New Anthropocene
Sustainability
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
China’s Coal Power and Australian Devotion to Obscurity
“Why should we do anything when China is building a new coal power station every week?” I had this one hurled at me just the other day over dinner. It is both misleading and irrelevant, but serves the point of misinforming. Moreover, the Climate Institute / GE Low-Carbon Competitive Index, released today shows that China … Continue reading
Building more dams will bring a bigger emissions headache
In mid February, a Coalition draft dams plan was leaked to the media. This plan suggested the potential for an additional 100 dams across Australia to help with water security and flood mitigation as well as provide hydro-power. While this plan does not officially form part of the Coalition’s environmental strategy, Tony Abbott has thrown his … Continue reading
Are Wetlands Worthless Because They Are Inedible?
I kept an eye out, but I didn’t find my favourite poster in reply to Murray Darling Basin Plan, but I did fine this gem. What an idiotic statement. Using this logic, we could effectively argue a great many things as pointless… I mean, one cannot eat their shoes, a household brick, a car, a … Continue reading
Future of Food: Water Woes
They even showed a rice crop, happily evaporating that water away…
Thoughts on Al Gore’s Recent Comments on Australian Carbon Pricing
As is so often the case, where the message cannot be tarnished by those whom would wish reality to be different, they instead turn on the messenger with bile and venom so that each one of them can maintain their delusion and sleep easier at night with their myth. In some corners, simply raising names … Continue reading
Extreme January heat
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology have a report release on the 7th of Jan, Extreme January heat – a title that is self explanatory. Some note worthy points; “Large parts of central and southern Australia are currently under the influence of a persistent and widespread heatwave event. This event is ongoing with further significant records likely to … Continue reading
Trimming the Green: How We Are Failing Sustainability
When I was looking into potential University degrees a decade ago, what sold it for me was the promise that the twenty-first century would be the green century; whole new fields of green jobs are just beyond the horizon, begging for graduates in the coming years. So far, my career has had little to do … Continue reading
As We Sit and Wait for Political Action on Climate Change
Many of us comment merited scepticism regarding the global political will to address our economic woes, immoral species loss and unmitigated climate change. All are symptoms of where progress over recent decades has led us. Arguably, it is a stale mate position that trickle feeds resources in growing exponential quantities as the given group becomes … Continue reading
