Global Warming and Energy

Last Monday fortnight Gail and I were in the audience for  QandA at the ABC's Ultimo studios. The panel included U.K. scientist Brian Cox, Federal Minister for Science Greg Hunt, and newly elected One Nation-Senator Malcolm Roberts. Cox is a former rock band player and could fairly be described as a "showy" celebrity scientist. Roberts … Continue reading Global Warming and Energy →

John Constable Joins Global Warming Policy Foundation Academic AdvisoryCouncil

The Global Warming alarmists are resorting to ridicule to dismiss the misgivings of those who question the conventional wisdom. They suggest that those who raise legitimate questions are all idiots. Consider the quality of the list below.JOHN CONSTABLE JOINS GWPF’S ACADEMIC ADVISORY COUNCILDate: 28/06/16Global Warming Policy FoundationThe Global Warming Policy Foundation is pleased to announce … Continue reading John Constable Joins Global Warming Policy Foundation Academic AdvisoryCouncil →

The Role of Entrepreneurs and Government in Australia-Wolfgang Kasper-July 2016

Bastiat Forum/Vaucluse Branch, Lib PartyPublic Library – Double Bay, NSW, 5 July 2016The Role of Entrepreneurs and Government in AustraliaWolfgang KasperAbstractComing from overseas in the 1970s, Australia looked to me like the 'Land of Missed Opportunities'. Partial liberalisation during the Hawke-Keating era and some further reforms under Howard-Costello let Australian entrepreneurs and citizens realise much … Continue reading The Role of Entrepreneurs and Government in Australia-Wolfgang Kasper-July 2016 →

Great Stuff From John Roskam

On 27 May 2016, at 5:54 PM, John Roskam <jroskam@ipa.org.au> wrote:One of the questions that I spend a lot of time talking with IPA Members about is why it is that despite all the evidence of modern history so many people continue to be hostile to the idea of capitalism and free markets. Between 1990 … Continue reading Great Stuff From John Roskam →

Rationally Optimistic

22/04/16Happy Earth DayNever Trust The Doom-Mongers Never Trust The Doom-Mongers: Earth Day Predictions That Were All WrongThe Daily Caller, 22 April 2016Andrew FollettEnvironmentalists truly believed and predicted that the planet was doomed during the first Earth Day in 1970, unless drastic actions were taken to save it. Humanity never quite got around to that drastic action, … Continue reading Rationally Optimistic →

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 →