Australian politicians again show “Real Genius”, by Viv Forbes. Back in the chaotic dying days of the Whitlam-Cairns-Connor government, Canberra was buzzing with Rex Connor’s grand plans for a national energy grid and gas pipelines linking the NW Shelf to the capital cities, all to be funded by massive foreign loans arranged by a mysterious Continue reading Australian politicians again show “Real Genius”
Back to Bolted-Down Industries, by Viv Forbes. Once upon a time Australia was attractive to processing, refining and manufacturing industries using our abundant mineral and food resources, our reliable low-cost coal-fired electricity and a workforce trained in technical skills. No longer. Australia used to have 11 oil refineries, spread around the country. There are just Continue reading Back to Bolted-Down Industries
Blackouts Stalk Green Energy Utopia, a fictional view of the future by Viv Forbes. It is 7pm on a cold still night in the city which boasts “100% Green Energy”. Thousands of electric cars are in their garages plugged into chargers; electric lights, heaters and TVs are running; electric stoves are cooking dinner, electric trains Continue reading Blackouts Stalk Green Energy Utopia
Canberra’s zero emissions target brought forward 10 years to 2020, by Kirsten Lawson. The ACT’s move to 100 per cent renewable energy will cost taxpayers an extra $117 million a year at its peak in 2020, the government says, moving this week to bring forward its zero-emissions target by a decade. Environment Minister Simon Corbell Continue reading “Zero Emissions” will Test the Convictions of Canberrans
Signs of Sanity shock the Green World, by Viv Forbes. Coming soon after the UK Brexit which rejected the EU green octopus, the US Clexit will encourage Clexit efforts in places like central Europe, Canada and even in the decaying green swamp-lands in Germany and France. And at WattsUp: Cartoons with thanks to Josh: http://www.cartoonsbyjosh.com Continue reading Signs of Sanity shock the Green World
South Australian power: Energy Minister to be given more control in state’s $500m plan to secure future, by Nick Harmsen. The South Australian Government has announced it will spend more than $500 million to build a new gas-fired power plant and Australia’s largest battery as it moves to secure the state’s energy supplies. Announcing the Continue reading South Australian power: Energy Minister to be given more control in state’s $500m plan to secure future
A Diesel in the Shed, by Viv Forbes. When I was a kid on a dairy farm in Queensland, we relied on green energy — horses and human muscles provided motive power; fire-wood and beeswax candles supplied heat and light; windmills pumped water and the sun provided solar energy for growing crops, vegies and pastures. Continue reading A Diesel in the Shed
Why Big Mining loves Big Green, by Viv Forbes. The Labor/Green coalition in Australia has declared war on coal, oil and gas. So why is Big Mining not fighting back? … [BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Glencore, and Shell] employ competent geologists, physicists and chemists who could tell them that CO2 is not a pollutant and Continue reading Why Big Mining loves Big Green
Australia: Defund all CSIRO Climate “Research”, by Viv Forbes. Viv is a farmer, who’s living depends crucially on the weather. It’s time to defund all CSIRO climate activities. For years now CSIRO and their UN/IPCC puppet-masters have claimed that “climate science is settled”. If so, why are Australian governments still wasting some $150M annually on Continue reading Australia: Defund all CSIRO Climate “Research”
The Pointless War on Methane: The Battle for our Grasslands and Livestock, by Viv Forbes. Yesterday we noted the sheer uselessness of burning grass to lower levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, except that some people receive large amounts of money in carbon credits for so doing. Here is another example of our bureaucratic elite taking Continue reading The pointless war on methane: The Battle for our Grasslands and Livestock
Climate Exit: Clexit Creeps Closer, by Viv Forbes. The “CLEXIT” Campaign (CLimate Exit) was inspired by the Brexit decision of the British people, to withdraw from the increasingly dictatorial EU bureaucracy. Clexit is spreading world-wide — already in 16 countries. Clexit aims to prevent ratification of the costly and dangerous Paris global warming treaty, which Continue reading Climate Exit: Clexit Creeps Closer
Climate Exit: Climate Science is NOT Settled, by Viv Forbes. For at least a decade we have been told by the UN/IPCC, by most government media and officials, by many politicians, and by the Green “charities” and their media friends that “the science is settled”. We are lectured by Hollywood stars, failed politicians and billionaire Continue reading Climate Exit: Climate Science is NOT Settled
