The Environment

I have a head of steam! Let me begin by explaining that for 80 years I have had extensive "grass roots" exposure to rural Australia from the Snowy Mountains (schoolboy) to the Murray Darling and Lake Eyre Basins and a year each in South and Western Australia. I spent the second half of May this … Continue reading The Environment →

Climate Change and Renewables

I am astonished at the number of highly intelligent people who continue to take climate change as a “given” and the pursuit of renewables as the solution. Can’t they read and see what is happening in Germany, Britain, Sri Lanka and many other countries? Countries that have realised at the present state of technology (particularly … Continue reading Climate Change and Renewables →

Energy and Modern Civilisation

Whilst this is long, it is so good that I believe it should be repeated in full. It approaches my favourite subject (obsessive?) from a different angle.

Land Values

My friend Trevor Johnston has a great ability to succinctly communicate in his regular ”Cotton Wires”. People often ask me about agricultural land values. But I am an out of touch “has-been”. I liked the clarity of this- Australian farmland values continued to grow rapidly in 2021, with the national median price per hectare increasing by … Continue reading Land Values →

Power, Poverty and the Deadly Cost Of Climate Zealotry-Bjorn Lomborg

This should be compulsory reading for all students at all levels (and their teachers/lecturers).

Richard Alston:Beware Existential Angst of the Climate Alarmists

The Australian, 29 June 2022 The term existential was popularised in the 20th century by French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, who believed that because there was no god, existence was absurd, life had no meaning and the individual therefore faced an existential crisis. In psychology, existential crises are inner conflicts characterised by the impression that life … Continue reading Richard Alston:Beware Existential Angst of the Climate Alarmists →

Oh For More of This Common Sense!

Left media keep public in dark on renewablesCHRIS MITCHELL The left media’s reaction to Labor’s win has been eerily similar to that after the 2007 win by the Rudd government. Picture: Getty Images 9:08PM JUNE 12, 2022 Many media commentators have welcomed the election of the Albanese government as the beginning of the end of … Continue reading Oh For More of This Common Sense! →

Jonathan Sumption With John Anderson

I was tremendously impressed with this "Conversation" - https://johnanderson.net.au/conversations-lord-jonathan-sumption/ Sumption's clarity of mind and mastery of expression, together with John's incisive direction, had a great impact. I was, however, astonished to hear Lord Sumption say that he believed human caused climate change was "a potentially terminal problem" and he accepts the scientific basis of this … Continue reading Jonathan Sumption With John Anderson →

Memory Lapses

Extract from my Outback Opera Post of 22nd May,2022- Like the Winton drive, I had never driven (or flown over) this country and was very pleasantly surprised. Mile after mile of lovely open rolling downs carrying a good body of green grasses. Extract from my Ashes to Ashes Post of 10th August,2019- On to the … Continue reading Memory Lapses →

Outback Opera – Blog Log

In May 2022 I made a BIG 16-day trip by road from Sydney to western QLD. I was motivated by a desire to enjoy quality music in the outdoors including soprano Greta Bradman and to observe much of inland Australia looking its best in seasonal terms. This is a nostalgic account of the trip and … Continue reading Outback Opera – Blog Log →