In Toronto, Canada this week there was an excellent debate on the issue of climate change-(Google Monk Debates). I watched it all live and much of it a second time. I remain convinced that like with the Millennium Bug, much of the world has been the subject of a huge "con". Allbeit that most of … Continue reading Climate Change Debate
Author: David Boyd
Email Sent to Ian Macfarlane MP at 8:30AM on 01.12.09
Dear Ian,I have watched the development of your political career from QGGA to Minister for Industry, with admiration. However, to hear you as a genuine "bushie" refer to the CPRS as a "cimate change solution" truly shocks me. I am afraid that you and my friend Malcolm Turnbull have been playing populist politics on this … Continue reading Email Sent to Ian Macfarlane MP at 8:30AM on 01.12.09
Email Sent to Certain Senators on 30.11.09
Senators,Just look at the Breaking News:Electricity bills forecast to increase by 60%-half due to the ETS. "Climategate" getting big coverage particularly in the UK-the key scientific global warming alarmists have been "fiddling the numbers". Messrs Minchin and Abbott are on a vote winner and are prepared to show leadership in challenging conventional wisdom. Please get … Continue reading Email Sent to Certain Senators on 30.11.09
Al Gore and Global Warming
The truth is, evidence of man's impact on climate remains maddeningly elusive, in part because man's impact on climate is so small as to be hard to disentangle from natural variability. This is not Mr. Gore's position, of course. If anything, however, the case for action has become less closed since he pronounced it closed … Continue reading Al Gore and Global Warming
Irrigation Fundamentals
27.10.09Irrigation Fundamentals§ Buying irrigation licenses by the Federal Government will do nothing for our rivers, it will only limit agricultural production when water is plentiful.§ Irrigation licenses grant the right to extract water only when allocations are made.§ When water is short there are no, or very limited allocations.§ Our rainfall (and run-off) is highly … Continue reading Irrigation Fundamentals
Speech At Opening Back o’ Bourke Exhibition Centre-24.10.09
SalutationsI have been greatly looking forward to this day and congratulate all involved in getting this great Centre to where it now is.I came to Bourke with Dalgety, as a fresh-faced eighteen year old, 50 years ago next August. I soon met a strong-willed, spirited young school leaver called Gail Dugan. There was great strength … Continue reading Speech At Opening Back o’ Bourke Exhibition Centre-24.10.09
Wool Production-Conflicting Trends
27th October,2009Australian Wool Production or Wool ‘Aint’ Wool- A Commentary by David BoydThe huge drop in total wool production has masked a massive increase in the production of finer wools.Over the years knowledgeable commentators have warned about the dangers of addressing wool issues in aggregated terms. The huge spectrum of wool types from coarse carpet … Continue reading Wool Production-Conflicting Trends
BlogLog
Blog Log of David and Gail Boyd’s Retirement Trip to Hong Kong and the U.K. 6th to 28th July 2009.We set out on this long planned overseas trip with considerable anticipation of the pleasures ahead of us on Monday 6th July. The previous day we had a farewell brunch with son Mike, his wife Georgia, … Continue reading BlogLog
Free Markets
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.-Thomas JeffersonThe budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. … Continue reading Free Markets
Ian Plimer Interview
An Interview with Ian Plimer by Robert Tracinski and Tom Minchin Aug 05, 2009In our recent article on the "intellectual climate change" in the global warming debate in Australia, Tom Minchin and I mentioned the key role played by geologist Ian Plimer of the University of Adelaide. Plimer's book Heaven and Earth, which is now … Continue reading Ian Plimer Interview
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