ESSAYS IN PUBLIC POLICY

In Sickness and in Health: The Kyoto Protocol versus Global Warming
By Thomas Gale Moore

1. Executive Summary (pdf)
2. Essay (pdf)
3. Notes only (pdf)

Advocates of curbing greenhouse emissions and ratifying the Kyoto Protocol contend that global warming will bring disease and death to Americans. Is this is likely? Should Americans fear a health crisis? Would a warmer world bring an epidemic of tropical diseases? Would Americans face increased heatstroke and summers bringing a surge of deaths? Would global warming bring more frequent and more violent hurricanes wreaking havoc on our citizens? Is it true that warmer climates are less healthy than colder ones? Would cutting greenhouse gas emissions, as the Kyoto Protocol requires, improve the health of Americans? This essay will show that the answer to all those questions is a resounding no.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (pdf) | ESSAY (pdf) | NOTES (pdf)