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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Ross Garnaut – the “gold” standard of environmentalism
Ross Garnaut is Australia’s economic champion who’s devising the Carbon Tax to help stop Global Warming. He, however, has personally made millions from gold mining that has flagrantly polluted Papua New Guinea. You have to admire the man for his … Continue reading
Posted in Pollution
Tagged Carbon Tax, Global Warming, globalisation, Lihir Gold mine, Papua New Guinea, Ross Garnaut
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The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant disaster – Japan’s very own inevitable “Chernobyl”?
The Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant (Fukushima Dai-ichi in Japanese), is a nuclear power plant located on the Pacific facing, east side of Japan. It was first commissioned in 1967, which means it is pretty old by nuclear power plant … Continue reading
Posted in Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
Tagged disaster, earthquake, Fukushima, Japan, nuclear power plant, tsunami
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If Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is not the main driver of global warming, what is? The well-documented, “Sun and Sea” Hypothesis may be a good place to start looking.
CO2 is the flavour of the month (err, last 20 years), but, in many ways, it’s hard to justify it as the dominate force driving our climate. We just don’t have substantial evidence supporting it. No, seriously, this is an … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Drivers
Tagged Climate Drivers, Climate Forcings, CO2, el nino, La Nina, ocean currents, Pacific Decadal Oscillation, sunspots
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The Effect of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and Sunspots on Earth’s surface temperature – Global Cooling predicted?
In this graph, we have both Sunspot Activity and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), a significant oceanic current, plotted against resultant global temperature. Is there a correlation and perhaps even causality? I compiled the source data from pro-Global Warming sources … Continue reading
Posted in Temperature Prediction
Tagged Global Cooling, Pacific Decadal Oscillation, PDO, sunspots, temperature
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Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) warned Queensland premier (Anna Bligh) of the wet summer to come. The Jan 2011 floods were avoidable?
Here’s my take on the recent flooding on the Eastern Sea Board of Australia – I looked at Queensland state, but the Victorian flooding story does have many parallels to it. This is especially in terms of bureaucratic restriction on … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane Floods
Tagged Anna Bligh, Bureau of Meteorology, Election, Floods, La Nina, Queensland
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