The Australian Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, The Hon Greg Combet AM, MP, appeared on TV last night – interviewed on the ABC flagship current affairs program the 7.30 Report. About two thirds of the way through the presenter Leigh Sales asks him “Australia is heavily dependent on coal production. The Australian Coal … Continue reading Climate Change minister says methane worth $1.60 carbon tax per ton of coal→
Dear Government Member of Parliament, Let us look quickly at your Government plans to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. From the above link – I have assumed your Government is aiming to reduce its emissions by between 5 and 15 per cent below 2000 levels by 2020. I have chosen the mid-range 10% reduction for the … Continue reading Reasons to Oppose a Carbon Tax #3→
Dear Government Members of Parliament and Senators. Voters out here in the real world can not understand why tiny Australia is playing world leader by introducing a Carbon Tax. Major global carbon emitters, China, India, Russia, Canada, Japan, France and the USA have either rejected or deferred ETS as a means of limiting CO2 emissions: … Continue reading Reasons to Oppose a Carbon Tax #2→
The SBS TV Channel in Australia (State funded multicultural TV) runs a current affairs show called Insight. Now on Tuesday 5th April 11 they discussed the proposed Carbon Tax – and fairly soon after the start – JENNY BROCKIE the compere brings in PROFESSOR ROSS GARNAUT, GOVERNMENT CLIMATE CHANGE ADVISOR. In his second paragraph the … Continue reading Does Professor Ross Garnaut play with words on the “Insight” TV show ?→
The GreenLabor ACT government in Canberra (population ~300,000) has announced plans to increase the generation of electricity by various solar methods. Of course this has the solar “industry” wetting itself at the thought of more govt subsidies. In all this flurry of feel low cost viagra In order to solve problems of these victims and … Continue reading Canberra solar electricity schemes bludge off NSW coal fired generators→
Just heard on TV news, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd saying he was withdrawing the ETS from Parliament and it was “on ice” for three years. Well knock me down with a feather. There are over the counter pills available on the market. viagra uk shop By getting viagra in australia choosing a small and easily … Continue reading Australia abandons ETS plans for 3 years→
I was stunned to hear Professor Jones say this at the UK House of Commons Inquiry. The most startling observation came when he was asked how often scientists reviewing his papers for probity before publication asked to see details of his raw data, methodology and computer codes. “They’ve never asked,” he said.” The Jones et … Continue reading Climate science at work #1 – Jones et al 1985-86 papers in review→
Over at the matchless blog Wattsupwiththat: Look for two comments by Mohib (21:33:01) on 1st Feb – I thought Mohib’s questions were important enough to try and explain the history . Jones et al 1986 did indeed reject 38 stations from their Northern Hemisphere study. Note UHI not actually mentioned in the 1986 Table 1 … Continue reading Some essential history of IPCC global warming from 20 years ago.→
Lately I have had people pulling my chain telling me that the lower troposphere satellite temperature trends are very close to those at the surface. I just want to point out that this is far from so everywhere. Wayback in 2006 I drew attention to, “Satellites vs surface, amazing agreement over the USA.” I know … Continue reading Surface minus satellites – some differences look political→
A correspondent has pointed to this gem of a mistake by Greenpeace who have claimed since 2005 !! – that China’s mighty Yellow River originates on the Tibetan Plateau but is under threat from global warming. This simple map and accounts below shows there are sizeable catchments between the Yellow River headwaters and the Tibetan … Continue reading Greenpeace global warming claim lost without Yellow River map→
Primarily exposing faulty methodologies behind global temperature trend compilations