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:

Green Energy -Not Fit for Purpose February 3, 2014
All of this explains why Green Germany is now using more coal than it did in 2009 and its power supply is more expensive and less reliable.
Margaret Thatcher the Warmist? January 28, 2014
A pointless costly war on carbon fuels
Sun, Water, Winds and Weather January 23, 2014
Surface heat is maximised when the sun is directly overhead, near a peak in the sunspot cycle and when Earth’s orbit comes closest to the sun
Heatwaves are Nothing New January 20, 2014
The ailing global warming scare
What keeps us Warm? January 13, 2014
But even if carbon dioxide levels doubled overnight, most people on earth would not notice any difference.
Water is the Weather Wildcard January 8, 2014
It is water in all its forms, not carbon dioxide, that is the heavy-hitter in all weather processes
Heatwave Hype and Wind Wisdom January 2, 2014
Government-funded climatologists
Pioneers, Builders and Termites December 26, 2013
Australia was the richest country in the world per capita
Corals – the Great Survivors December 18, 2013
Corals are even thriving at the exact spot in the Montebello Islands where two atomic devices were tested by the British in 1952
Beyond Green December 11, 2013
Groovy green electricity
The Ocean Thermometer reveals Global Warming Lies December 8, 2013
There is no significant extra heat going into the deep oceans, and no global warming hiding there
The Ocean Thermometer December 2, 2013
Typhoons and Carbon Taxes November 25, 2013
UN Warsaw climate conference, some world media callous exploitation of human suffering in the recent typhoon to promote their international carbon tax levelling plans
Typhoons and Carbon Taxes November 19, 2013
Clearly, typhoons are unaffected by carbon taxes
The Climate See-saw November 12, 2013
Every human alive today is descended from a long line of smart and adaptable ancestors
Cold Turkey Repealing the Carbon Tax - the Way Out, is the Way we Got In November 11, 2013
The Case for Repeal
Selective Snow Blindness October 28, 2013
Global warming alarmism
Carbon Dioxide is not Pollution October 23, 2013
Carbon dioxide is the gas of life
Carbon Tax gets two Vetoes October 20, 2013
Why the debate?
Correlation, Causation or a Carbon Tax Con-Job? October 15, 2013
Let’s look at the theory that carbon dioxide (CO2) controls global temperature
Carbon Dioxide is not Pollution October 7, 2013
No rational person could define carbon dioxide as “pollution”
Stop Wasting Money on the IPCC October 2, 2013
IPCC is more about Politics than Science September 30, 2013
Consensus is the tool of politics. Public opinion is where the next climate battle will be fought.
Immediate Execution or Prolonged Pain? September 26, 2013
The Climate Commission is now just a footnote in climatism history.
How to Untangle the Climate Bureaucracy September 21, 2013
Last In, First Out
Abolish Unreliable Energy Targets September 16, 2013
Wind/solar power can never supply reliable economical grid power - their fundamental flaws are too numerous
Arctic Ice Confounds Costly Computers September 12, 2013
Arctic ice comes and goes
Taxing Air September 5, 2013
Carbon dioxide; the politicians’ dream
Coal Saves Forests from Boilers and Sawmills September 2, 2013
Forests are expanding only in rich societies which have access to abundant coal, cement, steel and electricity
Burying the Gas of Life August 31, 2013
Carbon capture and burial – truly a suicidal mission for life on earth