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 Car Policies are Defective and should be Recalled August 3, 2010
Waste taxpayer funds, waste of resources
Electric Cars are Not Green August 1, 2010
The “cash for clunkers” proposal is yet another dud policy and should be subject to an immediate recall notice
A Carbon “Price” means a Carbon “Tax” July 24, 2010
The new green mantra chants: “We need a price on carbon”.
A subsidy society is not sustainable July 19, 2010
Today’s buzz word is “sustainable”.
CSIRO corrupted by Carbonerra July 10, 2010
Even the numerous state departments of Agriculture and Forestry are so cowed that not one scientist is prepared to say out loud that, over the life of a cow or a tree, there are ZERO net emissions or extractions of carbon dioxide.
How many Carbon Taxes are Enough? July 3, 2010
Australia now has three taxes on coal
“Carbon Tax” – signpost to the new dark age June 27, 2010
Big governments love carbon taxes. They promise a bountiful political dividend of tax receipts and green votes
Stop the War on Land Owners, Home Owners and Shareholders June 19, 2010
War on carbon was just another battle in the long war on property rights by populists in Parliament
The Magic of Persistence June 17, 2010
Carbon Sense Coalition We must press on
Stop the War on Carbon June 3, 2010
“To wage war on carbon is to wage war on life.”
Computer Models, Climate Forecasts and other Dicey Games May 16, 2010
IPCC Temperature Claims
Carbon Capture & Burial – all Carbon Cemeteries are already Full May 9, 2010
Billions of dollars are being wasted on sacrifices to the global warming god
Taxing the Heart out of Australia May 2, 2010
The Rudd Resource tax is another in a long line of taxes and red tape helping to depopulate rural Australia
Sunset looms for Global Warming Industry April 28, 2010
Warn investors and promoters relying on subsidies, market mandates, tax benefits, ethanol subsidies, carbon credits, renewable energy targets or research grants
Gambling on Sunbeams and Sea Breezes April 18, 2010
Abolish Renewable Energy Targets – Australia and its Climate will be better without them
Mixed Messages for Tourism April 3, 2010
Government tourism policies are schizophrenic
Blackout Night March 26, 2010
Earth hour should be renamed
Can’t see the Grass for the Trees? March 20, 2010
Invasion of our ancestral grasslands by eucalypt weeds
More Silly Roof Schemes February 22, 2010
There are two aspects of electricity demand
Fueling Future Famines February 13, 2010
Global cooling is a killer
Understanding the Ruddy ETS February 7, 2010
To simplify things, let’s look at just the electricity industry.
ETS supporters betray Australia February 1, 2010
The war on carbon dioxide has been heavily promoted by European interests
Rudd Promising Poverty or Blowing Hot Air? January 22, 2010
“The Copenhagen Rudd is promising a poverty stricken future for our grandkids. Or maybe the Canberra Rudd is just a lot of hot air."
Climate Madness and Electricity Realities January 11, 2010
Politicians have been conned by anti-industrial greens to neglect the UK’s reliable and economical coal and nuclear generators
Fiddling while Asia burns January 7, 2010
The Asian smog is not caused by carbon dioxide
Carbon Bribery and Corruption January 2, 2010
The political challenge for warmist politicians is to publicise the bribes and subsidies
Conned in Copenhagen December 27, 2009
There is no evidence that carbon dioxide has caused global warming
Green Lessons from Europe December 16, 2009
How these wily promoters of carbon rationing rely on nuclear power for 76% of their own energy
Copenhagen Climate Commuters should all Walk Home December 12, 2009
There they will be seeking ways to forcibly reduce our carbon footprint while inflating theirs
Prove Climate Scaremongering December 5, 2009
Catastrophes such as droughts, floods, heat waves, bush fires, rising sea level, loss of the Barrier Reef and extinction of the pygmy glider