Australia’s goldfish-brained journalists and politicians act predictably and stupidly, every summer. It’s Australia: it gets hot, there are bushfires. Every decade or so, there are mega-fires. And, every time, the memory-challenged idiots in newsrooms and electoral offices act with the same, predictable faux-horror and opportunistic “outrage”. All sides
I spent a lot of my childhood camping and hiking around the Otway ranges in the Australian state of Victoria’s south-west. This was one of the main regions devastated by the horrifying Ash Wednesday fires. I well recall the dense pile-up of fuel loads in the years before. The
Dear Editor I expect that may of the BFD’s readers will be aware of the Maunga authority’s move to fell the “exotic” trees from Mt Albert/Owairaka, but they may not be aware that there are plans to apply the same policy to all of the maunga under
One of my farming friends used to say, “Never criticise farming while you’ve got a full belly”. While a bit long on self-righteousness (the same farmer also freely acknowledges that many farmers are prone to whinging and demanding handouts), there is a rock-solid foundation of truth: without agriculture, you
Viv Forbes Viv Forbes has science and financial qualifications and long experience in mining, farming, geological history, weather cycles, business and politics in Australia. He has no vested interests in any energy industries except as a consumer. Alarmist Over-reach For over 15 years the global warmists have become progressively more
Viv Forbes Viv Forbes has science and financial qualifications and long experience in mining, farming, geological history, weather cycles, business and politics in Australia. He has no vested interests in any energy industries except as a consumer. In the era before coal, oil and electricity, the environment suffered greatly. Whales
An estimated one million people took to Chile streets protesting about who knows what, much like France’s yellow vests and Hong Kong’s student uprisings, ongoing displays of dissatisfaction. Around the world, instigators and leaders of social change are invisible, freely muddying the waters with their anonymity and hidden
As we have alluded to several times recently at The BFD, there are markedly different approaches to environmental issues which seem notably dependent on one’s political philosophy. For instance, the Klimate Kult is fixated on narcissistic public protest almost entirely dissociated from empirical reality, while offering no solutions other
The most striking thing about the whole climate alarmism cult is just how thoroughly bourgeois it all is. Extinction Rebellion are a bunch of Etonian toffs playing dress-ups and inconveniencing working-class people. The “schools strikes” are awash with private school blazers. “Climate summits” are religious holidays for celebrities, a mix
It’s notable that geologists and meteorologists tend to be rather more openly skeptical of climate alarmism than many of their colleagues. Meteorologists are used to being held to account for their predictions, while geologists are used to evaluating the Earth’s environments in deep time. Geologists tend to take
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How many times have you seen a statement to the effect: Plastic is designed to last forever, but is only used for a minute. Zerowasteguy – (no link as I don’t want him to feel important) Fortunately, there are still some scientists out there doing actual real science, and a
Well not sure quite how I missed it but apparently an entire year has gone by since the Whaleoil Raceteam ventured out in the mighty Mustang for a week of doing skids down here on the Big Island. But time has definitely passed us by and here we are again,
