Share this newsletter: HOME WHO WE ARE LATEST POSTINGS GWPF REPORTS PRESS RELEASES GWPF TV CONTACTCCNet 27/05/14Nigel Lawson: The Trouble With Climate ChangeClimate alarmism is a belief system that needs to be evaluated as suchThere is something odd about the global warming debate — or the climate change debate, as we are now expected to call it, since global warming has for the … Continue reading Climate Change-Essay Summary From Nigel Lawson
"When Will They Ever Learn"
"The 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 will become bankrupt. People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance." - Cicero, 55 BCSo, evidently we've learned bugger all … Continue reading "When Will They Ever Learn"
Tandou
Cotton crop transforms a dry lake bedSUE NEALESTHE AUSTRALIANMAY 17, 2014 12:00AMPrintSave for laterAerial view of the Tandou property, showing the scale of the operation. Picture: Stuart McEvoy Source:News Corp Australia< PrevNext >•••••••THE fluffy fields of white cotton stretch endlessly towards the distant red sandhills as six giant green harvesting machines march relentlessly across the flat dry … Continue reading Tandou
Murray Darling Basin Plan-Overview April,2014
From the time that the Howard Government, in an attempt to garner "green" votes, decided to throw $10bn at the Murray Darling Basin, the management of the Basin has been a political football. This vote chasing initiative arose as the great Millennium Drought was biting hard and water shortages, the natural consequences of drought, were being erroneously blamed on … Continue reading Murray Darling Basin Plan-Overview April,2014
A Memorandum for My Sisters
Economic Growth/Poverty and Disease/The Environment I have long been impressed by Dorothy Rowe's statement that our psychological state of mind is the result of how we see the world and how we see our place in that world. Our recent exchange on the global warming controversy revealed starkly to me how dismally you both view … Continue reading A Memorandum for My Sisters
Endarkenment
I am looking forward to this one"Humans have never had it so good. We are wealthier, happier and more comfortable than any previous generation thanks to the march of science and technology.So why have we become so gloomy about the modern world and so pessimistic about the future? Why have we convinced ourselves that earth’s … Continue reading Endarkenment
On A Lighter Note
For the uninitiated, there actually is a place called Come-By Chance. It is north west of Coonamble between Pilliga and Walgett. Just 'up the road' from one of Clyde's former flagship properties-"Wingadee".One of my favourite Banjo Patterson poems tells you all about it. If you read nothing else, go to the last verse.Come-by-ChanceAs I pondered … Continue reading On A Lighter Note
Climate Change and Global Warming-In Brief
QUOTE OF NOTE: From Emeritus Professor Les Woodcock, a former NASA scientist, reported in the Yorkshire Post, commenting on climate change and global warming. “The term ‘climate change’ is meaningless. The Earth’s climate has been changing since time immemorial, that is since the Earth was formed 1,000 million years ago. The theory of ‘man-made climate … Continue reading Climate Change and Global Warming-In Brief
Water Storage and Irrigation
An article written by Craig Simmons, professor of hydrogeology at Flinders University and director, National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training,prompted me to endeavour to collect my thoughts on irrigation and water storage in the contemporary political climate. It follows."A very interesting article. There is no doubt that IF we could store water just beneath the … Continue reading Water Storage and Irrigation
States All Sign 0n To Murray Darling Basin Plan
Amidst the celebratory publicity of all the States finally signing on to the MDB Plan this beautifully expressed knowledgeable letter introduces a cautionary reminder of the flaws in the Plan and the extraordinary incompleteness of the planning process. Fancy having a plan which expressly excluded any consideration of the role of the Snowy Mountains Scheme … Continue reading States All Sign 0n To Murray Darling Basin Plan
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