Counterpoint

New Science Assessment on ClimateIt is timely that a group of scientists has published in the US an assessment of a large number of deficiencies in analyses which support the dangerous warming thesis. They draw on criticisms made by Professor Rafael Reif, president of MIT,  of President Trump’s decision to exit the Paris Climate Accords.  Their … Continue reading Counterpoint →

King Cotton

Cotton’s environmental footprint is much less noticeable today than was the case in the early 1960s, thanks largely to science and technology, says Ryan Kurtz, director of agricultural research at Cotton Incorporated.He said the highly successful Boll Weevil Eradication Program, genetic engineering, innovations in tillage, and changes in farm size and efficiency combined to reduce cotton’s … Continue reading King Cotton →

Australian Cotton Industry

 I have long contended that in all respects the Australian Cotton Industry is a model that all agricultural industries in Australia, if not the world, should follow.The following extract from a Cotton Australia submission to Government is just one example of the the quality of the science and attitude that pervades the industry."Improvement in Water … Continue reading Australian Cotton Industry →

Intermittency

A new word has entered the fashionable lexicon. The global warming alarmists and the "dark green" advocates of the Murray Darling Basin Plan had better get used to it and learn how it impacts their advocacy arguments.I have long contended that the massive variability of our river flows makes the use of statistical averages quite … Continue reading Intermittency →

Coal and Renewables

GREG SHERIDANThe case against coal is coming apart at the seamsThe Australian12:00AM January 26,GREG SHERIDANForeign EditorMelbourneConsider truly irrational government policy, and I don’t mean Don­ald Trump. We are a nation blessed with abundant energy sources — coal in all guises, gas in enormous quantities, a major portion of the world’s uranium.We export these and other … Continue reading Coal and Renewables →

Trump Will Fix It !!!

I have no idea who Alistair is. But I like his turn of phrase.From: AlistairSent: 16 January, 2017 3:59 PMTo: 'Joshua Frydenberg'; greg.hunt.mp@aph.gov.auCc: c.pyne.mp@aph.gov.au; 'Richard Di Natale'; 'Sarah Hanson-Young'; malcolm.turnbull.mp@aph.gov.auSubject: 170116-QoL: Climate Wars Hot Goblins & HobgoblinsMy comment at QoL at: http://quadrant.org.au/opinion/doomed-planet/2017/01/hot-goblins-hobgoblins/“Peter,The fake pseudo-'climate science' has about as much validity to be called a science as alchemy, horoscopes (yet millions read them) and … Continue reading Trump Will Fix It !!! →

Western Values

I like this clarity of expression. One often hears comments on the history of Western Civilisation not being taught to our youth. This spells out clearly what one person sees as western values.Of course, some who believe in those values take them for granted and one wonders whether they realise how extensive they are and … Continue reading Western Values →

Great Success Story

This is a great success story. David and Nell Brook are great operators. And  OBE don't own any abattoirs!Organic cattle pioneer is enjoying the fattest of yearsDavid Brook, the man behind the success of Australia’s organic cattle industry, on his Channel Country station. Picture: Lyndon MechielsenThe Australian12:00AM January 2, 2017SaveShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on … Continue reading Great Success Story →

Profound MDB Comment

Letter to the Editor of the AustralianIn its penultimate paragraph your article “Up to their eyes in it but entitlement denied”-The Australian 17 October; reads”....nature has remained the true determinant of the health of the Murray Darling”. This is a profoundly accurate truism. The failure of our scientists and water bureaucrats to recognise this, is … Continue reading Profound MDB Comment →