All truth is good to say!

The book by Claude Allegre is a response to the Ecological Pact of Nicolas Hulot. Not that Claude Allegre considers (as some more political comments that measured the unfortunately suggest) that there are no problems, no need to bring solutions to these problems, but it must analyze the facts first, and then define an action plan that is consistent with development. As regards such facts, Claude Allegre recalls that if warming is currently recognized, we must first put this development in the history of climate, which has undergone considerable changes over the ages. If we then came to the conclusion that there is currently a change of climate, it is still necessary to know that this change is man-made. Reduce the climate for CO2 issue would be to Claude Allegre a shortcut for the less dangerous.

The real battle Claude Allegre is the refusal of the decrease. There will be no solutions to environmental problems by supporting such theses, if only because no one will ever be able to prevent India, China, Latin America to grow! But it must be growth that saves energy and water. Water (and saving the oceans, essential for climate cycle) is the biggest fight of Claude Allegre. He believes that this is really what control water has priority. His defense of GMOs (an important passage from the book) is not unconnected with the issue of water. Claude Allegre shoots red ball on José Bové, guilty to take a considerable delay to French agriculture (other countries already producing more than significant grain GMOs). For energy, everyone knows the pro-nuclear position Claude Allegre.

The book is not meant to be consensual but to try to properly hiearchiser problems and reach realistic solutions. It is regrettable that the work of Claude Allegre is attacked by people who have obviously not read his works (or are not otherwise expressly understand!).