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 Green Virus is Spreading - Lock it Down
April 25, 2021
A Green Virus is being spread by the World Climate Conference – they must be gagged for our safety
Flood Plains are for Floods
March 24, 2021
Rather than wasting billions on futile efforts to change global climate, governments should spend those billions on flood-proofing their railways, bridges, roads and electricity supply
The Brick Battery
March 6, 2021
Wasting Green Energy - Lifting Bricks
Zero Emissions A Baite Hook
February 7, 2021
Australia is in peril from Energy Fools and Defence Bunglers
We can’t change the Climate but we have to Change the Climate of Public Opinion
We can’t change the Climate but we have to Change the Climate of Public Opinion
Why Worry about Warming? Cold is the Killer
November 14, 2020
Fruitful warmth is no threat. Bitter cold is the deadly menace
Nothing That Works
October 8, 2020
Australia’s huge untapped resources of uranium and hydrocarbons are the envy of the world. But their green tape, locked gates and death-by-delay strangles all exploration and development
Energy Roadmap to Oblivion
September 24, 2020
When that real emergency comes, voters will punish this bi-partisan Parliament of Fools
Green Energy is Not Green
September 13, 2020
All that is not green – it’s green stupidity
The Green Road to Blackouts
September 3, 2020
The looming Covid Depression has no room for more green energy silliness. We cannot afford to mollycoddle an aging failing technology. A hard dangerous new world is coming. To survive we will need cheap reliable energy – coal, gas, nuclear or hydro
Pure and Sterile
August 8, 2020
Hidden agenda is to eliminate coastal agriculture, mining and commercial fishing
Cold Comfort
July 7, 2020
King Coal Copes with Cold
More Useless Energy Policies
May 26, 2020
If our Minister for Promoting Useless Energy is determined to sequester and store carbon, there is only one sensible way - restore the forestry industry
Re-build Muscle not Flab
April 23, 2020
Bushfires in Australia – Two Choices
April 6, 2020
City-based politicians and bureaucrats have done enormous harm by locking up land and opposing fuel load reduction
We need Australians building new dams, railways, roads, real power stations, factories, farms, forests and mines, not sitting sadly at home fearing ration coupons and being drip-fed on some piddling new allowance
Build More Dams Day
March 23, 2020
Zero Emissions Almost Here?
March 17, 2020
Impact of the Coronavirus
The Carbon Capture Con
March 6, 2020
Global Warming has never been a threat to life on Earth - Ice is the killer. Politicians supporting CCS stupidity should be condemned for destructive ignorance
The Looming Collision between Electric Vehicles and Green Energy
February 21, 2020
We need more reliable cheap power for jobs and industry and more CO2 in the atmosphere to make green plants grow faster with less water
Six Shades of Fire-Lighters
January 23, 2020
Have a burn plan and stick to it
Government by Enquiry
January 20, 2020
Do we need ANOTHER Bushfire Royal Commission?
Australian Fires Expose Green Folly
January 10, 2020
Politicians must stop sacrificing Australians on the Green altar
Put Foresters back in the Forests
January 3, 2020
Get rid of the Red Bull and the Green Fairies -- bring back the White Knights
Reduce Fires? Reduce Fuel
December 31, 2019
Big fires need a lot of fuel. If you own the fuel, you own the fire. If you haven't managed the fuel, you will not be able to manage the fire. And if your fire escapes and causes damage, you are responsible
Time for Climate Sense
December 26, 2019
“Climate emergency” is an exercise in global politics, not science
National Parks are Bushfire Havens
December 20, 2019
Trying to blame carbon dioxide, a non-flammable plant fertiliser, for today’s wildfires is yet more Flannery fiction
More Water Bombers? No - Fight Fire with Fire
December 15, 2019
Australian Government promises A$11M for more flashy water bombers
Man-made Wildfires in Australia
December 8, 2019
Posturing politicians and uniformed fire generals should confine themselves to posing for photos, baking scones and boiling billy tea for fire-fighters
No Climate Emergency.
December 2, 2019
CLINTEL says “There is NO Climate Emergency”.
Feeding the Fat Green Pigs
November 29, 2019
Consumers and industry don’t count and taxpayers are there to be milked. In this Greentopia no one needs miners, farmers or fishermen. All are lost for a fake global warming Emergency