During a career in the mining industry, I lived and worked in Australia, PNG, Canada and the US; I also worked for months at a time in New Zealand and South Africa and for weeks at a time in Alaska, Mexico and Indonesia. I only had to move around … [Read more...] about In Defence of Industrialisation and Mining: A Note from Jack Sturgess
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All The Best To Richard Ness
Last week the US President, George Bush, visited Indonesia to discuss amongst other things "investment". No doubt some radical environmentalists along with some Islamic fundamentalists don’t want foreign investment in Indonesia. Like the activists … [Read more...] about All The Best To Richard Ness
Mine Your Own Ignorance
I'm in Perth at the moment, at the end of the Australian tour of a new documentary 'Mine Your Own Business'. In the film, British journalist Phelim McAleer meets up with an unemployed 23-year-old Romanian miner Gheorge Lucian and together they … [Read more...] about Mine Your Own Ignorance
The Story of Wielangta: How Environmentalists Mistake ‘A Timber Town That Disappeared’ for Pristine Wilderness
There is a lot of forest in Tasmania. In the south east of the island, there was once a thriving timber town known as Wielangta. In its heyday it had a general store, bakery, blacksmiths’ shops, a school and of course several saw mills. Wielangta … [Read more...] about The Story of Wielangta: How Environmentalists Mistake ‘A Timber Town That Disappeared’ for Pristine Wilderness
Miranda Devine on ‘Mine Your Own Business’
It is generally assumed that mining companies are bad and green groups are good. This general impression is so well entrenched within western civilization that many environmental activists have got used to being able to tell stories about mining, … [Read more...] about Miranda Devine on ‘Mine Your Own Business’
Scientific Facts Irrelevant: A Note from Eric Ness
Hi Jennifer, I’m sure you have heard the old saying that rules are made to be broken. In most instances this is a relatively harmless idea if you are talking about a group of middle school children who fail to follow the instructions of their … [Read more...] about Scientific Facts Irrelevant: A Note from Eric Ness
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
