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By Viv Forbes ——Bio and Archives--June 17, 2010

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Some people think that the global warming scam is finished, that the Ration-N-Tax Scheme is dead, and that there is no further threat to our jobs, our economy and our energy supplies. Unfortunately there is no reason to relax. Public opinion has changed but the politicians have not.

Britons recently had a chance to vote on the “Oh so Green” Labour Party of Gordon Brown. They entered the polling booths holding their noses, pleased to get rid of one lot, but with no enthusiasm for the other lot. The “Conservative” Coalition governing Britain is also deep green, and in love with the Climate Change agenda of green taxes, subsidies and mandates. Over in USA, their Ration-N-Tax Scheme passed the lower house and was rebadged and recently re-presented to a suspicious Senate as “The American Power Act”. And the US Senate has just confirmed the right of their EPA to class carbon dioxide as a pollutant. As in much of the world, politicians are out of step with the public, who have other priorities: Across the Tasman, Kiwi’s changed governments but got the same carbon demonization policies. Here in Australia, we can expect Penny Wong’s discredited Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme to be rebadged as something like “The Power Conservation and Clean Energy Bill” (or something equally trendy). It will be supported by the wets in the Liberal Party, but it will still have a heart of carbon taxes and rationing. (Do you want a world where a bureaucrat could turn off your electrical appliances from a switch in his office?) And the UN? Because it’s wayward offspring, the IPCC, is now tarnished goods, the international jet set need a new vehicle to justify their monthly jaunts at our expense to various hardship locations like Rio, Kyoto, Bali, Copenhagen, Paris and Bonn (travelling on bicycles and sailing ships of course). We can expect things like an “IPCC for Nature”, which will try to impose global government, world taxation, wealth re-distribution and a new international bureaucracy to “protect the natural world”. As polar bears are thriving, the new buzz word may be “bio-diversity”. This will be a WWF/Greenpeace look-alike with one important difference – it will be funded with money conscripted from Western taxpayers. And everywhere, politicians whose taxation, welfare, health and monetary policies are unsustainable will keep lecturing and commanding us to become “sustainable”. We can expect little help. The mainstream media, especially the government media, will remain committed to bureaucratism, climatism and doomism. Corporate opposition will be bought off with subsidies or exemptions or cowed into submission by draconian tax threats. The only persistent, consistent and uncompromising criticism of the whole Global Warming Agenda is coming from a few independent individuals, politicians and groups like the Carbon Sense Coalition.

Testimonials

Some people think our efforts have been worthwhile. Our mail list grows continually. Here is a sample of comments received in the last few months. In the same time we had about 3 hostile or disbelieving comments and just a few messages of “Unsubscribe”.

I enjoy your regular correspondence and you should be proud of the results to date. I continue to do my little bit from over here in WA and also in West Virginia, with letters in the local press and spreading your info. -- RB, Western Australia
Just read your latest article, and it's a ripper. You are truly awesome. -- JT Narrogin, Western Australia
It is always great to network with other like minded folk. In Oregon, we are fighting a hard battle against this mess as you are in Australia. The more we can work together the better. -- TW Oregon, USA
Good to hear from you. A good article and I will pass it on. The world is being taken over by bankers and accountants (look what their record is recently), politicians (most of whom have never had a real job), and the green industry, which is mainly interested in stopping productive things from happening. Surely the pendulum will swing. I can’t wait. -- KR, NSW, Australia
Your direct emailing to the Editor Jakarta Post worked as your letter was printed today and in full. -- KD Indonesia
The Australian bureaucracy is doing for the Australian business the same thing which Soviet bureaucracy had done for our business in twenties: it strangled it. Funny - the famous Marxist slogan "Workers of all countries, unite!" was never realized, but then bureaucracies of all countries do unite quite successfully! With many thanks for the excellent article. -- R, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
This is very well presented Viv, I have sent it to our local Federal MP. It is horrendous what is being done to our precious country, -- AW Australia
Well done Viv. Your effort played a part in a halt to this costly scare campaign of Rudd but the expense goes on. This is truly a world-wide civil war....humanity & freedom in a death match with the world wide elite fascist....appears that TRUTH is our only weapon...I will keep feeding you ammo....(more pending).. -- J 0, USA
Thanks Viv, you have (most deservedly) won the ETS battle but we must continue the Global Warming war. We can rely on you to keep stirring. -- JS Brisbane, Australia
Congratulations on the deferral of the CPRS. -- JJ Taringa Qld
Thank you so much for your wonderful messages, Viv. I forward them on to quite a few people... some of whom are new converts as a result! Please be encouraged! -- KMcL, Yeppoon
I think congratulations are in order for a partial victory!!! Well done! -- RH Victoria, Australia
Good morning Viv, I think your efforts on behalf of common sense, contributed significantly to the Rudd decision to pull the ETS. CONGRATULATIONS. -- NB, Australia
Well done Viv your efforts have no doubt contributed to Rudd's back flips on ETS. -- KB, Brisbane, Qld
Thank you for all your efforts to help to stop the CPRS legislation. Thank you for your efforts to educate the Australian population, the media and the pollies on the 'Dangerous man-made climate change belief’. Thank you for working so hard, and succeeding, in stopping this crazy legislation. -- PL Sydney, Australia
When people woke up to what the ETS would cost them, the tide went out and left Rudd stranded. Today he decided to swim with the tide and has announced that his government has dropped the ETS, at least till 2013.I'm sure all your efforts have been effective in causing Mr.Rudd to change his mind. -- JC, NSW, Australia
Congratulations on a fine effort. Awesome, considering all the work you and your committee have done. This is an excellent email full of good information on the scam of Climate Change. As a retired Professional Mechanical Engineer I can agree with all that is said. You would do well to read it in full, but if you are short of time, please take a few minutes to read Viv Forbes submission to Penny Wong, by going directly to the link. -- MT, Australia
Another great edition. What a fantastic quote 'No Time for Resting'. -- JMcR Brisbane.
Thanks Viv. This whole series is fabulous. -- MR, Brookfield
Great newsletter as always. Keep up the good fight in Australia. -- SG, Illinois, USA
Excellent essay Viv, thanks. Superb conclusion: “Abolish Renewable Energy Targets – Australia and its Climate will be better without them.” -- HS, UK
Stunning work well done Viv -- SB, Oakey QLD
The Western Mail is the main newspaper for Wales, so was delighted to see you on the same page as Jane Davidson, Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing. She is hell bent on plastering Wales with wind turbines as politicians want to set up bases. -- AK, Wales, UK
What a wonderful article. You can count on me getting your article exposure...-- GW, Qld, Australia
Hallo Viv, Very interesting. I will translate into Norwegian. -- KR, Norway.
Thanks for being a listening ear. You're a good bloke, Viv. This country is in desperate need of 'em and sadly very lacking.. -- BS, Australia.
What a great article on coal and combustion! I will spread it around. Many thanks -- NH, Brisbane, Australia.
Thanks to Mr. Viv Forbes, a true genius, head of the Carbon Sense Coalition in Australia, the most sensible science on environmental issues you could ever find. Do some research, and check him out. You will be convinced. ''Life is a carbon cycle. Don't break the chain.'' Why would we be fighting carbons? Thank you so much! Please spread this far and wide, everywhere. -- MW, Germany
Oh, your information is wonderful, thank you! It's just with my new job, etc.... I just have no more time for anything anymore! -- LM
Viv, meant to say before now, another vg NL. I particularly like your most understandable paper for all, on C Combustion! Should be in all schools!! -- AM, Melbourne
I am proud of the XXX’s contribution to the defeat of the ETS, alongside other worthy organisations including the Carbon Sense Coalition and the Climate Sceptics. The Brown-Green carbon levy will destroy jobs and condemn Australia to rapid economic decline. -- TZ, Brisbane.
I was recently put on to your web site by my brother in law in Scotland. He didn’t realise at the time that you were in Australia – and indeed Queensland. I am impressed with your web site and the quality of the articles. Thank you and your team for your concerns and efforts to inform the public. Truth will prevail – Temperi gradus illigitimus carborundum. -- GDC, Caboolture, Qld

Even the Federal Parliament Has Noticed

In Parliament recently, the Independent MP for Lyne, Mr Rob Oakeshott, was bemoaning the fact that both the Rudd government and the Abbott opposition had gone soft on Emissions Trading and carbon taxes. He complained about:

“the 180-degree flips that have occurred within the last six months that have the community confused”.

He went looking for the reason for the back flips and reported (Hansard 27 May 2010):

“I take this opportunity to raise the issue of the smoking guns that I have seen over the last six months. I smelt a rat in the shift that I saw and what looked to be — to their credit — a very well organised and very well-funded campaign from the likes of Jo Nova and Viv Forbes. There is more going on in those stories than meet the eye and they have seen the two major parties scat on the issue of action on climate change and on an affordable and secure energy supply for our future. The shifts that we have seen from both sides have created an unstable energy market and are a great disappointment. Again, I think there are a whole range of interests other than the national interest at play in the political process in this place that point to further smoking guns.”

Well, Carbon Sense is now officially “very well organised and very well-funded”. We all know that Hansard only reports the truth, which gives us two challenges – “get organised, and get funded”. As one of our Kiwi friends (who are also accused of being “well funded”) said recently:

“I would be most grateful if someone in the Coalition could direct me to one of those who are financing the "deniers" - I am in desperate need of some investment!”

It is now three years since, in mid 2007, a small group of Australians decided to form the Carbon Sense Coalition. Just 49 individuals, including representatives from USA, UK, New Zealand and Hong Kong made up the list of founders. No one offered support or financing for our efforts. Since then we have set up a web site, prepared numerous submissions to government enquiries, written letters and articles, issued media releases, had interviews for newspapers, radio and TV, attended conferences in Brisbane, Melbourne and New York, given telephone evidence to a New Zealand Parliamentary Enquiry in Wellington and appeared before an Australian Senate Enquiry in Rockhampton. Have a look at our web site: [url=http://www.carbon-sense.com]http://www.carbon-sense.com[/url]. We now have a membership/mail list of over 1500 people, and many of them resend our messages so we have no idea how many people are on our mail lists. This work has been done by a very small group of largely unpaid people. We have never levied or asked for a membership fee, nor actively sought subscriptions for our newsletters and research, but we have received 43 voluntary donations, mostly one off, in the 3 years of our existence. Unfortunately, none came from Big Oil or Big Coal. Big Gas criticised us, and Big Wind and Big Government both hope we will disappear. We receive no money from any government body – in fact Carbon Sense Pty Ltd, our operating company, is NOT a tax exempt foundation and is NOT in receipt of any government handouts. It sends money to the government. It is an ordinary private company which pays GST and all regular taxes on all subscriptions received. Nor are we supported by the big corporates – they are too busy currying favour with governments for better deals, exemptions or subsidies. They cannot afford the risk of association with people who keep saying “But the Emperor has no Clothes”. Unfortunately, this business makes a loss.

So, Who Pays?

Someone always pays. When the bills for internet, web site, printing and computing come in, someone pays. When travel costs are incurred, someone pays. When time is spent on research and writing, other income earning activities are neglected. When time is spent answering hundreds of emails, then someone else has to be hired to help out on other work being neglected. When reference books are needed, someone pays. To date 43 people carried the load, with most of the financial and work burden falling on just seven people.

What Help do we need?

Our main aim is to spread “Carbon Sense”, but most mainstream media are still locked in carbon demonization. So our most helpful supporters are those who act as our private news distribution network. We have no idea how big our network is, but we are continually amazed at its worldwide reach and speed. If everyone grows their contact lists, so will our influence grow. We also appreciate the small team who act as unpaid editors and reviewers of things we publish. We also have people who take time to research things. Usually these jobs are done at high speed to tight deadlines. We always appreciate new volunteer editors and researchers. And of course we appreciate financial support.

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Viv Forbes——Bio and Archives

Viv Forbes, Chairman, The Carbon Sense Coalition, has spent his life working in exploration, mining, farming, infrastructure, financial analysis and political commentary. He has worked for government departments, private companies and now works as a private contractor and farmer.