The Journal
Science
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Climate Sceptics Invited to UN Conference
Alas, not so. The fact that Jennifer filed this under ‘Humour’ and posted it on April 1st should have been a giveaway. The references to Irving Janis are entirely accurate, and that, along with references to…
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Bishop Backs Rudd on Bushfire Climate Lessons
I know George Browning slightly. He is a a personable and apparently intelligent man. He has also been pushing the global warming agenda pretty relentlessly for the last ten years. Understandably, since he is convenor of the ‘Anglican…
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World’s Largest Laser, Annoying Grammatical Error
Interesting news about the world’s largest laser becoming operational, and especially the hope that this will generate enough energy to achieve ‘fusion ignition.’ This could be an important step on the way to the use of…
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Cancer Doctor Not Fit to Practice
Gold Coast GP Michael Tait, 76, is accused of flouting Queensland Medical Board guidelines by administering the worthless anti-cancer drug Ukrain to almost 150 terminally ill cancer sufferers. I don’t know enough about this case to…
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Students Urged to Promote Climate Awareness
Well they would be, wouldn’t they, given that public education in Australia seems to be about developing the ‘right’ opinions rather learning to think. New Zealand isn’t much better. While there I heard a radio ad for…
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Cold Fusion Heats Up Again
The cost of energy is the major limiting factor in economic development. Cold fusion offers the possibility of vast amounts of cheap clean energy. The word ‘revolutionary’ is bandied around far too readily in reporting of…
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Up to 38,000 Civilisations in Our Galaxy
In a process described by University of Edinburgh researcher Duncan Forgan as ‘quantifying our ignorance,’ scientists have estimated that there are at least 361 ‘intelligent civilisations’ (are there unintelligent ones too?) in the Milky Way, and…
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Drought Fears – Walk Across The Murray
There’s always something to be scared about. But in the history of things to be scared about, this has to be at the very bottom of the list. The Murray is Australia’s largest and longest river.…
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Sixteen PS3s = Super-Computer
If I’m playing anything other than World of Warcraft on my PC, it’s usually Halo, Gears of War or some other Xbox 360 game. But the PS3 is a great console. Scientists have linked sixteen PS3s together to…
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Human Produced CO2 Causing Irreversible Ocean Damage
Oh puh-leese! ‘Researchers warn that ocean acidification, which they refer to as “the other CO2 problem”, could make most regions of the ocean inhospitable to coral reefs by 2050, if atmospheric CO2 levels continue to increase.’…
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Large Hadron Collider May Be Dangerous After All
It might have been better if they had worked this out before turning it on. It is off for repairs at the moment, and despite the scary headline, what the scientists are actually saying is that while any…
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Thank Goodness
For the common sense of ordinary people. Penny Wong, The Australian Federal Minister for Climate Change, says three hot days at her place prove global warming is real. And what’s more, no one is going to…
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What is Wrong With These People?
Yet another warning of the catastrophic consequences of global warming, based on no real world evidence at all. Despite the fact that Emperor Penguins are doing quite nicely, thank you, and there is no evidence of…
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Secret Whale Deal
Despite Peter Garrett’s angst, I think this is possibly a reasonable option, if only because it will stop some of the whining from local anti-whaling activists. However, stopping any taking of Minke Whales in Antarctic waters…
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Computer Games and the Real World
Ha ha. Computer Games: Global warming is really bad for frogs because nasty UV rays get into their evaporated waterholes and cause mutations. The Real World: Cold weather wipes out a whole generation of frogs. OK,…
