Climate Change-Putting it in Perspective

A Climate Of Crisis: America In The Age Of EnvironmentalismHistory News Network, 4 February 2018“Denier!” It has become the epithet of choice among climate change activists to malign those who dissent from the prevailing consensus [says] Patrick Allitt, author of A Climate of Crisis: America in the Age of Environmentalism. The term, inherently political, is almost exclusively … Continue reading Climate Change-Putting it in Perspective →

Australia Day and the Republic

Yesterday I attended a debate under the auspices of the Centre for Independant Studies on the subject of changing the date for Australia Day. One of the speakers in favour of making a change was Peter FitzSimons, Chair of The Australian Republican Movement. During the ‘question and answer’ segment it occurred to me to ask … Continue reading Australia Day and the Republic →

Extract from Professor Richard Lindzen Open Letter to President Trump

We note that:The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) no longer claims a greater likelihood of significant as opposed to negligible future warming,It has long been acknowledged by the IPCC that climate change prior to the 1960’s could not have been due to anthropogenic greenhouse gases.   Yet, pre-1960 instrumentally observed temperatures show many warming … Continue reading Extract from Professor Richard Lindzen Open Letter to President Trump →

Dr. Tim Ball: The Disastrous Economic Impact of CO2 Reduction Policies

Dr. Tim Ball: The Disastrous Economic Impact of CO2 Reduction PoliciesWritten By: Dr. Tim Ball December 19, 2017Ontario, a Province in Canada, a country with almost unlimited energy resources and the same population as California, has exorbitantly high electricity bills. So high, that people march in protest. How did this happen? It is hard to believe, but it … Continue reading Dr. Tim Ball: The Disastrous Economic Impact of CO2 Reduction Policies →

Political Perspective

Workers can unite but not with same urgency as in Marx’s timeGerard HendersonThe Australian, 28 October 2017New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern believes that capitalism has failed the nation. So does her deputy, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters. A similar complaint is made in Britain by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who heads the opposition. … Continue reading Political Perspective →

The New Deniers

There is now wide spread acceptance that the climate change models are way ahead of observations in the measurement of the rate of global temperature increases. In fact it is impossible to refute such a statement. Yet the alarmist, mostly Government funded, climate bodies are remarkably reluctant to acknowledge this fact. Who are the deniers … Continue reading The New Deniers →

Extreme Greens and Poverty

I have long argued that if humans wish to contain population growth we need to do everything possible to lift standards of living in the world's poorest (and fastest growing) countries. Extreme green ideology has been a massive barrier. Here is the latest example.HOME     WHO WE ARE     LATEST POSTINGS     GWPF REPORTS     PRESS RELEASES     GWPF TV     CONTACTPress Release Embargoed until 00:01 BST Friday, … Continue reading Extreme Greens and Poverty →

A Key Topical Issue

A rigorous study of the impact of robots in manufacturing, agriculture, and utilities across 17 countries, has found that robots did reduce the hours of lower-skilled workers—but they didn’t decrease the total hours worked by humans, and they actually boosted wages.In other words, automation may affect the kind of work humans do, but at the … Continue reading A Key Topical Issue →

Another Rational Optimist-Craig Rucker-19th August,2017

"Two hundred years ago the vast majority of the world's population lived in extreme poverty. Thanks to free markets, industry and, yes, important energy sources like fossil fuels and nuclear power, today only around 10% live in extreme poverty … and the situation is getting better every day."