Friday Nightcap
The Institute of Public Affairs launch of Ian Plimer’s new book from Connor Court Publishing, ‘Not For Greens’, in Melbourne on Tuesday 22 July 2014.
World Climate change
They’re Not Even Pretending It’s Not a Scam Now
Next week’s climate beano at the UN is shaping up to be a bit of a fizzer. Rare as it is for the hangers-on and blood-suckers of Big Climate to turn down some free wine and cheese and business class flights, as we’ve already reported on The BFD,
Disposal Problem Number Three
As a public service, The BFD is highlighting some of the consequences of ‘clean’, ‘green’ energy. We have looked at EV batteries and wind turbine blades. Today let’s look at solar panels or photovoltaic panels (PV). In May 2018, Michael Shellenberger, a Time Magazine “Hero of the Environment” and
Disposal Problem Number Two
The BFD has canvased the EV battery disposal problem here: https://thebfd.co.nz/2019/09/troy-runs-the-jag-off-the-road/ Dr Woods wants us to build 4.5 windfarms per year. Very fortunately, this is another CoL target that is being comprehensively missed as no one wants to see New Zealand end up
Climate Change Alarmism Is Electoral Poison
If you were to believe the media and green alarmists (which are the same thing, really), you would be convinced that not only is an existential climate apocalypse looming, but that there is a worldwide mass movement demanding urgent and drastic action. Quite simply, neither is the least bit true.
Whatever Happened to Balanced Reporting?
Press Release: New Conservative Mainstream media, as the purveyors of truth and source of balanced information, took another backward step yesterday with the announcement by Stuff that most New Zealand organisations had joined 170 media outlets from around the world in the “Covering Climate Now” project. “The last bastion for
What an Intellectual Giant!
James Shaw took advantage of the economic havoc wreaked upon Saudi Arabia to tweet about the evils of oil. Oil is unreliable, erratic and volatile. We should not be relying on it for fuel. This is one of the many reasons why it is critical that we diversify our transport
Tuesday Nightcap
Is global warming real? Have any such predictions been established scientifically? Would massive “carbon” taxes and other controls put America and the world—especially the poor—at great risk? At this special event, geoscientist and astrophysicist Willie Soon separates fact from fiction in the global warming debate. He explains why
Meet the Thunbergs: The Economics of Ecology
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Ramp Up the Panic Now!
There is another climate jolly in the wings. All the movers and shakers need to urgently fly to New York for a talkfest at the UN Climate Action Summit. Also, there are the climate activists and school children who are going to bunk off school for a climate strike later
Professor Jordan Peterson on Climate Change & Climate Policy at the Cambridge Union
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A Digital Climate Strike. Really?
With fires raging in the Amazon, hurricanes ripping across the Atlantic, and typhoons flooding Japan, our planet and our climate are sending us a message: Yes and that message is that it is business as usual. Fires were happening every year in the Amazon long before the Climate Emergency became
It’s a Climate Emergency: Let’s Go Racing!
In the latest incarnation of mankind’s fascination with racing things, whether it be Jaffas down Baldwin Street in Dunedin or massive trucks around circuits, the woke climate warriors have got into the act. Extreme E – Formula E’s sister series – aims to highlight climate change in five remote locations
Breaking News on the Location of the Next War
The next major conflict will be held within 500km of the closest charging point and designated safe-space. Well, I presume that will be the case since the British Army has declared that they are going to switch to EVs to attract eco-friendly climate warriors as recruits. Calling on British industry
Thursday Nightcap
Don’t believe the hysteria over climate change. It’s more about expanding bureaucratic power than saving the planet. Bjorn Lomborg, Director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, breaks down the facts about the environment and shows why the reality of climate change may be very different from what you hear
Buzz Feed News Wants Me Silenced
I must be over the target. Fake news sources like Buzz Feed News are trying to have me silenced. If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz