1. Travelling along the Murray River
Arrived at the Lower Lakes late yesterday, the Goolwa barrage is still there.
This morning I went for a walk over the Richard Peninsula sand dunes to Goolwa Beach. Photographs here:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=92134&id=1615313209
And lots more of the trip at my Facebook, for example, images of a boat trip along Gunbower Creek… Note the black water coming out of the Gunbower Creek merging with the brown waters of the Murray.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=91780&id=1615313209&l=8664cbb9bf
2. ‘Goodbye Kyoto’ by Fred Singer at American Thinker http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/03/good_bye_kyoto.html
3. Some great articles at Quadrant Online http://www.quadrant.org.au/
4. Protests are being organised against the Carbon Tax
From http://jamesboard.wordpress.com/2011/03/12/no-carbon-tax-rally/#more-5958
“The rally was an enjoyable success. A crowd of around 600 gathered at Julia Gillard’s electoral office in Werribee to protest against Julia Gillard’s Carbon Dioxide Tax. Media from ABC/SBS TV and Radio were in attendance to record the scenes of the angry crowd, fired up but very well behaved. Police directed traffic on the old Princess Hwy but smiled a lot and talked amongst the crowd. The masses listened to Rally organisers speak on behalf of the people. Senator’s and MP’s made speeches condemning Gillard as a liar and marked the occasion as, “Only the Beginning”, of the Australian peoples uprising against the Government, on the introduction of a Carbon Tax.
“Most notable was a great speech by protest organiser Tony Hooper and Senator Mitch Fifield who stirred the crowd into a roar, chanting “Gillard and her Tax must go!”
For more information on rallies…
Stop Gillard’s carbon tax page http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_113660108709587#!/pages/Stop-Gillards-Carbon-Tax/197122506973202
Revolt against the carbon tax page http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_113660108709587
Petition against the carbon tax page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-Gillards-Carbon-Tax/197122506973202?sk=app_4949752878
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Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
Prof Carter has an article in Quadrant Online Global warming: 10 little facts
http://www.quadrant.org.au/
here’s one you hear often
The cost of action on carbon (sic) pollution (sic) is less than the cost of inaction.
Prof Carter says:
This statement is fraudulent. Implementing a carbon dioxide tax will carry large costs for workers and consumers, but bring no measurable cooling (or other change) for future climate.
another slogan Putting a price on carbon (sic) will punish the big polluters (sic).
Prof Carter says
A price on carbon dioxide will impose a deliberate financial penalty on all energy users, but especially energy-intensive industries. These imaginary “big polluters” are part of the bedrock of the Australian economy. Any cost impost on them will be passed straight down to consumers.
AND Looking at Australia’s situation:
How much will Gillard’s carbon tax cost; she won’t say
What Gillard’s monster plan will achieve: she won’t say but Dr Evans has done the calculations
0.0007 degrees
links at http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/
In my personal view this is a tax grab to make the budget figures look better
A new Greenland ice core proves beyond doubt that global warming and cooling is a regional issue at first, with the positive and negative feedback mechanisms struggling over the terrain.
http://c3headlines.typepad.com/.a/6a010536b58035970c0147e322cab8970b-pi
What a relief there’s no hockey stick, but I’m a little concerned that we are in a post hoc situation and everybody is looking in the wrong direction.
If it wasn’t for the fact that these posturing fools get so much attention (even from the STC) I would seriously be killing myself laughing at the moment.
Read how they have ‘global culinary tastes’ and how they think they can solve all the worlds problems by only buying sustainably produced food!
http://www.areanews.com.au/news/local/news/general/inquirys-weird-science/2102451.aspx
ROTFL
Shouldn’t someone tell these guys that the cost (and carbon footprint) of importing things we can grow here is also having a (negative) impact on the global environment?
Maybe we need to ask them what they think sustainable means?
Michael McCormack got it right when he pointed out that they wouldn’t have a clue how sustainable food grown overseas is! Neither would they know how to police it!
You may also be interested to read the whole transcript here.
http://aph.gov.au/hansard/reps/commttee/R13604.pdf
It did amuse me how often they got to say that they were ‘experts’. I also noted that the flavour of questions from the inquiry were showing dwindling respect for these people.
Another classic comment is they admit they forgot about the people!!!! You think????
The scientifically literate readership of Scientific America was asked to comment on the state of climate science.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/sr.aspx?sm=ONSUsVTBSpkC_2f2cTnptR6w_2fehN0orSbxLH1gIA03DqU_3d
A majority think the IPCC is corrupt and climate change is natural.
debbie thanks for that Hansard link; what do you think about this comment on page 21
Dr STONE—One thing about Goulburn Murray water, particularly in Victoria but it is also
the same in the New South Wales irrigation system, is that each year the surface water allocation
is worked out on the basis of what is in store. Therefore, we had a zero allocation for the
capacity of the Loddon and the commencement of the Goulburn and Murray parts of that system
for a number of years during the drought. That climbed in some cases to 30 per cent. So how can
we talk about overallocation generically in a global sense when in reality each year’s water
availability or ability to access it by the irrigators depends on what is in store? It is not what is on
their entitlement. Their entitlement could have said 100 megs. They did not get a drop of that.
They got zero because there was no water in the store.
seems pretty pertinent to me!
The Macquarie River pipeline to Orange is a ‘no brainer’ and I agree with the Greens on this one.
http://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/news/local/news/general/greens-under-the-pump-over-claims-on-pipeline/2076970.aspx
Thanks Val,
It is an absolute delight to see more and more politicians FINALLY figuring out that there is a massive difference between a water licence (Or water entitlement) and water allocation.
They are also FINALLY figuring out that all of us suffered during the drought along with the environment. No one got water, except for the towns & cities, Stock & domestic and some for permanent plantings. Many of those were severely cut back as well. All of us, including the environment, suffered badly BECAUSE IT DIDN’T RAIN!!! It had absolutely NOTHING to do with “over allocation”!
Hopefully people will also start to notice that the environment has bounced back in a spectacular manner. We have the return of wildlife such as frogs and water birds and parrots and crickets and yabbies and turtles and roos and so many others in near plague proportions.
We also need to realise that all this abundance has bounced back with absolutely NO HELP from our self important bureaucrats or our AGW brotherhood. NONE!!!!!
The people who desperately need help are those who struggled through a crippling drought and then very typically got walloped by a massive flood. It is farmers and rural communities who need help at the moment.
The MDB environment has just done what it’s always done and I am delighted to report that it’s fine thanks very much!
el gordo,
I’m not sure which part you agree with the greens on this?
Do you think that there should be no pipeline at all or do you agree that it could mean that the mine may get their hands on the water?
If it’s the latter, then that doesn’t necessarily mean that there should be no pipeline built.
Sorry to split hairs but experience has taught me to be very careful about issues related to water infrastructure, especially when the greens weigh in.
I’m thinking there will be no drought for at least a decade or two, so it’s economic madness to imagine the council will be making any commercial return on that infrastructure.
If Cadia are worried, they can build the pipeline at their expense.