Viv Forbes

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.

Viv has also been a guest writer for the Asian Wall Street Journal, Business Queensland and mining newspapers. He was awarded the “Australian Adam Smith Award for Services to the Free Society” in 1988, and has written widely on political, technical and economic subjects.

Most Recent Articles by Viv Forbes:

No Meat to Eat May 1, 2019

Lights Out on Footy Night April 29, 2019

Racing to the Power Point in Birdsville April 29, 2019

Green Cement? April 29, 2019

How to Break the Backbone of Australia April 9, 2019

Australia is a poorly defended storehouse of under-utilised resources

The Greatest Generation VS the Greenest Generation March 20, 2019

The Green Generation is destroying our future

Four Priorities for Australia and the World March 16, 2019

We must fix these four issues. Stop draining Australian money to support foreign agendas and the bloated UN bureaucracy. Let’s help Australians instead

Surviving “the Worst Evaaaah”. March 1, 2019

We cannot change the climate no matter what we spend. But we must adapt and prepare for the inevitable cyclones, floods, droughts and bushfires

Who are they Kidding? February 24, 2019

Green Pests February 19, 2019

The looming elections provide an opportunity to get rid of this plague of Green pests

Let’s Blame Cubbie Station February 13, 2019

We must conserve water from the floods so we will have water in the droughts.

The Rising Tide of Climate Lunacy February 11, 2019

If this decision is not overturned, every development of coal, oil or gas in Australia can be challenged

Curse Less and Dam More February 6, 2019

Someone is always cursing either droughts or floods. We need to curse less and dam more

The Year of the Pig February 4, 2019

A Modern Mania February 3, 2019

But as Churchill said: “How much greater the cost, for each day’s delay.”

Man-Made Wildfires January 23, 2019

Blaming the bushfire problem on climate change is offering a weak excuse for government authorities bowing to green extremists

Saltbush Launches an EXIT PARIS Campaign January 15, 2019

Save Queensland Rural Colleges December 31, 2018

“Our rural food bowl is far more important to Australia than all the tax-supported wind turbines, solar panels and climate propagandists put together.”

$500M Climate Carnival Concludes December 23, 2018

COP 24 just concluded in Poland

Stop Wasting our Dam Water December 16, 2018

Political war on human activity

Come Clean on the UN COP24 Meeting in Poland December 10, 2018

COP24 will produce zero benefits for Earth’s climate, but their goals are economically irresponsible for those selected to pay the bills

The Revolt of the “Yellow Vests” December 5, 2018

Increasing number of people are fed up with their green overlords

Smash the Paris Shackles November 16, 2018

Quit the Paris Agreement

Australian Politicians Again Show “Real Genius” September 10, 2018

If today’s Australians lack the will or the knowledge to use our great natural resources, more energetic people will take them off us.

Fix Real Infrastructure, Dump Green Grandstanding August 19, 2018

No matter what the weather does, we will need more cheap, reliable water and electricity

Drought Proofing a Dry Continent August 16, 2018

Sensible drought-proofing policies for Australia are simple

Dollar Bills smother the Reef August 9, 2018

Corals are the great survivors on planet Earth – for millions of years they have endured ice ages, global warming, mass extinctions, fluctuating sea levels, rivers of sediments, volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, nuclear testing

All on the Road to China July 30, 2018

It’s time we sent all of our Green-ants to China – there should be lots of work for them there.

Time to Drain the Energy Swamp July 20, 2018

Watching Weather Waves, but Missing Climate Tides July 11, 2018

Carbon Dioxide Causes Global Warming Like Wet Roads Cause Rain