--- title: "8 Carbon Quotes By Bjorn Lomborg" description: "8 Carbon quotes by Bjorn Lomborg. Plus more from Bjorn Lomborg and more Carbon sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14f/bjorn-lomborg-8937_billions_if-every-country-committed-to-spending-0_25463.jpg" --- > [If every country committed to spending 0.05 per cent of GDP on researching non-carbon-emitting energy technologies, that would cost $25 billion a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/if-every-country-committed-to-spending-0-05-per-cent-of-gdp-on/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14f/bjorn-lomborg-8937_billions_if-every-country-committed-to-spending-0_25463.jpg) > [Money spent on carbon cuts is money we can't use for effective investments in food aid, micronutrients, HIV/AIDS prevention, health and education…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/money-spent-on-carbon-cuts-is-money-we-can-t-use-for-effective/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/828/bjorn-lomborg-8937_aids_money-spent-on-carbon-cuts-is-money-we-c_497182.jpg) > [Even if every major government were to slap huge taxes on carbon fuels - which is not going to happen - it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/even-if-every-major-government-were-to-slap-huge-taxes-on-carbon/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/363/bjorn-lomborg-8937_alternative_even-if-every-major-government-were-to-s_653739.jpg) > [“A carbon tax forces you to take into account the climate disbenefits that your purchase is responsible for, so you can weigh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/a-carbon-tax-forces-you-to-take-into-account-the-climate-disbenefits/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3e/bjorn-lomborg-8937_carbon-dioxide_a-carbon-tax-forces-you-to-take-into-acc_737201.jpg) > [There is no question that global warming will have a significant impact on already existing problems such as malaria, malnutrition, and water…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/there-is-no-question-that-global-warming-will-have-a-significant/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05f/bjorn-lomborg-8937_best-way_there-is-no-question-that-global-warming_770235.jpg) > [“Biomass, which basically is a fancy-sounding name for wood, is one of the old, reliable renewables that can produce energy when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/biomass-which-basically-is-a-fancy-sounding-name-for-wood-is-one-of/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30c/bjorn-lomborg-8937_carbon-dioxide_biomass-which-basically-is-a-fancy-sound_793071.jpg) > [The total efforts of the last 20 years of climate policy has likely reduced global emissions by less than 1 percent, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/the-total-efforts-of-the-last-20-years-of-climate-policy-has-likely/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7c/bjorn-lomborg-8937_carbon_the-total-efforts-of-the-last-20-years-o_1258427.jpg) > [There is no doubt that we should take solar radiation into account. We have seen ground temperatures rising since 1975, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/there-is-no-doubt-that-we-should-take-solar-radiation-into-account-we/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb3/bjorn-lomborg-8937_account_there-is-no-doubt-that-we-should-take-so_1329881.jpg) ## Other authors on Carbon ## More by Bjorn Lomborg > [If every country committed to spending 0.05 per cent of GDP on researching non-carbon-emitting energy technologies, that would cost $25 billion a year, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/if-every-country-committed-to-spending-0-05-per-cent-of-gdp-on/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [For the longest time in Denmark I didn't want to say what I was politically. I thought it was irrelevant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/for-the-longest-time-in-denmark-i-didn-t-want-to-say-what-i-was/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [It seems incontrovertible to me that there is a global warming effect and that it is going to be serious, probably not in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/it-seems-incontrovertible-to-me-that-there-is-a-global-warming-effect/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [I'm an old member of Greenpeace. I worried intensely, as I think most of my friends did, that the world was coming apart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/i-m-an-old-member-of-greenpeace-i-worried-intensely-as-i-think-most/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [Even if I was a bad right wing guy, to the extent of whether my arguments are right or wrong, they're right or wrong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/even-if-i-was-a-bad-right-wing-guy-to-the-extent-of-whether-my/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [Lots of people say we should fly less, heat less, and put on a sweater. But it's not going to happen. People are happy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/lots-of-people-say-we-should-fly-less-heat-less-and-put-on-a-sweater/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [Wishful thinking is not sound public policy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/wishful-thinking-is-not-sound-public-policy/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [“One of the great ironies of climate change activism today is that many of the movement’s most vocal proponents are also horrified by global…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/one-of-the-great-ironies-of-climate-change-activism-today-is-that/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [“Global temperature and GDP are both rising, and each affects the other… We have to find the right balance between the two factors. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/global-temperature-and-gdp-are-both-rising-and-each-affects-the-other/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [The obvious issue is providing clean drinking water and sanitation to every single human being on earth at the cost of little more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/the-obvious-issue-is-providing-clean-drinking-water-and-sanitation-to/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [My suggestion is that we should first work to ensure the Third World has clean drinking water and sanitation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/my-suggestion-is-that-we-should-first-work-to-ensure-the-third-world/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [“We should not confuse the rising costs of flooding with flooding itself (or indeed with climate change). It is entirely caused by more houses…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/we-should-not-confuse-the-rising-costs-of-flooding-with-flooding/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [Money spent on carbon cuts is money we can't use for effective investments in food aid, micronutrients, HIV/AIDS prevention, health and education infrastructure, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/money-spent-on-carbon-cuts-is-money-we-can-t-use-for-effective/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [“The negative impacts (of biofuels) were much greater than most had anticipated...the amount of crops needed to fill an SUV’s fuel tank with biofuel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/the-negative-impacts-of-biofuels-were-much-greater-than-most-had/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) > [But this is an occupational hazard of being a scientist. You say this is the best information I have and then you realize that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/but-this-is-an-occupational-hazard-of-being-a-scientist-you-say-this/) [Bjorn Lomborg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjorn-lomborg/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carbon/bjorn-lomborg/#itemlist", "name": "8 Carbon Quotes By Bjorn Lomborg", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If every country committed to spending 0.05 per cent of GDP on researching non-carbon-emitting energy technologies, that would cost $25 billion a year, and it would do a lot more than massive carbon cuts to fight warming and save lives.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bjorn Lomborg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/if-every-country-committed-to-spending-0-05-per-cent-of-gdp-on/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14f/bjorn-lomborg-8937_billions_if-every-country-committed-to-spending-0_25463.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14f/bjorn-lomborg-8937_billions_if-every-country-committed-to-spending-0_25463.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14f/bjorn-lomborg-8937_billions_if-every-country-committed-to-spending-0_25463.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If every country committed to spending 0.05 per cent of GDP on researching non-carbon-emitting energy…” — Bjorn Lomborg", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Money spent on carbon cuts is money we can't use for effective investments in food aid, micronutrients, HIV/AIDS prevention, health and education infrastructure, and clean water and sanitation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bjorn Lomborg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjorn-lomborg/money-spent-on-carbon-cuts-is-money-we-can-t-use-for-effective/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/828/bjorn-lomborg-8937_aids_money-spent-on-carbon-cuts-is-money-we-c_497182.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/828/bjorn-lomborg-8937_aids_money-spent-on-carbon-cuts-is-money-we-c_497182.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/828/bjorn-lomborg-8937_aids_money-spent-on-carbon-cuts-is-money-we-c_497182.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Money spent on carbon cuts is money we can't use for effective investments in food aid, micronutrients…” — Bjorn Lomborg", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Even if every major government were to slap huge taxes on carbon fuels - which is not going to happen - it wouldn't do much to halt climate change any time soon. 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