paddyg
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Monbiot is absolutely a heavyweight. He has been the outstanding UK commentator on environmental issues for many years and is unique among journalists in adopting a scientific approach and always providing full references for his sources.
However, I was surprised by his recent article in that he seemed to take a fairly uncritical approach to the Maugeri report. I’m very much looking forward to his response to Nicole’s piece.
The BHP report appears to have been widely misinterpreted, initially in response to a speech at a recent iron ore conference in Australia. Steel consumption in China is not plateauing, it’s the rate of growth that is plateauing. At a projected 5-7% this year, seel consumption growth in China remains significant albeit well down on recent years.
I get a bit twitchy when TAE jumps on this as it makes me question everything else for which I have no particular inside opinion. Are we just hearing what we want to hear?
