Skeptical Environmentalist Lomborg Summary

Skeptical of the Skeptical Environmentalist (No) Lomborg reports that “we now have more food per person than we used to. “ In contrast, the food and agricultural organization of United Nations reports that food per capita has been declining since 1984, based on available cereal grains. Cereal grains make about 80 % of the world’s food. Obviously fertile cropland is a essential resource for the production of foods but Lomborg has chosen not to address this subject directly. Currently, the U.S. has available nearly 0.5 ha of prime cropland per capita, but it will not have this much land if the population continues to grow at its current rapid rate. Although U.S. farmers frequently apply significantly more nitrogen