[The 2007 winning team after the last IQ2 U.S. debate on ‘global warming’: (from the left) the admirable Richard Lindzen, yours truly, and, standing tall, the deeply-missed and wonderful Michael Crichton. Do come to the next IQ2 U.S. climate-change debate in New York on January 13, 2009]

On January 13, at Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, Bjørn Lomborg, Peter Huber (Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute), and I will be debating the motion ‘Major reductions in carbon emissions are not worth the money’ with Daniel Kammen, Oliver Tickell, and Adam Werbach in one of the now famous blockbuster IQ2 U.S. debates. The moderator will be John Donvan, correspondent for ABC News ‘Nightline’, and the debate will be recorded for airing on BBC World News Television (reaching 280 million households globally) and NPR nationally.

If you are in the New York area at that time, it would be great if you could come along. IQ2 U.S. debates sell out very quickly, so it would be wise to get a ticket early. Tickets are available for purchase online at the IQ2 U.S. web site, here.

There is also an Online Vote, which is already up. Do please take a moment to vote, which you may likewise do here [choose the box: ‘Vote Online’].

I am looking forward greatly to the evening, having much enjoyed my previous IQ2 U.S debate [see the side bar on the ‘Home Page’, and below]. In that debate, I was privileged to share the platform with the splendid Michael Crichton. How tragic it is that we have lost such a gentle and brave man, who not only brought excitement and drama to the page and to our screens, but who, even more importantly, fought so hard for rational science. I found his e-mails to me full of wit and wisdom; Michael will be most genuinely missed. Here he is, courtesy of YouTube, speaking on complexity and fear, on “This is the world!”:

Though, sadly, there can be no Michael on the platform this time round, do still come to the live New York debate if you can, and do vote online. Many thanks.

You can watch and listen to my own contribution to the earlier IQ2 U.S. 2007 debate below (again courtesy of YouTube):

The full podcast for this earlier debate is available here.

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Finally, To Read:

Yesterday, The Sunday Times ‘Business Section’ carried a superb critique of UK energy policy in which Danny Fortson interviewed Wulf Bernotat, the Chief Executive of the German energy giant, Eon [‘You British have so little power’, The Sunday Times, ‘Business’, November 16, p. 10]. This excellent piece is a ‘must read’, as Bernotat reinforces virtually everything that GWPs has been saying about UK energy policy:

“‘You have old nuclear plants, old coal, expensive gas, a need to invest in renewables to reach unrealistic targets, and a slow [planning] process. Doesn’t that sound like a problem to you?’ he said. ‘The situation in the energy sector in the UK is more difficult than a number of other countries in Europe, without people fully realising it.’”

“‘Nuff said! Lunch.”