New Anthropocene
Environment
The Honest Truth of Australia: we need a different economy
The Aussie tradition is so strong that you can almost hear it sign, “We build this country… We built this country on sheep and coal!” [noting the need for Starship’s melody] However, what does this mean to us today? “Oh, do you remember…” Shoosh! We’ve moved on from raw primary producers regardless of the urgings … Continue reading
The Fluoridated Hydrangeas of Rockhampton
One of my replies to debunked anti-fluoridate arguments regards the weakness of anecdotal evidence. One of my readers pointed out that one of the reasons that the Rockhampton Regional council wishes to stop fluoridation is due to the fact that one of the councillors, an avid gardener, thinks that water fluoridation has had a negative … Continue reading
There’s consensus and then there’s consensus: Climate “Sceptics” Just Don’t Get It
Every single time researchers go to the otherwise wasted effort of reviewing the standing position of climate research in relation to anthropogenic climate change (for, in what other field of science do scientists undertake such analyses?), we hear the same backlash from the committed sceptics. In fact, looking at the dismissal charges of conservative columnists … Continue reading
Portland Votes for Dark Age Myth: An illustration of the potency of anti-science in the modern “enlightened” world
I’ve had a couple comments to update me on the results of the Portland debate over water fluoridation. The vote stood at no 69,303 (61%); yes 44,946 (39%) with the fluoridation proponents conceding. In reality, I don’t care too much. A society can decide what measures of healthcare they want or don’t want, provided the … Continue reading
Dead-Head Denialism: Challenging “Sceptics” of Climate Change to Fluoridation is Zombie Warfare
It has been a while since I’ve commented on much in the way of climate science and the denial movement. Although aware of the recent noise regarding the supposed “proof” of the unfounded “scare” regarding anthropogenic climate change, citing Otto et al (2013) or foaming bile in reply to the Cook et al (2013) study illustrating … Continue reading
Rinehart’s Bleeding Heart Over Her Poor Business Model
Gina Rinehart has produced a poor-hard-done-by video, which screams hypocrisy, hypobolic, guilt by association and “poising the well” arguments as much as stupidity. It is mind-boggling that she can whine about the tax placed on profiteering on common goods, but then to state that “without mining and mining related industries, this country has no hope of repaying … Continue reading
Being Wrong: How we deal with it makes all the difference.
I’ve talked a lot about similarities between the so-called “climate sceptics”, anti-vaccination activists and creationists in the past, and much of those similarities could also be shared with the anti-fluoridation camp as well, but there is one aspect of similarity between each of these four groups that I have yet to discuss. From my experience, … Continue reading
ABC Paying the Price for Disingenuous Articles: Giving Air to Anti-Wind Farm Ideologs
The ABC is one of the few local news sources I still pay close attention to. Over the past decade or so, I have systematically cut any interest in other news sources when I’ve found obvious bias and misinformation – largely in relation to ecology or climate change. As a blogger whom challenges misinformation, this … Continue reading
How Not to Argue in Favour of Environments: Water Fluoridation in Portland
It is disappointing to see that at least a subgroup of the well-known Sierra Club have fallen in with misinformation. Whilst doing a little research for my previous article on osteosarcoma rates in relation to water fluoridation in Australia, I stumbled upon the following article; Sierra Club Opposes Portland Water Fluoridation Measure 26-151, on the … Continue reading
