Viv Forbes

Carbon War erupts in Europe

A battle of world significance has started quietly in Europe. Like all battles it is about energy, resources and ideology.

Carbon Lies

The Australian government's plan to sell their un-saleable carbon tax has hit a snag – their pollsters have discovered that the word ''carbon'' provokes anger in the electorate.

Farming Carbon Credits

The carbon taxers hope to bribe the bush with their "Carbon Farming Initiative" (CFI).

The New Brisbane Line?

During WW2, defeatists were prepared to sacrifice all of Australia north of Brisbane to the advancing enemy.

White Christmas in Brisbane?

Not long ago, Europe decided to cool the globe by introducing carbon taxes and rationing.

Greens Destroy Ancestral Grasslands

Media Statement by Viv Forbes Chairman, The Carbon Sense Coalition. The Carbon Sense Coalition today accused green extremists of accelerating the decline of Australia's ancestral grasslands and called for immediate repeal of all regrowth clearing bans.

Wasteful Wind Power – Audit Needed

Media Statement by Viv Forbes, Chairman, The Carbon Sense Coalition. The Carbon Sense Coalition today called for an end to all government promotion, mandates and subsidies for wind power. The Chairman of Carbon Sense, Mr Viv Forbes, said that wind power was costly and unreliable with no environmental or climate benefits and should not be propped up by tax payers or electricity consumers. "Canada has audited its green energy policies. Australia should do the same."

Solar Bubble Bursts

The Carbon Sense Coalition today called for an end to the mandates, subsidies and feed-in tariffs propping up the failing solar power schemes.

Solar Sagging

It is no surprise that makers of solar panels are going broke all over the world. But the key problem is not just a flood of cheap Chinese panels or the slashing of “feed-in” bribes.

Bury the Wind Turbines Too

The Victorian government is planning to bury power lines to reduce bushfire risk.

Will Tony Abbott leave Australia Legless and Powerless in the Global Storms?

Some at the big end of town are worried that Mr Abbott may keep his promise to repeal the carbon tax. No doubt they and their smart lawyers fear losing the clever green schemes that rely on ripping off tax payers, consumers and other businesses.

White Christmas in Australia?

They claimed the carbon tax would reduce global warming. I was sceptical, but it's working!

The March of the Triffids

Australia's open spaces and grasslands are being invaded by aggressive woody weeds of the eucalypt family and the feral plants they shelter such as lantana and rubber vine. This invasion is assisted by a fifth column of misguided tree lovers and climate alarmists who demand that these environmental weeds be protected and their expansion subsidised by the taxpayer!

Changing Climate by Changing Behaviour by Taxing Carbon

The Carbon Sense Coalition today called on the Australian Government to economise in the generation of carbon dioxide from their excessive overseas travel.

Just a Touch of Green

In Queensland, ALP Premier Bligh is intent on luring the world's jet setters to board aircraft, cruise ships, trains, limos, buses and cars to come to the Gold Coast Games, burning lots of carbon fuels.

Back towards the Dark Ages

The passage of the carbon tax bills today is no reason for celebration. It is a step back towards the dark ages.

Alarming New Global Warming

The Carbon Sense Coalition today claimed that a sudden bout of natural global warming was dwarfing all the scare forecasts of man-made warming.

Global Warming Season

No one has noticed a looming global warming crisis. Since July, temperatures in Australia have soared by over six degrees centigrade. If current trends continue, we can expect another three degrees of warming by Christmas.

Reaping Bitter Green Dividends

The battle for Carbon Sense will go on. We have no option but to fight until the Carbon Tax bills are repealed and the dead weight of the massive Climate Change Bureaucracy is removed from our backs. We hope you can support us in this fight. Please pass this on.

Reaping Green Dividends

Recently Xstrata announced plans to cease smelting and refining copper in Queensland. Then Blue Scope Steel was forced to reduce production and shed workers. Now Rio has signaled the sale of its aluminium processing empire. Next we can expect that a large coal fired electricity generator will be unable to repay its debts.