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Category: Climate Change
The news items published under this category are as follows.
Friday, November 21, 2008
It's time to walk the walk / Politics / Climate Change
By: Brian_Bloom
These words are being written from a little town three hours up the coast from Sydney to which my wife and I have recently relocated – perhaps temporarily; we will see. It has plenty of fresh air and artesian water. Soil quality is not particularly great but, in theory, there are simple non chemical technologies which can be applied to enhance crop yields. Perhaps we'll dabble with these technologies to test the theory on a small scale. Perhaps we'll also try to build a small scale power generation plant to apply some of the technologies I have been reading about since the late 1980s. Perhaps. With the equity markets continuing to give sell signals, this is not a time to cast one's thoughts in concrete. All options need to be left open.Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, July 31, 2008
The Humble Light Bulb: a victim of political stupidity and green zealotry / Politics / Climate Change
By: Gerard_Jackson
Every journalist in the land seems to be going ga-ga over the new "energy saver globe". This is the eco-friendly alternative to the devilish and grossly inefficient incandescent bulb. We are being incessantly told by our media mavens that the new alternative is cheaper in the long term than the old light bulb and that it will save just oodles and oodles of energy and that it would be irrational not to buy it.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Fanatical Greens Seeking to Ban Convenient Plastic Shopping Bags / Politics / Climate Change
By: Gerard_Jackson
Now that it looks as if governments will succeed in banning plastic shopping bags it becomes necessary to determine how such a great boon to consumers has been successfully demonised by fanatical greens and dense journalists. In Australia green charge was led by the Victorian Labor Government, the workers' best friend. Despite the fact that it was clear from the outset that the ALP's policy would strike hardest at those on low incomes the State Liberal Party couldn't find a reason to condemn the policy.Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Electromagnetic Energy May Hold the Key to Climate Change / Politics / Climate Change
By: Brian_Bloom
One of the six topical themes of the storyline in Beyond Neanderthal is the likely impact of Climate Change on world-wide agricultural production and what we might do about that. Importantly, our response will need to be tailored to address causes, not symptoms. When I watched Al Gore's body language in the documentary, An Inconvenient Truth , I formed the view that his stepping onto that scissor lift was an act of salesmanship. This bothered me. If the “science is settled” why was this obviously sincere man in hard-sell mode? Did he lack confidence that the facts spoke for themselves? It was then I decided that – for the purposes of ensuring integrity of Beyond Neanderthal's storyline – it would be necessary for me to do my own detailed research as to the likely causes of Climate Change. Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Thoughts on Global Weather, Food Supplies and Inflation / Commodities / Climate Change
By: David_Petch
A brief note: There is really nothing further to add from prior updates of the S&P, HUI, XOI, USD or TNX as the patterns appear to be playing out as forecast (the HUI is taking slightly longer and may be putting in a slightly different count). Is there such thing as having an impartial Elliott Wave count…everyone has a bias in some form or another. The way someone perceives market action to follow (inflation or deflation) will affect their logical processes for how labeling schemes “should” appear. This thought would be equivalent to a downhill skier at the bottom of a hill expecting to magically ski to the top…right idea but wrong location (the skier at the top recognized the landscape correctly and got it right). Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Carbon Taxes versus Living Standards / Politics / Climate Change
By: Gerard_Jackson
I recently wrote two articles strongly critical of John Humphreys' proposal for a carbon tax. In his rejoinder ( The Gerry chronicles: carbon tax & bad economics ) he completely ignored my fundamental point that a carbon tax is a direct tax on capital and hence Australia's capital structure and the process of capital accumulation.
(The Austrian school defines capital as a heterogeneous structure consisting of complex stages of production with a time dimension. It is within this theoretical framework that my argument against a carbon needs to be understood).
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Why a Carbon Tax Would Hit Living Standards / Politics / Climate Change
By: Gerard_Jackson
Mr Humphreys complains that I ignored his proposal to offset the costs of a carbon tax by cutting other taxes. It's clear that he overlooked the fact that I made the effort of stressing that his proposal was designed to be "revenue neutral". But one of my major points is that it does not matter whether the carbon tax is "revenue neutral" or not. What matters is the impact of the tax on Australia's capital structure. This is a vital question that Humphreys failed to address.(I should point out that the Centre for Independent Studies — for whom Humphreys' monograph was written — have been as equally remiss).Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Why is the Centre for Independent Studies Supporting the Destructive Carbon Tax? / Politics / Climate Change
By: Gerard_Jackson
Last week I wrote an article in which I condemned a carbon tax that John Humphreys is promoting for the Centre for Independent Studies. Mr Humphreys responded with an email to a reader in which he said: "I never claimed that a tax was a free-market mechanism". But I never accused him of making such a claim. What I did was call his approach "fallacious" and I used the following quote in support of my opinion:Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Is the Earth Heading for an ICE Age As Sunspot Activity Subsides? / Politics / Climate Change
By: Ian_Brockwell
According to a Press Release from the SSRC (Space and Science Research Center) in Orlando, Florida (dated January 2, 2008), "substantial changes" on the Sun´s surface will bring about the next climate change, and a long spell of cold weather.Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Climate Change and the Economy / Politics / Climate Change
By: Brian_Bloom
The following is the headline of a report to the US Senate, published on December 20th 2007.
U.S. Senate Report: Over 400 Prominent Scientists Disputed Man-Made Global Warming Claims in 2007
Senate Report Debunks "Consensus"
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Sunday, November 11, 2007
Yellowstone “Supervolcano” Eruption Soon? / Politics / Climate Change
By: Ian_Brockwell
According to the National Geographic, the Yellowstone caldera has been rising at a rate of approximately 3 inches every year since the middle of 2004, three times faster than any previous measurements.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Most Would Pay Higher Energy Bills To Address Climate Change, Suggests Global Poll / Politics / Climate Change
By: BBC
Most people say they are ready to make personal sacrifices, including paying more for their energy, to help address climate change, according to a BBC World Service poll of 22,000 people in 21 countries.Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, October 15, 2007
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Model is Flawed / Politics / Climate Change
By: Brian_Bloom
- Al Gore and the IPCC were awarded the Nobel Prize “for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change .”
- A High Court judge in the UK highlighted "nine scientific errors" in Al Gore's documentary.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Global Warming - The Impact of Rising Sea Levels / Politics / Climate Change
By: Ian_Brockwell
With sea levels reaching a critical point, governments around the world have decided to implement a plan that is designed to save as many people as possible.Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
England Flood Costs Could Exceed 3 Billion Pounds / Politics / Climate Change
By: Sarah_Jones
England has experienced the worst floods in over 50 years, first in the North of England which even included impacting home of the Market Oracle. Now later the floods have hit wide swathes of southern England mainly along the banks of the Rivers Avon and Severn.Read full article... Read full article...
