Illarionov

The expanded use of carbon is both good and necessary.

As a result of the carbon-dioxide enrichment of the Earth’s atmosphere, plants are now growing faster.

Furthermore, global warming lengthens the growing season and increases net rainfall.

We are making the Earth a more fertile planet.

But even better,

the tenfold increase in human carbon use over the past century (from 900 million tons in 1910 to 9 billion tons in 2010) has driven a tenfold rise in global GDP per capita, from $900 per year in 1910 to $9,000 per year today.

This escape of a large fraction of the world’s population from horrific poverty, accomplished through expanded carbon use, is among the greatest accomplishments in history.

If all are to attain a life of dignity, it clearly needs to go much further. Yet there are those who would call a halt to this miraculous march forward. For them, environmental devotion is enough to condemn billions to perpetual misery.

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/341175/green-anti-humanism-robert-zubrin