Ever since you got a hybrid car you’ve gotten so smug that you love the smell of your own farts! South Park There may be a more smug class of people than EV drivers, but only on two wheels. As South Park satirised them, EV drivers are bourgeois hippies
In just three weeks, the Albanese government has been thoroughly mugged by political reality. The party who boasted of a vague “plan” to “fix it” are body-slammed with simultaneous energy and cost-of-living crises, including the biggest interest rate hike in 22 years — and suddenly, the “plan” is nowhere to be
John Maunder The ‘Maunder Minimum’ is the name given to the period from 1645 to 1715 when the number of sunspots – ‘storms’ on the sun – became almost zero. The period is named after the solar astronomer Edward Walter Maunder (1851-1928), who was working at The Royal Observatory at Greenwich when
Should we be surprised at anything that comes out of Democrat-run America, any more? Pizzas are a vegetable, women have penises… and bees are fish. Yes, you read that right: bees are now legally considered fish in California. Where else, but California? The head-scratching decision by the California Court of
Well, that was fast. Just two weeks in office and the wheels are already falling off the Albanese government. Suddenly, Albo is finding out government involves a lot harder work than just sniping at everything the other guy does, and when you keep telling people you have a plan to
David Wojick cfact.org David Wojick, Ph.D. is an independent analyst working at the intersection of science, technology and policy. Spring and summer are the time of growth, with blossoms everywhere we look. Leaves and fruit on the trees, grass in the yard and pastures, vegetables in the garden
Whenever I’ve tried to debate climate cultists on facts, rather than slogans, it’s astonishing how little they really know. Which is probably no accident. Because, if they stopped and did even a rudimentary beer-mat calculus, their treasured beliefs fall apart. Far easier to just keep shouting, really. One
John Maunder For further information on a range of weather and climate matters see my recent book Fifteen shades of climate… the fall of the weather dice and the butterfly effect. Available from Amazon. The following is an update on the subject from pages 171 to 173 and 180 to
Recently, the Greater Wellington Regional Council asked the Environment Court for enforcement to protect wetlands in Whiteman’s Valley. But the court found the wetlands didn’t exist. Now the council has to foot the defence bill of $482,000-plus. During the two-week trial, the council filed nearly 3,000
Kelvin Kemm cfact.org Dr Kelvin Kemm is a nuclear physicist and CEO of Nuclear Africa (Pty) Ltd, a project management company based in Pretoria, South Africa. He is the recipient of the prestigious Lifetime Achievers Award of the National Science and Technology Forum of South Africa. He does international
“Clean energy” is a myth. “Emissions free” is a lie. The entire push for “renewables” is a whopper of such staggering proportions that it’s astonishing that anyone is actually taken in by it. The only reason so many people buy the lie is because they are constantly assaulted with
As I recently wrote, Sri Lanka is facing economic collapse and even famine, solely as a consequence of its government’s decision to mandate organic farming across the country. Consider it a cautionary tale and get ready to tighten your belts: the same may yet happen here. The world is
Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand Inc. www.sportingshooters.nz By proposing regulations that make it harder for shooting clubs and ranges to operate, along with imposing restrictions on how novices can enter the sport, police are attacking New Zealand conservation ideals and heritage. It has been estimated that recreational
Much of the Coalition’s campaign effort in the 2022 election has been diverted to fighting off, not just Labor and the Greens, but the “teal independents”. These are a handful of very rich, almost entirely female, climate botherers in what are normally deep-blue conservative seats. They are threatening to
Elizabeth Elliot Noe Lincoln University, New Zealand Andrew D. Barnes Bruce Clarkson University of Waikato John Innes Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research Elizabeth Elliot Noe’s research area is biodiversity conservation in human-dominated landscapes, with an interest in the management and governance of social-ecological systems. Andrew D. Barnes is a community
