IT has become apparent that there is a general lack of understanding in the community about exactly what an emissions tradings scheme (ETS) is. People may understand the sentiment that surrounds it but they don’t really understand how it works and … [Read more...] about Carbon Trading and Dinner: A Note from Barnaby Joyce
Retaliatory Tariffs for Carbon Sceptics
In a world with a global carbon price, carbon efficiency will also become a new competitive battleground. Those economies that offer a more energy-efficient operating environment will become increasingly more attractive places to invest. Economies … [Read more...] about Retaliatory Tariffs for Carbon Sceptics
Organic Food not Nutritionally Better than Conventional
A SYSTEMATIC review of literature over 50 years finds no evidence for superior nutritional content of organic produce. There is no evidence that organically produced foods are nutritionally superior to conventionally produced foodstuffs, according … [Read more...] about Organic Food not Nutritionally Better than Conventional
Canberra and Laputa: A Note from William York
HOW did he do it? Dean Jonathon Swift writing Gulliver’s Travels in 1726 made a long range forecast of such incredible accuracy that it would be the envy of any climate modeler. In this forecast you glimpse Kevin Rudd, the ANU, the academies and many … [Read more...] about Canberra and Laputa: A Note from William York
Reducing Emissions Must Ultimately Mean Less Stuff
WESTERN governments are trying to have it both ways: they want to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and they want to stimulate economic growth by us spending more money including on stuff. But this is not realistic. Either the government … [Read more...] about Reducing Emissions Must Ultimately Mean Less Stuff
Gurr the Toy Maker: A Note from Larry
BEFORE Jane Goodall’s pioneering study of wild chimpanzees, most of us believed that tool-use and especially tool-making were exclusively human activities. Goodall was intrigued when she first observed a chimp poking a stick into a termite mound, … [Read more...] about Gurr the Toy Maker: A Note from Larry
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
