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:

The World’s most Dangerous Gas March 11, 2013
Snow storms, Droughts, Bush fires all blamed on "Man made global warming"
Floods on Flood Plains March 4, 2013
Nothing unusual
Why Wind Power Won’t Work March 3, 2013
When you want it, you can’t get it; and when you get it, you don’t need it
More Destructive Green Policies February 15, 2013
Creating Bushfire Hazards
Drug Test Politicians? February 12, 2013
Climate Change
Foggy Thinking on Smog February 10, 2013
Those blaming coal power for smog need to read the history of last century’s deadly smogs in London and Pittsburgh
Time to Build Better Infrastructure February 3, 2013
UN-Kyoto junkets, carbon sequestration, green energy
Magic-gas Discovery January 27, 2013
There are a few unpatriotic Australians who think the whole “magic-gas” thing is a big con, and just an excuse for a new tax.
Alien Environment Fuels Firestorms January 20, 2013
Aborigines, slashers, mulchers, dozers, eucalypt, Kyoto
The Gorbel Prize January 16, 2013
UK Government wins the Inaugural Gorbel Prize for Green Policies that have Inconvenient Outcomes
Using Food for Fuel is an Evil Exchange January 7, 2013
Bad for the economy and the environment, does nothing for the climate, and harms human welfare
UK’s Green Government wins the Inaugural Gorebalism Award December 27, 2012
For Goofy Green Policies that have Inconvenient Outcomes
Count your Blessings December 19, 2012
Now they wish they had stuck with the coal mine and its neat and dependable power station
Climate Policies create Costly Electricity December 12, 2012
They caused the high electricity prices but now discover that consumers don’t like it
Greedy Gas Giants Gazump Gullible Greens December 9, 2012
Gazumped by the gas giants
“Blue Skies are Falling”—a new climate drama soap opera December 3, 2012
Fundamental flaw in greenhouse theory
Hobbling the Competition November 26, 2012
Cheap reliable coal-fired electricity will not die alone
A Tax on Carbon is a Tax on Life November 25, 2012
Without carbon dioxide, no life would exist. And without carbon fuels, modern cities would starve within weeks.
Carbon Fools Day, November 12, 2012
Australian Senate passes Carbon Tax Bill - Nov 8, 2011: A date that will be remembered as...
Getting Fair Dinkum November 5, 2012
Politicians should set an example and ban all air travel by politicians and public servants
Wind and Solar are Worse than Coal and cause the waste of gas October 27, 2012
In winter, solar panels are about as much use as an ashtray on a motorcycle
Who is Scared of Warmth and Moisture? September 30, 2012
The whole climate scam is just a smoke screen to hide the UN inspired grab for more taxes and more power
Sustainable Farming - the Impossible Dream September 22, 2012
City people should thank the lord for the machinery
Taxing Mothers’ Milk and Our Daily Bread September 12, 2012
Our government is punishing us for our efficiency
Retreat to the Past August 27, 2012
What will today's "Green Generation" be remembered for?
Climatists not Fair Dinkum? August 26, 2012
The climate alarmists should be promoting coal
Greens Re-discover Hydrogen Car August 18, 2012
"Hydrogen economy"
Burning the Biosphere August 13, 2012
The Dark Side of Green Policies
Two Big Climate Taxes August 9, 2012
Renewable Energy Target (RET) Tax
Why Bury the Essentials of Life in Carbon Cemeteries? August 2, 2012
Financial and biological suicide