I've been asked to speak outside Parliament House tomorrow morning, to the ‘Convoy of No Confidence’. What an honour. Following are my speech notes: THERE is nothing more basic to our physical well-being than food, and Australian farmers … [Read more...] about Convoy of no confidence: what I will say
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Climate4you Update July 2011
THE climate update for July 2011 indicates: “The Northern Hemisphere was characterised by regional variability. Below average temperatures extended across western North America, most of the North Atlantic and Europe, and central Russia. Above … [Read more...] about Climate4you Update July 2011
Report on Tumut flooding raises more questions than it answers
LAST December Snowy Hydro dumped water into the already flooded Murray-Darling, but said it had little choice. A report just released by the NSW Office of Water clears Snowy Hydro but only in so much as it states that Snowy Hydro operated in … [Read more...] about Report on Tumut flooding raises more questions than it answers
Carbon Dioxide Follows Temperature: Murray Salby
ACCORDING to Murray Salby, Chair of Climate at Macquarie University, recent increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide are from predominately natural sources and changes in atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide follow changes in temperature. This was … [Read more...] about Carbon Dioxide Follows Temperature: Murray Salby
Inefficient Spending, Flawed Government Logic and False Assumptions
THE lead story on Channel 7’s news tonight was a Commonwealth government program where there has been “inefficient spending, flawed government logic and false assumptions”. [1] I thought the mainstream media had finally caught on to the absurdity … [Read more...] about Inefficient Spending, Flawed Government Logic and False Assumptions
Natural Gas, More Polluting than Coal? Only According to the IPCC. A Note from Cementafriend
METHANE is the major component of natural gas (>94 percent) and coal seam gas, which are claimed to be good clean fuels on the basis they have a lower carbon content than coal or oil. Is this the same methane from the backsides of farting cows … [Read more...] about Natural Gas, More Polluting than Coal? Only According to the IPCC. A Note from Cementafriend