Category Archives: Economics

Scientific Heresy

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Anthony

‘Excellent’ – ‘well written’ – ‘impressive’ – ‘superb’ – ‘devastating’ are just a few of the comments describing it.  I’ve read it.  It is absolutely impressive. The article is a speech given by Matt Ridley on 31 October, to the … Continue reading →

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Huge shale gas find in UK, reported by BBC Northwest evening news

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Anthony

There could be enough gas to save the UK from their death spiral of increasing energy costs.  People are wondering if its too good to be true.  Well it sounds very much to me that its real enough alright.  Very … Continue reading →

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The two main effects of NZ’s new emissions target – unknown, could be exorbitant high cost and yet negligible climate benefit

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Anthony

On 5 April I wrote to Dr Nick Smith, New Zealand’s Minister for Climate Change Issues, asking what will be the expected economic cost and temperature reduction benefit from the Government’s new emissions reduction target.  The new target:  to reduce … Continue reading →

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A discussion with a protestor at St Leonard’s Station

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Anthony

Here’s what happened to me early April at St Leonard’s Station, (which is just north of Sydney for non Aussies).  I had an encounter with a young man returning from the carbon protest. I’m a kiwi, and I was visiting … Continue reading →

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Professor John Christy on climate change

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Anthony

It’s great that some mainstream media are beginning to look at and talk about what is really happening with climate change. Here’s another interview that’s worth a listen. The person being interviewed is Prof. John Christy.  He is one of THE genuine experts on this topic.  John works at the … Continue reading →

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Professor Richard Lindzen on Australian radio

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Anthony

Prof. Richard Lindzen is likely the world’s most repsected climate scientist.  He was recently interviewed by Chris Smith on Australian radio. I highly recommend you spend 14 mintes to listen to the interview. Go on.  Click the link.  You won’t be disappointed.  http://www.2gb.com/index2.php?option=com_newsmanager&task=view&id=8613

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You think the planet is in danger from our CO2 emissions. Think again.

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Anthony

From an article in the Financial Post.  http://opinion.financialpost.com/2011/04/07/climate-models-go-cold/ The article is by Dr David Evans.  David is a mathematician and engineer, with six university degrees, including a PhD from Stanford University in electrical engineering. Here are a few extracts. The … Continue reading →

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4 out of 5 Australians say ‘No Carbon Tax’

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Anthony

From an article at Joanne Nova’s site. A Channel 9 poll of about 159,000 people shows 83% of Aussies do not support a carbon tax, while 17% do.  Here’s the link to Joanne’s post. http://joannenova.com.au/2011/03/mainstream-australia-is-speaking-greens-flop-flannery-labor/ The result is similar to the … Continue reading →

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An ‘engineered’ food crisis?

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Anthony

Last week an article titled “How we engineered the food crisis” was in the UK Guardian.  Interestingly, the article does not focus on ‘climate change’ as the cause.  Instead, Henry Miller’s article lists large scale disasters causing localised crop failures, deadly strains of wheat pathogen and … Continue reading →

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Sshh – Don’t talk about the science, Bob Carter

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Anthony

Professor Bob Carter recently had an article in Quadrant Online – commenting on Australia’s move towards a tax on carbon dioxide emmissions. Bob is a New Zealander; a geologist with degrees from both Otago University (geology) and Cambridge University (palaeontology).  He … Continue reading →

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