Submitted by climaterealists on Thu, 09/12/2010 - 16:18
Statement by Viv Forbes, Chairman, The Carbon Sense Coalition
The Carbon Sense Coalition today accused western politicians of creating a food crisis with foolish food policies.
The Chairman of “Carbon Sense”, Mr Viv Forbes, said that climate alarmism and green extremism was being used to destroy farming and deny land to food production.
“It is no surprise that the world is facing a looming shortage of food and edible oils.
“Every market has two sides – demand and supply.
“On the demand side, increasing population and prosperity, especially in China, Brazil and India, must boost the demand for food.
Submitted by climaterealists on Thu, 09/12/2010 - 16:07
This global-warming/climate-change stuff is a great racket.
Submitted by climaterealists on Sat, 27/11/2010 - 14:45
The ETS has been in force for several months now and already it has shut down several businesses, because of the increased cost of energy. Most appear to have been food producers. Many others are struggling, because of the cost increases and the effects of the recession. Consumers have less buying power, because of the increased cost of basic needs, the ETS has forced upon them. What purpose does it achieve, except to increase the profit margins of energy suppliers? There is no effect on the climate nor will there ever be. It will make no difference to climate change as any increase in CO2 does not cause a corresponding increase in temperatures, as is shown buy the current cooling trend. Over the last 10 years 20 parts per million of CO2 have been added, but the temperature is falling.
The next phase is now under way with the removal of property rights from those who own forestry, especially pre 1990. At least those who own post 1990 forestry have the choice to tie their land up in trees and saddle it with a liability far in excess of the land value. In other words the land becomes worthless and no one will ever want to buy it.
Submitted by climaterealists on Sat, 27/11/2010 - 14:10
Republican mid-term election joy deals financial uncertainty among green investors as the Chicago Climate Exchange announces the end of U.S. carbon trading.
Submitted by climaterealists on Tue, 09/11/2010 - 15:39
With the United States becoming the latest country to abandon emissions trading, Federated Farmers is asking the Government to focus on the efforts of other countries, in the terms of reference for the 2011 review of climate change policies.
"Given the Obama Administration has abandoned plans for a 'cap and trade' system akin to our Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), ours being the most severe in the world, do we really wish to be in a club of one?" asks Don Nicolson, Federated Farmers President.
"We've had plenty of commitments from the Government that agriculture will not be in the ETS, if our trading partners don't follow suit. With President Obama's decision today, when will our legislation be amended to give that commitment effect?
"The thing is that there seems to be a bureaucratic reality and a trading reality. In the bureaucratic world, our ETS 'adds immeasurable value to all exports', but in the trading world, into which our exporters sell, we're told it doesn't.
Submitted by climaterealists on Mon, 08/11/2010 - 21:17
Recently a series of three hour meetings entitled “Train the Trainer” was held around the country. They were funded by MAF and led by DairyNZ, with Beef and Lamb providing a senior staff member to assist with the presentation. The purpose of the meetings was to provide farm consultants and rural professionals with information on climate change issues and the ETS so they can in turn advise their clients on mitigation and adaptation options.
The presentation is based around a grossly inaccurate representation of the carbon cycle. A series of four slides shows how an initial 20 tonnes of carbon, in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, flows through plants, plant litter, animals and animal products and back to the atmosphere as 20 tonnes of carbon. The cycle stops with 19.84 tonnes carbon in carbon dioxide, and 160 kg of carbon in methane. It fails to show the last step. In that step the 160 kg of carbon in the methane reverts to 160 kg of carbon in carbon dioxide, thus giving 20 tonnes of carbon, all in carbon dioxide which is exactly what we started with. Sure, it takes time. According to a reply to a written question to Climate Change Issues Minister, Dr. Nick Smith, the half life of methane is seven years. This means that after 21 years only one eighth of the methane our livestock produce this year will be left in the atmosphere. A constant number of livestock will produce a constant quantity of methane each year, and a constant amount of methane will break down each year. The two amounts will be equal. This means there is absolutely no global warming as a result of animal emissions.
Submitted by climaterealists on Mon, 08/11/2010 - 21:10
President Obama’s decision to abandon his planned Emissions Trading Scheme is further proof that New Zealand is now completely isolated from its major trading partners; the National Government’s ETS chickens are predictably coming home to roost – to the detriment of all New Zealanders, ACT Deputy Leader and Climate Change Spokesman John Boscawen said today.
“National originally claimed that New Zealand would be a fast follower on climate change: we would wait to see what our major trading partners – the US, China, Japan and Australia – would do before we implemented an ETS,” Mr Boscawen said.
“But, like Helen Clark before him, Climate Change Minister Dr Nick Smith became blinded by the desire to be a world-beater; to make New Zealand the first country to implement a comprehensive ETS – no matter the cost to the nation.
Submitted by climaterealists on Tue, 02/11/2010 - 14:51
Hot Topic, in a post endearingly headed “I’ve been wrong before“, berates the CCG for reporting a criticism of the Royal Society. Chemist Dr Klaus L. E. Kaiser published evidence of miscalculations by the RS which was supported by Swedish Professor of Applied Mathematics, Claes Johnson.
But unfortunately the confidence shown by Gareth Renowden in rebutting this criticism of the Royal Society does not extend to admitting the extent of uncertainty about the carbon dioxide cycle. To listen to Gareth, you’d think the science was settled, but in fact there are substantial unknowns.
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