Category Archives: Nature
Carbon Price Banter
Finally Something In Place We know the story: Kevin Rudd swept to power in 2007 with the promise of an ETS. He decided to negotiate one with the Coalition, finding common cause with his counterpart Malcolm Turnbull, which led to … Continue reading
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What Prof. Ross Garnaut Has To Say About The Carbon Price
And The Charcoal On The Wall Says… Pleiades sent me this link today. Professor Ross Garnaut had a few words to say about the way the big end of town is conducting itself in the carbon pricing debate. Garnaut takes … Continue reading
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The Charcoal Writing Is On The Wall
Cate Blanchett stumped for the cause of a carbon price and got a ripping from the Murdoch press. What followed was an admission by Dick Smith that he agreed with Blanchett but was too ‘gutless’ to front up for his … Continue reading
Peak Oil Is Knocking
Today’s Peak Oil Article Here it is. Peak oil is forcing its way to the top of the agenda with stark warnings from the International Energy Agency and others repeated on ABC radio and television this week, after an investigation … Continue reading
Fail Safe Part II
Aeschylus Was His Name… I’ve been arguing a lot about the inferences that can be drawn from the Fukushima plant going into meltdown and a category 6 disaster in the wake of 12m high waves as well as a magnitude … Continue reading
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Fail Safe
Acts of God And Risk I’ve been pondering the issue of nuclear power in light of the Fukushima crisis, and I have to say the problems of how things got to this point are so complicated that it’s impossible to … Continue reading
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A New, Clear Dawn
The Tapes Have Recorded Their Names Okay, so that’s about the best line I can cite from Emerson Lake and Palmer’s ‘Karn Evil 9 Impression 3′, but it’s strangely fitting what with an apocalyptic sequence of events taking place over … Continue reading
Compensation For Carbon Price
This Is Going To Get Interesting Less than 5months from now, the Greens will hold the balance of power in the Senate and not surprisingly they will be pushing politics to the left by a long way. This might be … Continue reading
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This Is Still Normal?
Cyclone Yasi Only a fortnight after the floods that hit Queensland, Cyclone Yasi is bearing down on the northern end of Queensland. Authorities have recorded wind speeds of 295km/h and warned that storm surges of up to 7 metres could … Continue reading
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Whaling To Go To International Court
May As Well Have A Showdown Here’s an article in the SMH that says the Rudd Government is going to make good on its election promise and sue Japan in the International Court over whaling. Sources said the government decided … Continue reading
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