ACM editor Simon has an article in The Spectator Australia today. It considers the use of the term “denial” as a blunt instrument to silence dissent in the climate debate. It is available in the shops here in Australia today, Friday,… Read More ›
Archive for September 2011
Deaths from "extreme weather" at their lowest since 1900
Al Gore claims that “global warming” is causing more extreme weather events, because his investments will go south if he fails to keep up the fear. Note the irony that he was speaking at a “low-carbon investment conference”. You really… Read More ›
Daily Bayonet GW Hoax Weekly Round-up
A welcome return for the Round-up – as always a great read!
Quote of the Day: Greg Combet
Trying desperately to justify a pointless tax that nobody wants, Greg Combet plumbs new depths: “Tariffs were iconic, and even now they instantly reappear in debate as policy responses to contemporary economic pressures. “But John Button’s reforms made Australia stronger.”… Read More ›
US: Yet more bad science
It is an ugly theme that runs through the consensus camp – proper scientific processes corrupted in order to get the right result. You will recall that the US Environmental Protection Agency declared CO2 to be a “dangerous pollutant”, thereby… Read More ›
Ian Chubb: "warmest decade we have ever had on this planet"
Don’t forget, Ian Chubb is Australia’s Chief Scientist, but he appears to have obtained his understanding of climate from the back of a cornflake packet (or a WWF campaign leaflet, otherwise known as the IPCC’s 4th Assessment Report), given some… Read More ›
Labor values closer to Coalition than Greens
In yesterday’s post, “Who will Julia alienate next?“, I should have included Labor voters in the list of past examples, since her alliance with the Greens after the election betrayed her mainly centre-Left base to a bunch of extreme environmental… Read More ›
Quote of the Day: Ian Chubb
Professor Chubb is the Australian Chief Scientist, and has made a few appearances on ACM in his brief time in the job (see here, here and here). Given his comments today, it is apparent that there is little hope of… Read More ›
Treasury modelling assumes global emissions trading by 2016
We have always suspected the Treasury modelling of the impact of the carbon price was a crock, and now we have been proved substantially right, with the Treasuring admitting as much. Not only that, but a “finding” that carbon pricing… Read More ›
Who will Julia alienate next?
We’ve had the miners and resource workers with the MRRT, then the truckies with the “Convoy of No Consequence” comment (thanks A. Albanese), and, of course, those understandably concerned about the merits of a unilateral carbon tax (expressly ruled out… Read More ›
