Viv Forbes

Lights on for “Earth Hour”

Celebrating “Blackout Night” at the time of the March equinox, half-way between mid-summer and mid-winter in both hemispheres, shows that "Earth Hour" is nothing more than green tokenism. This date, with the sun exactly on the equator, was cynically placed on the mildest night of the year to ensure that the candles and champagne parties are unlikely to be inconvenienced by summer heat or winter snow.

Climatism to Close the Country?

Let's suppose that the climatists get their way and man-made production of carbon dioxide ceases in Australia. In this green utopia, all of today's cars, trucks, tractors, trains, ships and planes are scrapped. All refineries, cement plants, steel works and carbon-fired power stations are silent. All cows, sheep, goats and pigs have been slaughtered and rabbits and kangaroos feed on the weed infested wheat fields. Carbon forests have smothered our grasslands and all Australians are either holding their breath or have emigrated to sane havens.

Green Peasants of the Pacific

The Carbon Sense Coalition today claimed that Australia and New Zealand were in danger of becoming the green peasants of the Pacific. The Chairman of “Carbon Sense”, Mr Viv Forbes, said that the only way the two countries could achieve their unrealistic emissions targets was by exporting their industries, reducing their population or creating chronic recession.

The Carbon Pollution Lie

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a colourless, non-toxic natural gas occurring in trace amounts in our atmosphere. It is crucial to all life on earth. Plants extract CO2 from the air and all animals get their carbon based proteins, sugars and fats from plants.

A Profusion of Prices

I guess a price on carbon would work like the price on income, the price on goods and services, the capital gains price, the resource rent price and the proposed price on floods.

Why Wind Won’t Work

The Carbon Sense Coalition today called for an immediate end to government mollycoddling of wind power. The Chairman of "Carbon Sense", Mr. Viv Forbes, said that a submission by the Coalition to the Senate enquiry into wind farms found that there is no proof that wind farms will reduce carbon dioxide emissions and it is ludicrous to believe that a few windmills in Australia are going to improve the global climate.

Bob’s Breathing caused Floods?

Bob Brown still clings to the fiction that carbon dioxide controls climate. So he must think that those who use beer, barbies, bread, electricity, cars, trucks, trains, planes, ships, cement and steel caused the Queensland floods?

Flood Risks

There is a growing chorus seeking to ban building on flood prone land. Many settlements started near a permanent water supply on good alluvial soils, often at places where pioneer tracks crossed rivers or where pioneering ships berthed in river estuaries.

Adapt or Die

Changing climate and weather extremes are enduring features of earth's history.

Stop Climate Industry Waste – Weather-proof our infrastructure instead

The Carbon Sense Coalition today accused governments in many western countries of wasting resources on the trivia of the Climate Change Industry while ignoring infrastructure needed to help people cope with real weather crises.

Ignore Climate Fakirs and Shamans

Queensland has wasted millions on the global warming industry. Residents would be better off had they spent it on water storage, flood gauges and flood-proofing of highways, railways and airports.

Welcome the Warmth

If global warming is so bad, why do people try to escape winter in cold places like Aberdeen, Boston, Tokyo and Moscow by flocking to warm places like Acapulco, Bali, the Black Sea and the Greek Islands?

Put Piddle Power in the Parks?

If wind farms are so clean and green, why don't they put them all in National Parks instead of devaluing private property?

The Pyramid of Frauds

One of the fastest growing industries in the world is based on a pyramid of frauds and its inevitable collapse will be worse than the sub-prime crash.

Green Power generates Red Ink

It's time to end the mollycoddling of wind and solar energy toys before this stupidity does irreversible damage to Australia’s electricity supply and costs.

No Rerun for “Rudd’s Folly”

The Carbon Sense Coalition today said that Australia must not renew its Kyoto Agreement.

No Rerun for “Kyoto Folly”

Australia must not renew its Kyoto Agreement. The current failing agreement was signed without due diligence by Kevin Rudd. It should be referred to as Rudd’s Folly.

The Last Fling of the Thermophobics?

For 20 years now the thermophobics of the IPCC have been trying to shock us with dire threats of global warming.

Boycott the Cancun Climate Circus

Why is Australia participating in the Cancun Climate Circus?

Cars, Cattle and Ethanol

Why are emissions from cattle eating grain classed as bad whereas emissions from cars burning grain ethanol are good?