How pathetic can you get? The proper response, of course, is “Get of your knees and clear out of here. The ETS is a crock of sh*t, and you know it.” Let’s hope that’s what the Opposition will tell him…. Read More ›
Archive for April 2009
Coalition report on ETS: it's a crock
But we all knew that anyway. It will damage the economy and do nothing for the climate (even if CO2 drives climate, which it almost certainly doesn’t). Maybe Krudd & Co should tax the sun instead to encourage it to… Read More ›
Emerson peeks out of the closet, then goes back in again
As Andrew Bolt reports: Days after being challenged here to come out of the closet, Craig Emerson peeks out: FEDERAL Small Business Minister Craig Emerson has split from Kevin Rudd and ministerial colleagues by declaring science is undecided on key… Read More ›
New Australian temperature record set – for cold
Weatherzone reports that Charlotte Pass in NSW recorded the lowest ever April temperature: This is the lowest temperature recorded anywhere in Australia in April and is 13 below the average. Nearby at Perisher it dipped to minus 11 degrees and… Read More ›
Photo of Wilkins Ice Shelf used 13 months after it was taken
In the same story in The Australian, it transpires that a photo of the Wilkins Ice Shelf, taken 13 months ago and used widely to spread alarm about climate change, has been used again last month to, er…, spread alarm… Read More ›
Government at war with Greens (and themselves)
The government, increasingly desperate to keep the ETS going, has launched an attack on the Greens for adopting an “unrealistic” emissions stance, and at the same time, Penny Wong and Peter Garrett are squaring up for handbags at ten paces… Read More ›
Clinton: the new King Canute
Just as King Canute tried to stop the tide coming in (and failed miserably), so the Obama administration and Hillary Clinton will try to “tackle climate change”, and likewise, they will fail miserably. The only difference being that this time,… Read More ›
George Carlin on "saving the planet"
Because some people are now, finally, beginning to realise that humanity cannot control nature, and it cannot “tackle climate change”, I thought you would enjoy this famous routine by comedian George Carlin, which sums up the whole conceit brilliantly. Warning:… Read More ›
Quote of the Day: Obama – unintended joke alert
This disaster of a President goes from bad to worse, as evidenced by this unintended hilarious utterance on climate change, said without any hint of irony: “We have watched as scientific integrity has been undermined and scientific research politicised in… Read More ›
The Australian backs Ian Plimer
This is excellent news. The Australian has always shown itself to be the only newspaper with a balanced approach to the issue of climate change, but in an editorial today it goes several steps further, by harshly criticising Robert Manne’s… Read More ›
