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Cannibalism to Save the World?

Cannibalism to Save the World?

cfact.org Next step: sustainable human steak? They don’t mention the “sustainable” word, but you know they want to. Right from the start they’re selling it to us: Ethically, cannibalism poses fewer issues than you might imagine. If a body can be bequeathed with consent to medical science,

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Will EVs Become the New Edsels?

cfact.org The year 1957 is memorable for at least two historic launches. The launch by the Soviet Socialist Union of Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite, prompted the US to create the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) the very next year. Eleven years later, Neil Armstrong stepped

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The EV Market Hits the Brakes

The EV Market Hits the Brakes

cfact.org Mandating a change to EV ownership and further financial austerity onto those who can least afford it is facing a rebellion from those who need transportation. The problem is that manufacturers are loading up the ‘supply chain’ with EVs on dealer lots, but they’re not seeing the

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Mountains to Climb, Civilization to Save

Richard Kelly Richard Kelly is a retired business analyst, married with three adult children, one dog, devastated by the way his home city of Melbourne was laid waste. Convinced justice will be served, one day. brownstone.org For reasons I can’t explain, I said ‘Yes’ when asked to join

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The Plastic Bag Ban That Backfired

The Plastic Bag Ban That Backfired

Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Editor at Large of FEE.org at FEE. fee.org There’s a famous scene in Seinfeld in which George passes on a TV pilot deal with NBC, only to later accept for less money than originally offered. “In other words, you held out

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If They’re So Great, Build Them in Fitzroy

If They’re So Great, Build Them in Fitzroy

Ever notice that they never build wind farms or acres of solar plants in Ultimo, Ponsonby, or Fitzroy? It’s funny how green-left types who worship at the altar of their bird-chomping eco-crucifixes and deserts of silicon and glass never want them in their back yards. Put up a field

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Mr. Bean Was Right About EVs and So Was Toyota

Mr. Bean Was Right About EVs and So Was Toyota

Duggan Flanakin Duggan Flanakin is a Senior Policy Analyst with the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow. A former Senior Fellow with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, Mr. Flanakin authored definitive works on the creation of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and on environmental education in Texas. cfact.org When

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The Climate Cult’s Dirty Big Secret

The Climate Cult’s Dirty Big Secret

It was over eighty years ago that George Orwell pointed out the essential hypocrisy of “the middle-class Left”. They were all “at bottom a sham”, because, for all their preaching against the exploitation of the Third World poor, their very lifestyle “demands that the robbery shall continue”. Nothing has changed.

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EU Farmers Rise against the Climate Cult

EU Farmers Rise against the Climate Cult

David Thunder David Thunder is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Navarra’s Institute for Culture and Society in Pamplona, Spain, and a recipient of the prestigious Ramón y Cajal research grant (2017-2021, extended through 2023), awarded by the Spanish government to support outstanding research activities. brownstone.org

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A Fatal Attraction: Moth vs Flame

A Fatal Attraction: Moth vs Flame

Owen Cumming Owen is a science communicator with a background in ecology and evolutionary biology. Owen enjoys surfing, hiking and convincing himself that his terrible woodworking has a “rustic” look. He firmly believes that quokkas’ smiles imply malicious intent. particle.scitech.org.au When people are irresistibly drawn to something,

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Europe’s Green Nightmare May Soon Be Over

Duggan Flanakin Duggan Flanakin is a Senior Policy Analyst with the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow. A former Senior Fellow with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, Mr. Flanakin authored definitive works on the creation of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and on environmental education in Texas. cfact.org Elections

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Building Consents and Immigration Don’t Add Up

Building Consents and Immigration Don’t Add Up

Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week. peterallanwilliams.substack.com What sort of housing shortage and what sort of country  are we looking towards if we marry up a couple

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Coercion of the Day

Coercion of the Day

Consumer NZ, Lawyers for Climate Action NZ and the Environmental Law Initiative have gone to the High Court to accuse Z Energy of greenwashing about its attempts to decarbonise. The energy company reports the second-highest emissions of any New Zealand company, but says it’s trying to diversify away from

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Photography Helping to Create Marine Environment Models

Photography Helping to Create Marine Environment Models

Professor James J Bell, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington; Alberto Rovellini, University of Washington; Matteo Collina, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, and Miriam Pierotti, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington Measuring the impact of different events, such as marine heatwaves, on the abundance of marine

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Male Pregnancy and Funny Courtship Wiggles

Male Pregnancy and Funny Courtship Wiggles

Sarah Flanagan University of Canterbury If you’ve ever watched a natural history programme on TV, you’ve probably seen animals performing a wide variety of behaviours to get the attention of the opposite sex. BBC Earth even released an interview with David Attenborough about some of nature’s most

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We Must Lead the Way

We Must Lead the Way

Baby boomers, of which I am one, have a lot to be thankful for. Looking at later generations, including the one immediately after (for which we must take some responsibility), are very different from ours. The generations prior to ours – involved in two world wars – were subjected to more horrors

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