IT is wrong to assume that the Greens are luddites and in particular anti-technology. This is a criticism often levelled against them because, as a group, they tend to oppose many new technologies, for example, the genetic modification of crops … [Read more...] about Defining the Greens (Part 5)
Opinion
Climate-Related Policy Should be Evolutionary Not Presumptive
I have come to believe that the official expert advisory process, and the IPCC process within it, are seriously flawed... Two related forms of evidence have brought me to this view. They represent findings on my part, not presuppositions. First is … [Read more...] about Climate-Related Policy Should be Evolutionary Not Presumptive
More ‘Informed Scepticism’ in The Australian
The climate debate is, in reality, about a 1.6 watts per square metre or 0.5 per cent discrepancy in the poorly known planetary energy balance. Read more here. … [Read more...] about More ‘Informed Scepticism’ in The Australian
Bushfire Royal Commission to Focus on the Politically Possible
EARLIER this year the suffering from the Victorian bushfires, and that video of the fire fighter giving a koala a drink of water in a burnt-out forest, captured the imagination of people around the world. At the time some media outlets blamed … [Read more...] about Bushfire Royal Commission to Focus on the Politically Possible
Kyoto Not Working for the EU
The EU's emissions trading scheme has so far failed to deliver any reductions in CO2 emissions while at the same time strangling energy-efficiency investment in the electricity sector. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Kyoto Not Working for the EU
Quiet Sun Shouldn’t Baffle Astronomers
THE Sun is the dimmest it has been for nearly a century. There are no sunspots, very few solar flares - and our nearest star is the quietest it has been for a very long time. That’s according to a BBC report by Pallab Ghosh, which goes on to … [Read more...] about Quiet Sun Shouldn’t Baffle Astronomers
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
