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:
Restrictive Work Practices killing Green Energy
August 25, 2013
Solar panels, wind turbines
Green Energy is Part of the Past, not Fuel for the Future
August 22, 2013
Green energy should not be forced on consumers - those who want it should pay for it
Parasitic Power Producers
August 19, 2013
Green energy has a low capacity factor, intermittent operation, more access and transmission costs and creates operational inefficiencies in back-up plants
Green Energy is Part of the Past, not Fuel for the Future
August 16, 2013
Green energy should not be forced on consumers - those who want it should pay for it.
Abolish Renewable Energy Targets
August 12, 2013
Solar power, wind power
Replace the Carbon Tax with . . . NOTHING
August 6, 2013
Neither the fixed tax nor the vacillating tax will have any beneficial effect on climate.
At the end of this feed chain...
Who’s Afraid of a Bit of Warmth?
July 26, 2013
Ice ages have caused massive extinctions and converted verdant life-filled landscapes into barren, frozen, hungry wastelands
Replace the Carbon Tax with . . . NOTHING
July 22, 2013
Neither the fixed tax nor the vacillating tax will have any beneficial effect on climate
The Need for Carbon Sense
July 20, 2013
There is undoubtedly a need for what we do and only a small handful of individuals in Australia are doing it.
Warmists should Go the Whole Hog
July 15, 2013
If the future of the globe is in such peril...
Real Carbon Credit Farming – the Road to Biocide
July 10, 2013
A sure way to starve life on Earth
Zero Emissions Foolishness
July 10, 2013
“Zero emissions”: Zero production of carbon dioxide from human activities and industries
Carbon Credit Farming is Unsustainable
July 2, 2013
Corrupt carbon market
Zero Emissions Foolishness
June 28, 2013
Zero production of carbon dioxide from human activities and industries
The Global Warming Gas Fails to keep us Warm
June 23, 2013
Maybe they will levy tax on water vapour from steaming kettles and hot showers
The Global Warming Gas, or The Bread and Butter of Life?
June 17, 2013
The primary source of surface heat is radiant energy from the sun.
Sunset for Solar Subsidies
June 10, 2013
Solar energy is most intense on the equator but weakens towards the poles
Carbon dioxide is not a pollutant, anywhere
Natural disasters
Fix the Budget by Cutting Climate Waste
May 14, 2013
Government spending, taxpayers, Australian Renewable Energy Agency, Clean Energy Regulator
The Inaugural Golden Fleece Award
May 10, 2013
for Flagrant Fleecing of Community Resources
The Faults, Fallacies and Failures of Wind Power
May 9, 2013
It should be paid for by those who want it, not by captive taxpayers or electricity consumers
Clean Coal by Wire
April 29, 2013
The Asian smog is NOT caused by producing electricity in modern power stations with closed boilers
Foolish green zealots
Warm and well fed, or hungry in the dark?
April 11, 2013
How to Increase the Risks of Blackouts
Warm and well fed, or hungry in the dark?
April 1, 2013
Blackouts will stop lifts, trains, traffic lights, tools, appliances, factories, mines, refineries, communications and pumps for fuel, water and sewerage
Pray for Green Britain this Easter
March 28, 2013
Blackouts
Energy Roulette Week—The antithesis of Earth Hour
March 23, 2013
A Reality Game for those Concerned about the Future for their Families
Carbon’s Wrongful Conviction
March 20, 2013
Blaming increased carbon dioxide for global warming is like blaming wet roads for rain