Morals and Fossil Fuels

USING COAL, OIL AND GAS, THE MORAL CHOICEReview: Alex Epstein, The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, Penguin Publishing, November 2014; 248 pages; ISBN-10: 1591847443, ISBN-13: 978-1591847441, $20.89 on Amazon.In his new book, The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, Alex Epstein makes one of the most compelling arguments for the moral value of fossil fuels and the need … Continue reading Morals and Fossil Fuels →

Inland Water Management

It is music to my ears to see the recognition that the key characteristic of our climate is not so much dryness, although there is plenty of that, but variability. Dorothea Mackellar got it so right with her "droughts and flooding rains". She might well have added "and not much in the middle!" The Millennium Drought followed by … Continue reading Inland Water Management →

Global Warming-US Senior Official’s Epiphany

CLIMATE SCIENCE NOT SETTLED,SAYS FORMER OBAMA UNDERSECRETARY FOR SCIENCEPhysicist Steven Koonin says climate science is far from settled and we are a long way from having good enough knowledge to make wise climate policy.That view is not news to climate skeptics, but it may seem surprising coming from Koonin, who was undersecretary for science in the … Continue reading Global Warming-US Senior Official’s Epiphany →

Health-An Update

For all those who over the last 12 months have expressed concern and support with my health issues, I would like to say a very heartfelt thank you.For the record, I was diagnosed with bowel cancer on 9th October last year. I had some 11 inches of my colon and rectum containing three malignant tumours … Continue reading Health-An Update →

Lomborg and Realistic Optimism

Just because it sounds good …BJORN LOMBORGTHE AUSTRALIANJULY 11, 2014 12:00AMPrintSave for later12THE world has generally become a much better place during the last half-century. Sceptics will scoff, but the numbers don’t lie. The task now is to make the world even better.In 1960, 20 million children under the age of five died. In 2011, with … Continue reading Lomborg and Realistic Optimism →

Health

Last year I published three posts titled "Oh What a Feeling", "Cricket and Chemo" and "Contemplation" which gave the brutal facts of my flirtation with bowel cancer. The pathology tests on the eleven inches of removed bowel (sigmoid colon and upper rectum) revealed no less than three malignant tumours and a highly suspicious polyp. They … Continue reading Health →