Comments on: Crying Need for Skepticism: Gerard Henderson

By: SP

SP — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:51:12 +0000

“-all 180 MWatts of it- just consider how much CO2 would NOT be in the atmosphere now and in the future too.”

WOW! 180 MW
Sounds a lot.. its got a “mega” in front of it.
Never mind that that is the maximum the dam could ever produce and not the average!

Listen Lawrie, after the construction phase, how many people do you think this small remote controlled facility was actually going to employ?

AND unless they cut all the trees out of that valley, it is well known that methane emissions from dams can be quite significant.

By: Schiller Thurkettle

Schiller Thurkettle — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:22:01 +0000

James Hansen is coming after Gerard Henderson, and James has a noose and a book of scripture. Written by Al Gore.

Does Gerard have a prayer? Perhaps: “Lord, deliver me from the Gadarene swine”.

By: SJT

SJT — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:19:51 +0000

???? Ask him what? If you are wondering if increasing wealth will make you happier, that’s not the question.

By: cohenite

cohenite — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:40:08 +0000

Ah, the strawman; an agrarian symbol if ever there was one; as to agrarian lifestyle, perhaps you'd better ask Dr Hamilton; http://www.cis.org.au/Policy/spr03/polspr03-7.htm

By: SJT

SJT — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:19:45 +0000

Stop beating up on the strawman, cohenite, he can’t fight back. No on is asking for a 3rd world agrarian lifestyle.

By: cohenite

cohenite — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:11:07 +0000

All the ‘ethicists’ advocating unilateral reduction of Australia’s carbon footprint should read this;

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080702.RREYNOLDS02/TPStory/Business

And when they have finished bloviating about that, maybe they can then comment as to the ethics of reducing our lifestyle to the 3rd world agragrian lifestyle so beloved of such AGW advocates, when reducing our lifestyle apparently involves further reducing that 3rd world lifestyle standard via such ethical processes as growing ethanol rather than food.

By: SJT

SJT — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:52:15 +0000

And in response to the actual topic of the title, I couldn’t agree with Mr Henderson more. What passes for ’scepticism’ these days is pathetis, with any naysayer given credence, no matter how loopy or ignorant their evidence. Come on sceptics, lift your game.

By: WJP

WJP — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:58:51 +0000

How to get your teenagers to contribute in the kitchen?
You say, “Right, there’s everything to cook your own dinner. It would be a good idea to tidy up first.”
Seems to work around here!

By: SJT

SJT — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:25:35 +0000

“There is an opinion piece in yesterday’s Sydney Morning Herald entitled ‘Crying Need for Doubting Peter’ in which Gerard Henderson suggests that even if carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels are contributing to global warming it is unclear why a nation like Australia — responsible for only 1 percent of the world’s emissions — should be an international leader in responding to climate change.”

Logic like this reminds me of when I was but a child. My teenage children do the same thing. “Why should I help tidy the kitchen, when he won’t”. And vice versa. Always guaranteed to ensure that nothing gets done.

By: Travis

Travis — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:17:45 +0000

Spangled Drongo,

>You think it’s ethical to impoverish yourself and increase the wealth of others who work under their own advantageous rules, for the sake of principle knowing it wont make a scrap of difference?

You may not have noticed, but I asked a question, in response to yours. Your conclusions ‘I think’ and ‘it’s noble to volunteer’ are not valid conclusions.

Sitting back and taking no responsibility for what you participate in beyond these shores will not get you very far for very long.