The JSVP has approximately 5.800 members and is the youth wing of the Schweizerische Volkspartie [SVP] (Swiss People's Party), Switzerland's largest political party (ca. 85.000 members, 26,6 % or 56 of 200 seats in the lower house of parliament). The SVP is strongest in German-speaking areas of Switzerland and is led by Mr. Ueli Maurer. It is [...]

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|2007-06-02T16:03:00-04:00June 2nd, 2007|Comments Off on “Eco-Imperialism” reviewed in Switzerland

CFACT Europe Challenges Environmentalist Orthodoxy with “Eco-Nihilism: A Critique of Political Ecology”

In the 1970s and 80s, environmental policies rose to prominence as environmentalists scored many political victories. But our successes in cleaning rivers and air pollution were unfortunately followed by an environmental populism that led to an intellectual and economic downward spiral, often driven by fears of approaching ecological cataclysm. This devolution of the environmental movement is what German journalist and environment expert Edgar Gaertner has recently written about in his new book Eco-nihilism: A critique of a Political Ecology. The term nihilism was coined by French writer Albert Camus and refers to people who believe in things that do not exist. [...]

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|2007-05-15T16:21:00-04:00May 15th, 2007|Comments Off on CFACT Europe Challenges Environmentalist Orthodoxy with “Eco-Nihilism: A Critique of Political Ecology”
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