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Greenland has been warmer in the past

admin — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 04:27:48 +0000

Greenland has been warmer that currently several times in the last 8000 years. That is Greenland has been warmer than today, with lower levels of Carbon Dioxide levels that today. Two studies have been released over the past few weeks that show that there was less Artic Sea Ice than today, and higher temperatures.

The University of Copenhagen has a study which examined driftwood deposits over the last ten thousand years, and it showed that “For several thousand years, there was much less sea ice in the Arctic Ocean – probably less than half of current amounts.” . During a period between 8000 and 5000 years ago called the Holocene Climate Optimum there was half the level of sea ice than there is today. Yet the world did not tip into “runaway climate change” as the doom-sayers predict we will today, with a higher level of ice cover.

Another peer reviewed paper published by Takuro Kobashi and others shows that Greenland surface temperatures where higher than today several times over the last 4000 years. Of course you can be sure that none of these studies will be mentioned on the ABC or published in the Fairfax media.

Greenland temperatures over the last 4000 years

Do Australians really understand what this carbon tax is about?

admin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 06:40:28 +0000

I was struck by a comment in this Australian story about the carbon tax passing today through the House of Representatives. Its not the first time I have seen comments that completely show no understanding of the carbon tax.

“People with respiratory complaints will most certainly benefit with what will be cleaner air for them.” . Does Charles of NSW have any idea what the carbon tax is about? Carbon Dioxide is not know for causing respiratory complaints. If the Australia Federal Government removed 100% of the carbon dioxide from the air, there would be exactly the same number of people with respiratory complaints, but unfortunately with no carbon dioxide in the atmosphere there would be no plant growth worldwide, so people who had respiratory complaints would, along with everyone else, starve to death.

Eventually the real effects of the Carbon Tax will dawn on the minority of Australians that support the tax, and they may well join the majority that opposes it.

However on this very day that the Carbon Tax was passed through the Australian Federal Parliament here were the top ten read stories on news.com.au, as well as that pro climate change paper, The Age. Obviously Australians care little:

The 18 Carbon Tax bills presented to the Australian Parliament

admin — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:42:46 +0000

Thousands of extra public servants. New public servant bureaucracies. 1129 pages and 255,539 words of legislation. How much will it decrease the earth’s temperature? zero.

Here are links to the carbon tax bills:

1. Clean Energy Bill 2011

2. Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011

3. Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates Amendments) Bill 2011

4. Clean Energy (Household Assistance Amendments) Bill 2011

5. Clean Energy (Tax Laws Amendments) Bill 2011

6. Clean Energy (Fuel Tax Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011

7. Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2011

8. Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011

9. Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment Bill 2011

10. Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment Bill 2011

11. Clean Energy (Unit Shortfall Charge—General) Bill 2011

12. Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge—Auctions) Bill 2011

13. Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge—Fixed Charge) Bill 2011

14. Clean Energy (International Unit Surrender Charge) Bill 2011

15. Clean Energy (Charges—Excise) Bill 2011

16. Clean Energy Regulator Bill 2011

17. Climate Change Authority Bill 2011

18. Clean Energy (Charges—Customs) Bill 2011

England has it coldest summer in 18 years

admin — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 22:40:32 +0000

The carbon dioxide levels go up every year. The IPCC (International Panel on Climate Change) forecasts show that the world should be warming more and more, yet observation does not match those computer models.

England has had its coldest summer since 1993, with an average temperature of 15C. The normal average is 17C. This is not just the odd cold day, this is a entire season. Last December was the coldest December in 120 years in the UK.

Is it just possible that the climate scientists have their computer models wrong? The latest CLOUD (Cosmics Leaving Outdoor Droplets) experiments at CERN show what some climate change sceptics have been saying for years, that Cosmic Rays effect cloud formation. This means that the existing computer models for cloud formation are wrong, and that the sun can have a bigger input on the earth’s atmosphere than previously thought.

However our Prime Minister Julia Gillard says the science is settled.

Just maybe this object 140 million kilometres away, may have more influence of the climate than man made carbon dioxide

Carbon Tax will cost Australia $1.35 Trillion dollars

admin — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:42:56 +0000

According to the Australian Federal Government Treasury modelling the introduction of a carbon tax will reduce Australia’s National Income. How much will it be decreased by over the 38 years to 2050?

The Treasury modelling predicts that GDP (Gross Domestic Product) will be 2.8 per cent lower in 2050 than it would have been without a carbon tax. Doesn’t seem much, only 2.8%? Well try adding the reduction in GDP over the 38 years and you get $1.35 trillion dollars.

That is what it will cost Australians over the next 38 years more than one trillion dollars in lost income.

Imagine how many hospitals, roads and schools could be built over the next 38 years with that $1.38 trillion dollars?

Percentage GDP loss from the Carbon Tax

The next President of the United States, Rick Perry, climate change skeptic

admin — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:21:26 +0000

It is expected that Governor of Texas Rick Perry will announce he will join the Presidential race this Saturday August 13th. As Rick Perry has been a successful Governor of Texas for 11 years, and current President Barack Obama has such low poll ratings, its a good chance that the next President of the United States will be Governor Rick Perry.

Governor Rick Perry is a climate change skeptic.

So how this this affect the Gillards Government proposed Carbon Tax?

The treasury modelling of the carbon tax assumes that the USA and all other developed countries will have a carbon trading scheme in place by 2016. If Governor Rick Perry gets elected in 2012 than means no carbon tax or trading scheme in the USA until well after 2016, and that assumes he is only a one term president. Even if President Barack Obama is re-elected in 2012 he is unlikely to have a majority in the House of Representatives, in fact the Democrats may not even hold a majority in the Senate. That means there is no chance of any legislation passing Congress until after 2014, and more likely nothing will pass unit after 2016.

So where is Australia going to trade for carbon credits? The rock solid reliable Euro-zone?

Australia will be going it alone, while the worlds second biggest emitter of Carbon Dioxide (after China) will have no carbon tax or trading scheme.

Presidential candidate Governor Rick Perry - Climate Change Skeptic

Just one Indian State will install more coal-fired power stations than all of Australia

admin — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 08:52:14 +0000

The Indian State of Andhra Pradesh is in the process of installing 37 coal-powered power stations over the next few years. The capacity of these extra 37 coal-fired power stations is 56GW, which compares with Australia’s total installed electricity capacity of 57GW. As an example, just one coal-fired power station at Krishnapatnam is under construction which will have a capacity of 4000MW. This compares with Victoria’s Hazelwood coal-fired power station which supplies 25% of Victoria’s power and has a capacity of just 1600MW.

So the Federal Labor/Green alliance government is going to use hundreds of millions of dollars of Australian taxpayers money to close down Hazelwood power station. At the same time in India, just one (of many) Indian states is building a new coal-fired power station with twice the installed capacity of Hazelwood, as well as dozens more coal-fired power stations.

So closing down Hazelwood is going to stop Climate Change?

Hazelwood Power Station soon to be replaced by an even bigger coal fired power station in India

Sea level rise slowing

admin — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 01:26:16 +0000

You will not find the head of the Climate Commission Professor Tim Flannery mentioning this, because he prefers scaremongering high sea levels that are above the IPCC estimates. You will not hear Malcolm Turnbull mentioning this as he wants to respect the science and ignore “less reliable” scientists that do not fit in with his carefully self-selected science. You will not hear Prime Minister Julia Gllard mentioning this, because for her the science is settled.

However a recent paper shows that Australian sea-level rise has been slowing between 1940-2000. The difference with this research is that it uses real tide-gauges rather than computer models predicting sea level increases. Another study had previously shown that “Extending the sea level record back over the entire century suggests that the high variability in the rates of sea level change observed over the past 20 years were not particularly unusual”.

How will the doom-sayers cope?

This has all happened before

Coal Mining decreases under the Carbon Tax

admin — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:12:01 +0000

Treasury modelling shows coal production drops by 30% by 2020

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Treasurer Wayne Swan might keep saying that the coal industry has a bright future, but the Treasury economic modelling shows a different story.

Wayne Swan said only two days ago that “Australia was going to be exporting more coal”. That way the Chinese can burn it in their power stations instead of ours.

Perhaps Treasurer Swan should read some of his departments economic modelling. To quote from the Treasury modelling “In 2020, coal mining output is around 30 per cent lower than it would otherwise be” .

Looking at the attached graph it shows even greater variability, with a possible drop of up to 45% in coal production:

Geothermal energy the renewable that never delivers

admin — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:53:27 +0000

The latest carbon ad, paid for again by the Australian taxpayer to further ‘educate’ us about renewable energy.

This advertisement features Geodynamics, a renewable energy company that has spend the last ten years trying to develop geothermal energy production near Innamincka in northern South Australia.

How many Megawatts has Geodynamics produced in electricity?

Zero.

Geodynamics has spent ten years spruiking its grand plans. This Greens/Labor Government ad states that 10 percent of Australia’s power could come from geothermal, yet in ten years with ten of millions of dollars of government subsidy Geodynamics has produced not one watt of power.

Geodynamics got its first $5 million government subsidy in 2005. In April 2007 Geodynamics chief executive Adrian Williams said that by 2010 they would be provide some power into the grid, so far zero. In November 2009 Geodynamics was awarded $150 from the Renewable Energy Demonstration Program (REDP), still no power.

In October 2008 Geodynamics announced it would provide a demonstration plant and provide power to the town of Innamincka, population 12, by early 2009. Now this is the company that this Labor Government advertisement is pushing as potentially providing ten percent of Australia’s base-load power. Have they managed to power the 12 people people in Innamincka in the following almost three years?

No.

59% of economists support the carbon tax

admin — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:46:01 +0000

Now we should be really worried

Carbon Tax supporter Fairfax journalist Peter Martin tweets enthusiastically that 59 per cent of economists at the Economic Society support the carbon tax. We should be so relieved.

Are these the same economists that did not see the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) coming?

For example Peter Martin extolling the virtues of the Labor Government and how well it was doing, and how rosy the future looked in February 2008.

Or the Reserve Bank in March 2008 stating that inflation was the real problem, and Australia was just due for a bit of below par growth.

Of course there were those hundreds of economists in Treasury in January 2008 predicting an 18 billion dollar surplus for the Federal Government.

We should so trust economists. They are so good are predicting the future. How could they get a carbon tax wrong?

the GFC so well predicted by economists. We should be fine if they say the carbon tax is OK?

Former Prime Minister John Howard says Australia would be crazy to have a carbon tax

admin — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 05:15:11 +0000

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has mentioned several times in the last week that former Prime Minister John Howard took an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to the 2007 election. Here John Howard is interviewed by ABC carbon tax supporter Barrie Cassidy , and refutes Julia Gillard. John Howard says Australia should not move ahead of the world with a carbon tax:

Followed by former Liberal Treasurer Peter Costello on the Bolt Report who argues that Australia should not throw away its natural advantages by legislating a carbon tax. Costello says “This is all about taking away a natural advantage of Australia” and “we’re paying someone else for the right to use our own coal”

New Chinese coal mine wipes out the savings from Australian Carbon Tax

admin — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 10:21:11 +0000

A new coal mine in China, in Xinjiang Uygur being developed by Peabody Energy will produce almost as much CO2 as the CO2 emissions saved by Australia’s Carbon Tax.

Peabody Energy Corporation are to develop an open cut coal mine that will produce 50 million tonnes per year of coal. This coal burnt in power stations (or anywhere else) could produce up to 142 million tonnes of CO2 annually. (the exact amount depends on the type of coal). Thats 142 million tonnes per year of extra CO2 from just one coal mine, versus the 160 million tonnes saved with an Australian Carbon Tax.

Of course the Greens want to close down Australian coal mines.

Just one coal mine in China wipes out the efforts in Australia costing billions of dollars and hurting millions of Australians.

142 million tonnes of CO2 per annum from just one coal mine in China

Julia Gillard confronted over Carbon Tax lie

admin — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 05:33:10 +0000

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is confronted by a real voter who questions her on her lie before the election where she claimed ” There will be no carbon tax under the government I lead”. This lie gave the Labor Party the chance to slip into government. Julia Gillard still denies she lied in this exchange, she does not understand the anger:

“Why did you lie to us?”

“And why are you continuing to lie and say, ‘Well, I didn’t really mean to lie’?…”

“I’ve listened to you for months, I’ve watched Parliament – and you are still lying”…

“I heard you on Q and A. I heard you for over a year. The thing that sticks in my craw is that you stood up and said there will be no carbon tax. And a few months later.,. you’ve changed your mind.”

Climate Commission predicts the end of the world

admin — Mon, 23 May 2011 10:32:58 +0000

The “independent” Climate Commission has released its first report. The “independent” Climate Commission was appointed by an Australian Federal Labor/Green alliance government that wants to introduce a carbon tax. So the Federal Government appointed members to the Climate Commission that would endorse the Labor/Green alliance views. And surprise, surprise, it has produced a report that agrees with the Australian Government!

This is another example of the Federal Government paying for advice that will agree with its position. Firstly we have Economist Professor Ross Ganault who surveys the scientific literature he agrees with and makes pronouncements (paid for by the government) supporting the governments view. Now we have the Climate Commission who cherry picks the scientific papers to get a result that will be acceptable to their paymasters the Federal Government.

Of course, now that the Climate Commission has released its report, there is now no further need for debate. In fact not only is there no further need for debate, there should be no more debate. Professor Wil Steffan of the Climate Commission says “I don’t think we have the luxury anymore of climate denialism. We need to get beyond this fruitless phoney debate in the media,” . The head of the Climate Commission serial doom-sayer Tim Flannery , agrees, he says “You get all sorts of people posing as having some expertise in climate science, whether they be taxi drivers speaking to me or people in the media who don’t have the expertise.” Tim Flannery of course does not have the expertise, as he has a doctorate in Palaeontology. Perhaps he should be listening harder to the taxi drivers.

Climate Commissioners meet the Boss

Don’t call it Carbon Dioxide call it pollution

admin — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 11:23:28 +0000

The Climate Change religion is struggling in its battle to convince the public about the so called dangers of CO2. There is a decreasing trend in coverage in the media of climate change issues. Less and less of the Australian public believe in man made climate change, and even less think we should do something about it. So what to do? Climate Change needs an advertising makeover. Lets call Carbon Dioxide “Pollution”.

They “have found that ’pollution’ resonates much stronger than ‘climate change’ with the public”. So its easy. Don’t get complicated by trying to argue your case. Make it confusing by calling a coal-fired power station a source of pollution. That way the public will think that the coal-fired power station is polluting the world with some nasty substance, rather than just emitting the stuff everyone of us breathes out, ever minute of every day – carbon dioxide.

Lets not mention that other than humans, every animal and plant also emits this “pollution”.

More end of the world from the ABC

admin — Fri, 21 May 2010 09:49:04 +0000

On the World Today on ABC radio today (may 21st 2010) Shane McLeod interviewed Alarmist environmentalist Bill McKibben. Was there any serious questioning of McKibben of some of his outrageous claims? – Of course not – this is the ABC remember – back on the climate change bandwagon.

Bill McKibben says: “Everything frozen on Earth is melting” . Everything?? . Antarctica with its increasing sea ice levels?

Bill McKibben also says: “The kind of 100 year storm comes every three or four years now in many places around the world” Where? What 100 year storms have we had in Australia every 3 or 4 years?

And the incisive question that follows these alarmist claims – with no evidence - from Shane McLeod – “This is all pretty depressing stuff.”

No questioning of what is obviously just hyperbole. Typical of the ABC. If you want to get on air to promote your latest Global Warming is the end of the world disaster book – no problem, we won’t ask any complicated questions!

Read the transcript here.

Dew Station Greenland, buried under 50 years of snow

Bill McKibben founder of 350.org is currently on a book and lecture tour throughout Australia, promoting his book Eaarth.I am sure more of his alarmist views will be uncritically broadcast on Australian ABC radio over the next week or so.