Levitt's SuperFreaky Answer To Ocean Acidification

Loading...

Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon
Upgrade to the latest Flash Player for improved playback performance. Upgrade now or more info.
536 views
Loading...
Alert icon
Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon

Uploaded by on Oct 29, 2009

http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/10/29/inslee-condemns-superfreaks/ 10/26/09: Steven Levitt, appearing on the Diane Rehm Show to promote his new book, SuperFreakonomics, says "we know exactly how to un-acidify the oceans: we pour a bunch of base in it." Problem solved!

Transcript: Of course, ocean acidification is an important issue. Now, there are ways to deal with ocean acidification, right, it's actually, that's actually, we know exactly how to un-acidifiy the oceans, is to pour a bunch of base into it, so, so if that turns out to be an incredibly big problem, then we can deal with that.

  • likes, 2 dislikes

Link to this comment:

Share to:
see all

All Comments (2)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • Funny story: The Royal Society (which has been an esteemed scientific body longer than the US has been a nation) recently put out a report on ocean acidification. A section of it completely eviscerates suggestions of the type Levitt's putting forth here.

    The ironic part? A key author of that report, whose research is cited throughout the part debunking Levitt, is Ken Caldeira.

    You know, the scientist Levitt interviewed for his book.

    Was Levitt even listening during that interview?

  • Great idea, pour a load of shit into the oceans in order to counteract a load of other shit that we previously polluted them with! Genius!!

Loading...

Alert icon
0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more