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:

21 years – it’s time they Grew Up November 15, 2015
Turnbull and Co should not insult Parisians by taking part in such frivolous folly.
Don’t Break our Food Chain November 10, 2015
Life is a carbon cycle – don’t break the food chain
We Must Defend Our Access to Energy October 28, 2015
These foes of freedom and their clandestine controllers are planning to forge the green chains of a global government for humanity in Paris next month.
Opinions vs Facts October 15, 2015
The tide gauges surrounding the Pacific show that sea levels are barely rising and satellites show that there is little change in the average area of polar ice.
Time to Right a Terrible Wrong – the Vilification of Carbon and Carbon Dioxide October 5, 2015
Access to affordable reliable energy is the quickest way to enrich poverty stricken people.
Lying for the Cause September 25, 2015
The Climate Industry flourishes on government funds and is dominated by vested interests and their media trumpet
The Return of the Hungry Horses September 9, 2015
Today, our farms produce even more cereals, dairy products, meats and fibres, but now power-seeking politicians are proposing that more farm produce must be consumed as ethanol by the hungry iron horses of today
Farmer Fred meets Allan Savory August 31, 2015
With plenty of plant-sustaining emissions from coal in the skies, and soil-sustaining emissions from cattle in the soils, then coal and cattle can paint the grasslands green again.
The Percival Effect August 23, 2015
Correlations, Causes and Dis-proofs
Farmer Fred on Judas Goats August 19, 2015
“It’s time the Judas goats leading our industries were put out to pasture.”
Keep Them Airborne, All of the Time August 11, 2015
It would cost the country a lot less
Recycling Burps and Farts August 5, 2015
In the sanctimonious cant of those who preach the green religion, sheep (and cattle) should be hailed as “carbon neutral”.
Correlations, Causes and Dis-proofs July 30, 2015
For about 20 years now, carbon dioxide levels have risen steadily but global temperatures are trending level. Therefore CO2 does not control global temperature.
Climate Concern is Mis-directed July 13, 2015
Carbon dioxide does not drive weather, or climate, or the icy extinctions – it varies mainly as a result, not the cause, of past temperature changes.
Green Energy Steals from the Biosphere June 24, 2015
The latest stupid ethanol suggestion is to power the “wanna-be-green” US Pacific Fleet using Queensland food crops
Promote the Wind and Reap the Whirlwind June 15, 2015
Lucky landowners getting rich on compensation; and green zealots promoting a UN Agenda
Will Better Batteries save Solar Energy? June 4, 2015
To use solar alone to produce 24/7 steady grid power, batteries must supply power for the 14 hour shadow zone (which often covers peak demand) as well as smoothing the sunny zone
Victims of Climate Wars seek Asylum in Asia May 28, 2015
Hydrogen – the Net-Negative Energy Option May 16, 2015
Hydrogen can be used to power rockets, cars and engines of all types. However the energy used to produce the hydrogen can never be fully recovered from the energy in the hydrogen
Green Energy Policy? - “Nothing that Works” May 16, 2015
The only alternatives to coal, oil and gas for stable, reliable and economical grid power are nuclear energy, and in favourable locations, hydro or geothermal.
Pope Ponders Paganism. May 14, 2015
Gaia: Pope Francis seems to seek an alliance with these nature worshippers
Smoggy Thinking May 4, 2015
Replacing dirty open fires and boilers with clean electricity and cleaning up vehicle exhausts will also clear today’s Asian Smog.
Green Energy Policy? – “Nothing that Works” April 28, 2015
The only alternatives to coal, oil and gas for stable, reliable and economical grid power are nuclear energy, and in favourable locations, hydro or geothermal.
“Carbon Monoxide” - another Baseless Scare Story April 25, 2015
Modern coal-powered generators produce clean silent heat, light and power for homes, schools and industry, with zero chance of carbon monoxide accumulating indoors.
Too Many Wild Cards in the Climate Game April 18, 2015
Obviously there are too many Jokers and Wild Cards in the climate game for one simple carbon-centric theory to win a forecasting game, except by cheating or chance.
The Bogus Temperature Scare April 13, 2015
What global crisis could justify this global revolution?
Hydrogen – the Net-Negative Energy Option April 7, 2015
It is possible to produce hydrogen from water using electricity from nuclear or hydro-carbon fuels, or even intermittent green energy
Celebrate the Warmth March 25, 2015
Earth is on a climate see-saw between a warm green globe and a frozen white wilderness
The Last Word - - Time to “Get Out” February 26, 2015
Kyoto Agreement
Strange Allies in the War on Carbon Fuels February 16, 2015
Opposing this coalition of climate alarmists and opportunists is a rag-tag army of stressed tax payers and electricity consumers