Viv Forbes

Carbon Tax - still a Foolish Thing

Even if 74 prominent people in Parliament say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

Simple Tax Reform

The aim of the carbon tax is to deter the use of carbon fuels by making them more expensive.

Carbon Credit Fraud

The Carbon Sense Coalition today claimed that it was a massive deception for the Gillard government to suggest they could cut Australia's carbon dioxide emissions by 5-25% from 2000 levels by 2020 in spite of a rising population.

Carbon Credit Fraud

The Gillard/Green coalition aims to cut Australia's carbon dioxide emissions by 5-25% from 2000 levels by 2020 in spite of a rising population. This can NEVER be actually achieved without massive economic dislocation and contraction.

The Carbon Tax Bills -  Please Abandon These Foolish and Destructive Bills

The Secretary Joint Selection Committee on Australia’s Clean Energy Future Legislation Parliament House CANBERRA ACT 2600 RE: CARBON TAX LEGISLATION INQUIRY – PUBLIC SUBMISSION

Just another Tax

In the 1100 pages and 19 bills we are supposed to read and understand in a week, where does it show how a carbon tax in Australia will cool the globe, eliminate pollution, prevent droughts, lower sea levels and save the polar bears?

Painless Punishment?

The Australian government claims that their carbon tax will not hurt.

Green Handcuffs and Hobble Chains

Is there anyone in the Australian Parliament (or anywhere else) who seriously believes that a tax on electricity, coal, steel, cement and transport will produce one whit of change to our climate?

Who’s First to Cop the Carbon Chop?

The Carbon Sense Coalition today claimed that it was not possible to achieve the government's planned cuts to the production of carbon dioxide without significant shrinkage of our main industries. The Chairman of Carbon Sense, Mr Viv Forbes, said that there are only two ways to achieve their unrealistic emission reduction targets.

Who’s to Cop the Carbon Chop?

It's not possible to make steel without generating carbon dioxide. No carbon tax can change that. It's not possible to make cement or brew beer without generating carbon dioxide.

“The Science is Settled” but the parties roll on

The global warming bureaucracy is planning a tax-funded jaunt to balmy Durban in South Africa for yet another of their periodic talkfests. There are only two legitimate topics to debate in Durban – the science of global warming or the politics of the Kyoto agreement.

The Green War on our Primary Industries triggers the Convoys of No Confidence

A print-ready copy of this issue of "Carbon Sense" can be downloaded from: Link. Please Pass this On. This battle against a tax on the gas-of-life (carbon dioxide) is approaching a climax.

Carbon Tax Lies and Bribes

The Carbon Sense Coalition today claimed that the Australian Government's $4 million carbon tax manifesto was a litany of lies in a bucketful of bribes. The Chairman of "Carbon Sense", Mr Viv Forbes, said that the government advertising was so biased and deceptive that the government should conduct a referendum before introducing a carbon tax.

Carbon Tax Lies and Bribes

The Australian government's $4 million carbon tax manifesto is a litany of lies in a bucketful of bribes. The first lie is to claim that a tax on carbon dioxide will "cut pollution". It is blatant false advertising to use "pollution" to describe a rare colourless non-toxic natural gas which is generated in the lungs of all animals and feeds all plants by fertilising the oceans and the atmosphere.

The Five Step Plan to kill the Australian economy with High Cost Electricity

First, pay millions in compensation to force closure of reliable coal fired power stations producing cheap electricity.

The Garnaut Recession?

Professor Garnaut expresses concern that a slowdown in China may trigger a recession in Australia (The Australian Newspaper 19 July, 2011).

Four Big Lies about “Carbon Pollution”

The slogan "carbon pollution" is political propaganda resting on four big lies. Lie No 1: "Carbon dioxide is carbon".

Carbon Tax Mark 4? A Stealthy Cancer

Carbon Tax Mark 4 is flimsy but dangerous. Because of public opposition to a new tax on everything, the tax has been gutted. The PM hopes to buy public support by giving exemptions to almost everyone and offering widespread bribes to voters. It is now feeble and ineffective.

Carbon Tax Mark 3? Millions will be Worse Off

Australia's Minister for Controlling the Climate, King Combet, has promised that millions of households will be better off under Carbon Tax Mark 3. Who is he trying to fool?

Which Carbon Tax? None of the Above

It seems that everyone except Professor Garnaut knows that the PM Gillard's "Price on Carbon" is a "Tax on Carbon Dioxide". The more she denies this fact, the less we trust anything she says. Her "carbon tax" is so unpopular that she is now proposing its early replacement by Emissions Trading Scheme Mark 2. There are two essential elements to an emissions trading scheme.