The Unscientific Attack On The IEA’s World Energy Outlook

The Unscientific Attack On The IEA’s World Energy Outlook

Picture taken at the Villanueva photovoltaic (PV) power plant operated by Italian company Enel Green ... [+] Power in the desert near Villanueva, a town located in the municipality of Viesca, Coahuila State, Mexico, taken on April 20, 2018. - The plant covers an area the size of 40 football fields making it the largest solar plant in the Americas. (Photo by Alfredo ESTRELLA / AFP) (Photo credit should read ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP via Getty Images) Back in the 1990s, I was invited to speak at a conference run by the Australian government's Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics (ABARE) and was a little surprised to see a significant security presence. This was before the 9/11 terrorist attacks of course, and while economists can certainly do a lot of damage (old Reagan joke), it struck me as excessive. Actually, it was explained to me, the previous year farmers had driven cattle into the venue to protest the forecast for beef prices. Apparently, the farmers thought that beef prices were not being predicted, but determined, by the economists. Now, a group of 150 organizations from five continents representing 'millions of people' (out of 8 billion?) has released an open letter urging the