Starting with an average grain yield of 3.75 tonnes hectare and a realistic average price of $220 per tonne, a Haystack farm will produce $497,775 from each hectare in a hundred years, which is the life expectancy of a child born today. This … [Read more...] about Coal for Breakfast?
No ‘IPCC’ For Biodiversity
Plans for a scientific panel on biodiversity, similar to a Nobel-winning group on climate change, have been knocked back by representatives of 80 countries at UN-sponsored talks. Read more here. … [Read more...] about No ‘IPCC’ For Biodiversity
Industries Prepare to Abandon Australia
There is increasing anger in Australia over plans for an emissions trading scheme with State governments urging changes to the proposed formulas for compensating export industries to ensure they are not pushed offshore. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Industries Prepare to Abandon Australia
Did Napoleon Use Hansen’s Temperature Data?
Following a blunder at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Steve McIntyre, at the Climate Audit blog, has reminded James Hansen, from NASA, that its colder in Russia in October than in September, as Napoleon found out to his cost in 1812. … [Read more...] about Did Napoleon Use Hansen’s Temperature Data?
Tasmanian Timbers
Hi folks, the Fine Timbers Tasmania inc. Chain of Custody has been officially launched earlier today. The website is up and running, and the roll-out of the program is beginning... Visit the website at www.chainofcustody.com.au cheers, … [Read more...] about Tasmanian Timbers
Apologies to Josh Willis: Correcting Global Cooling (Part 3)
ON Tuesday, I suggested at this blog that I was not convinced by a story from Josh Willis, a scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, explaining why and how he corrected data showing global ocean cooling. The title of my blog post suggested … [Read more...] about Apologies to Josh Willis: Correcting Global Cooling (Part 3)