Viv Forbes

What shall we eat?

A Professor of Climate Change at Adelaide University thinks we should halve Australia’s domestic ruminant numbers within two years.

The RAT Scheme will destroy jobs, jobs, jobs

Any politician interested in preserving Australian jobs must vote against “The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme”. It will destroy real jobs faster than green jobs can be created.

Back to the Horse and Sulky?

If environmentalists were really concerned for the environment, they would spend time on World Environment Day worshipping carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, not demonising it.

Carbon Capture and Burial – a Stupid Answer to a Silly Question

The Carbon Sense Coalition today called on the Australian Federal Parliament to stop playing Global Warming politics and focus instead on the irresponsible damage being contemplated by the Cap-N-Tax promises.

Cap-n-Tax - Two lies and Two flaws

The Defense Department provided full cooperation during a U.S. Senate committee investigation that examined detainee-interrogation operations, a senior official said in a statement for Internet journalists and bloggers.

Cap-n-Tax is a Crusade without a Cause

The Carbon Sense Coalition today claimed that the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme was promoted using two lies and would fail in the Senate because of two fatal flaws. In a submission to the Australian Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change, the Chairman of “Carbon Sense”, Mr Viv Forbes, said that the mis-named “Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme” had nothing to do with carbon or pollution - “these are two Orwellian lies dreamed up to generate public fear and loathing about a non-polluting harmless natural gas that sustains all life on earth”.

Cap-n-Tax will eat the heart out of Australia

The Carbon Sense Coalition today claimed that the Emissions Trading Scheme would eat the heart out of regional Australia by destroying jobs in mining, processing, construction, farming, forestry, transport and tourism.

Earth Hour or Blackout Night?

The Carbon Sense Coalition today came out in support of Earth Hour, but said it should be renamed “Blackout Night” and be held outdoors, for the whole night, in mid-winter, on the shortest and coldest day of the year - 22 June in the Southern Hemisphere, December 22 in the Northern Hemisphere.

Demonising Carbon – a Death Wish?

The Carbon Sense Coalition today called on all parties in the looming state election to make a clear statement on their policies regarding Emissions Trading and Carbon Taxes.

Green Energy - a Stealth Tax

Forcing power retailers to buy expensive renewable energy has negligible effect on carbon dioxide emissions and no climate benefits, so it is all about buying green votes.

Mandating Markets for Wind Power

Link to this release: The Carbon Sense Coalition today accused the Federal and some state governments of imposing Stealth Taxes on electricity consumers by forcing power retailers to buy expensive power from inefficient and costly renewable energy sources.

Burn and Bury? The stupidities of carbon geo-sequestration.

The Carbon Sense Coalition today accused coal companies, power companies and governments of gross negligence for wasting resources from shareholders, electricity consumers and taxpayers on quixotic dreams to capture and bury carbon dioxide from power stations.

Who Benefits?

Congratulations to Paul Howes of the AWU for fingering the vested interests of the banks in promoting Emissions Trading.

Find more oil, waste it less

Australia is a huge island in a remote corner of the world. Everything we eat, move or trade relies on ships, planes, trucks, tractors and trains. These all run on hydro-carbon fuels.

Australia needs a Moratorium on Emissions Trading

Viv Forbes from the Carbon Sense Coalition today called on the Australian Government to announce an immediate moratorium on plans to introduce an Emissions Trading Scheme.

Time to review the Emissions Trading Scheme

The Carbon Sense Coalition today called on the Queensland Government to follow the lead of New Zealand and initiate a complete review of the science and the cost-benefits of the proposals to levy a new tax on coal and petrol usage.

‘Climate Smart’ is Yesterday’s Vision

The Carbon Sense Coalition today called on the Queensland Government to abandon their failed “Climate Smart” policy in favour of a new energy policy geared to the new realities of scientific re-assessment, economic austerity and international fragmentation.

Time to Erase the Emissions Trading Nightmare

The Carbon Sense Coalition today called on the Premier of Queensland and all elected members to bring pressure to bear on the Federal Government to immediately abandon plans for Emissions Trading. The Chairman of “Carbon Sense”, Mr Viv Forbes, said that at a time of world economic crisis, the last thing productive Queensland industries need is the threat of this destructive policy hanging over them.

“The Green Paper? Almost Legless.”

A statement by Viv Forbes, Chairman of the Carbon Sense Coalition. The Carbon Sense Coalition claims that Penny Wong’s Green Paper on the Carbon Reduction Scheme had been overtaken by scientific and political developments and was now almost legless.

Planned Chaos in Energy

The Carbon Sense Coalition today accused Australian state and federal governments of pursuing plans that guarantee high prices for gas and electricity, electricity blackouts and high risks to petrol and diesel supplies.