By Viv Forbes

Four energy sources power most of our world – oil, coal, uranium and gas. These are the earth energy sources that provide heat, light, transportation and power for most homes, factories, farms, vehicles, engines and appliances (for Australia and New Zealand, cross out uranium).

Australia has large buried resources of all of these fuels, and we lead the world in exploration, drilling and extraction technology.

So what could go wrong?

In just three words – stupid energy policies. Big Nanny must intervene in these markets with ever changing rules on tenure, investment policies, development conditions, restricted and no-go areas, market mandates, export embargos and discriminatory taxes and subsidies.

Complete article: http://carbon-sense.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/gas-wastrels.pdf [PDF, 111KB]

Norm Kalmanovitch
17 November 2009

The entire basis for the concept of global warming being caused by CO2 emissions is both predicated and dependent on the answer to a simple question:

“How much of the thermal radiation energy from the Earth in the band centred on the 14.77micron wavelength that is resonant with the vibrational mode of CO2 has already been affected by the current atmospheric CO2 concentration and how much energy remains to be affected?”

This question was never addressed by Svante Arrhenius in his seminal 1896 paper because that paper predates quantum physics and he was not aware that the process by which thermal energy is affected by CO2 is limited to a single vibrational mode with a resonant wavelength of 14.77microns.

Complete article: http://carbon-sense.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/kalmanovitch-co2.pdf [PDF, 82 KB]

James Marusek

Natural Climate Change continues despite Al Gore and the IPCC. The sun exhibits great variability in the strength of each solar cycle. This variability ranges from extremely quiet “Grand Minima” such as the Maunder Minimum, to very active “Grand Maxima” such as the enhanced activity observed during most of the 20th century.

But the solar Grand Maxima that has persisted during most of the 20th century has come to an abrupt end.

Solar Grand Minima events correspond to periods of dramatic natural global cooling. The Maunder Minimum (about 1645-1715 A.D.) and Spörer Minimum (about 1420-1570 A.D.) are two examples of recent “Grand Minima” events and each period has been referred to as an element of the Little Ice Age.

Complete article: http://carbon-sense.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/marusek-solar-transition.pdf [PDF, 32 KB]

While the Rudd climate regiment is stuck in Copenhagen, achieving not much, they should look beyond their posh hotel for some lessons in energy generation.

Read on: http://carbon-sense.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/lessons-from-europe.pdf [PDF, 158 KB]

The Carbon Sense Coalition today called on the Australian Parliament to repudiate the Copenhagen giveaways promised by PM Rudd to the failed states of Africa and the welfare beggars of the islands.

The Chairman of “Carbon Sense”, Mr Viv Forbes, said that the three Climate Crusaders, Obama, Brown and Rudd, had been comprehensively conned in Copenhagen by African mendicants and fakers from the islands.

“They have agreed to hand over mega-bucks of our money (anywhere from $5 billion to $100 billion) as compensation for alleged damage caused by our production of carbon dioxide – the Africans citing climate damage and the islanders claiming rising sea levels. “Even a cursory examination of the facts would prove that both of these claims are fraudulent.

Complete news release: http://carbon-sense.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/conned-in-copenhagen.pdf [PDF, 153 KB]

The genuine environment and conservation movement is one of the most important social movements on Earth. Yet, its credibility is endangered by confused and fearful politicians, alarmist activists, sensationalist media and prominent extremists with financial conflicts of interest.

Today we hear constant messages about the changing climate and the dire consequences that may have for our beautiful planet. Hearing loud, contradictory accusations and predictions of planetary doom you may feel confused about what and who to believe. Supposed experts disagree on both what is happening to our planet and the causes of what is happening. Yet we’re told there is universal agreement global warming was caused by humans…

It’s clear our climate, including temperatures, continually varies. Examination of this ongoing variation becomes alarm when doom is predicted from the presence of humans on Earth. Many people feel powerless and immobilised which only deepens their mix of confusion, desperation, apathy and panic…

You may think global warming needs to be treated as seriously as pollution yet they’re actually different issues and we should be even more concerned about the core issue – climate alarm. That’s because throughout human history actions driven by fear produced solutions far worse than the initial perceived problem.

Excerpts from “Thriving with Nature and Humanity”, by Malcolm Roberts.

Read the complete document here: http://carbon-sense.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/nature-and-humanity.pdf [PDF, 1.7 MB, 57 pages]

Firstly, Climate Realists have won a big and symbolic victory in Canberra with the rejection by the Australian Senate of the Turnbull/Rudd Ration-N-Tax Scheme.

Who won this victory? Victory has many parents, while defeat is an orphan. Many people helped. Malcolm Turnbull helped by advertising his dedication to philosophies and principles not supported by Liberal members and voters. Dedicated and principled politicians like Steve Fielding, Barnaby Joyce, Dennis Jensen, Cory Bernardi, Nick Minchin and many others turned the tide in parliament. Kevin Andrews and Tony Abbott recognised that decisive action was needed to save the Liberal Party. Seeds sown over years by “Carbon Sense”, the Climate Sceptics, most of the minor political parties and many others suddenly sprouted. Then the Climategate excrement hit the fan and suddenly the media discovered that the “Global Warming Consensus” was dead. The internet ran so hot that even the government media was forced to notice.

Dramatically, the Liberal Party split, Turnbull was deposed and the Ration-N-Tax Scheme was rejected.

However, this is just one battle in a continuing war. Rudd will reintroduce the Rudd/Turnbull bill in January and the Ruddites and Turnbullites will support it. There is still a grave danger that enough watermelon liberal senators will defect to see it passed. A major effort is required by us in January.

Full article: http://carbon-sense.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/green-new-world.pdf [PDF, 109KB]

Look at these two quotes:

Kevin Rudd at the Lowy Institute on November 6:

“The overwhelming need for Australia to tackle the great challenge of our generation is being frustrated by the do-nothing climate change sceptics. My message to the climate change sceptics, to the big betters and the big risk-takers, is this: You are betting our children’s future and the future of our grandchildren.”

Malcolm Turnbull on ABC radio’s AM, 27 Nov 09:

“This is not a game. We are talking about the future of our children and their children, we’re talking about the future of our planet. The vast majority of Australians want to see action on climate change. The issue boils down in the mind of the Australian people, which party can we trust to take effective action on climate change?”

Turnbull has already used trickery to frustrate the majority in the party room who wanted to at least delay the Ration-N-Tax Scheme.

Now Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull have devised a another tricky plan to get the CPRS Bill through the Senate on Monday 30th November, the day before the Liberal party meeting he has called for Tuesday, where he is expected to be blasted out of office.

The plan is to move the guillotine in the Senate on Monday where the ALP’s 32 senators will be supported by Turnbullite Liberal senators in sufficient numbers to pass the guillotine. Once that has been done the CPRS Bill will be immediately put to the vote, and the same coalition of ALP and Turnbullite senators will pass the Bill.

This is indeed a cunning plan and demonstrates the length of trickery to which Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull are prepared to go together to impose this monstrous regime of command and control on Australia.

Read the full document: http://carbon-sense.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/temperature-trickery.pdf [PDF, 91KB]

Malcolm Roberts examines the “science” promoted by the UN IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). He comes to these conclusions:

• It is clear that IPCC reports are not scientifically prepared and contradict science.
• The IPCC ignores natural causes of global warming.
• Very few scientists support the IPCC’s core claim and a huge number world-wide oppose the IPCC’s core claim.
• There is no evidence human production of CO2 caused global warming.
• Many IPCC claims are unscientific.
• Many claims of the IPCC are false.
• The lack of an effective peer review process and the unjustified dismissal of well-founded comments demonstrates that IPCC reports were written to a predetermined aim to ensure a predetermined outcome.
• The science is indeed settled – CO2 is NOT causing global warming!

The full document is here:http://carbon-sense.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ipcc-scrutinised.pdf [PDF, 130KB]

Malcolm Turnbull met coal mining chiefs recently. He said later that the miners begged him to negotiate a compromise deal. They want the Liberals to lobby for exemptions from Penny Wong’s Ration-N-Tax Scheme.

The big miners supported the scheme in the belief that exporters would be exempt, and they would get government funds for fantasies like carbon capture and burial. Now they find that the dog they unleashed is menacing them.

Other Liberal leaders have said that big business wants the “certainty” of the Ration-NTax Scheme. There can be no certainty on the amount of damage any Ration-N-Tax Scheme will bring. The only way to get a “certain” outcome is to reject this bill entirely.

Surely no one except Mr Turnbull wants a Clayton’s version of the Ration-N-Tax Scheme, with a huge bureaucracy administering nothing useful to anyone – it must be thrown out.

PDF version in full:http://carbon-sense.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/puppets-and-pay-offs.pdf [PDF, 122KB]