Author: David Boyd

Cheap Energy-The single most important competitive factor.

Don Aiken Talks So Much SenseDON AITKIN‘But wouldn’t it be useful to move to alternative energy anyway?’ #9 My perspective on climate changePosted: 13 Apr 2016 01:58 PM PDTThe quotation in the title of this essay comes from something I noted down in 2010. It was part of a comment somewhere, and it carried the … Continue reading Cheap Energy-The single most important competitive factor. →

A Man Talking Sense on the Big Picture-Three NZ’s

The NAB's February Agribusiness View contains an interesting article written by Simon Talbot, Chief Executive Office of the National Farmers’ Federation, noting that in 2014/15, farm gate incomeincreased by 8 per cent to $57 billion, and this is expected to rise to about $105 billion by 2030.This prompted him to comment: "We need to establish … Continue reading A Man Talking Sense on the Big Picture-Three NZ’s →

Water-The Basics-From Viv Forbes

Water is essential for all life, and happily it is abundant on our blue watery planet.However, salty oceans cover 70% of Earth’s surface and contain 97% of Earth’s water. Salt water is great for ocean dwellers but not directly useful for most life on land. Another 2% of Earth’s water is tied up in ice … Continue reading Water-The Basics-From Viv Forbes →

Life-The Full Circle (For Men)

Life-The Full CircleSUCCESS & MONEY..........Growing up is a weird notion to wrap your mind around. As you go through life, your perspectives on almost everything will change. How you define success will change as well. Things that you thought were important at the age of 35 will be useless when you're 65. You may not … Continue reading Life-The Full Circle (For Men) →

Don Aitken

 I am not a scientist, but I can read! There are people whose opinions I value and there are those who are clearly motivated by being rent seekers feeding off the "climate change/global warming industry". The sceptics are accused of being in the pay of "big oil" and the like. There is little comment on … Continue reading Don Aitken →

Global Warming-In Brief

A 'comment' from a certain David Brewer, in the Catallaxy Files last night-"The global warming narrative is a long chain of causation from industrial emissions to climate disruption – industrial CO2 emissions are not absorbed, they increase radiative forcing, then that is amplified by more water vapour in the upper atmosphere, and the thus-tripled radiative … Continue reading Global Warming-In Brief →

Nick Cater and Black Box Thinking-Learning from Mistakes-The Left Should try It.

Some extracted ,out of context, but useful quotes.The pursuit of equality comes at the expense of liberty.Left wing philosophers refuse to let the facts get in the way-If you have a good theory, forget about the reality.

Chilling Climate of UN Control

 MAURICE NEWMANTHE AUSTRALIANDECEMBER 28, 2015 12:00AMREMOVEPRINTLike ancient Druids pleading with the gods for good seasons, world leaders and their aides recently devoted a fortnight in Paris to pleading with each other to stop global temperatures from rising more than an average 2C above pre-industrial levels, when the Earth was emerging from the Little Ice Age.Of the 196 … Continue reading Chilling Climate of UN Control →

We Need Publicaly Funded Sceptics

We need publicly funded sceptics to challenge CO2 witch-huntMATTHEW CANAVANTHE AUSTRALIANDECEMBER 18, 2015 12:00AmPRINTIn 1589, Princess Anne of Denmark left to marry King James VI of Scotland. En route, her boat was struck by storms. Someone had to be blamed and, as was standard for the time, witches were the usual suspects.More than 100 suspected … Continue reading We Need Publicaly Funded Sceptics →