Comments on: Re(a)warded

By: danny

danny — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:31:39 +0000

“Steve did a Bachelor of Engineering degree at RMIT University which he completed in 1983. He then started work at Hewlett Packard (&) later moved into management and executive roles with NEC and Siemens”…
Someone is gonna have to appeal to his inner gyro gearloose, put the problem in mechanistic terms, get him to understand the greenhouse effect as the workings of an engine, so he’s not beguiled by fancy and fanciful graphs.
Then he can move on to the fantasy of CO2 sequestration, where we are supposed to believe (processed gaseous) CO2 molecules can be made to sustainably fit into the holes the (dense solid) C came from.
Like what, they are going to invent a way to economically turn the product tri-atom CO2 molecules, (necessarily of larger molecular radius than the subterranean mono-atom C), into a super-dense solid? The Fielding Trans-Cranial Sequestration process: C02 gas goes in one of his ears, and comes out super-dense from the other?

By: dk.au

dk.au — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:17:20 +0000

Experimenter's regress looms large.

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:59:38 +0000

Who did Fielding talk to on Obama’s staff?

Senator Fielding emailed graphs that claim the globe had not warmed for a decade to Joseph Aldy, US President Barack Obama’s special assistant on energy and the environment, after a meeting on Thursday.

Speaking from Washington, Senator Fielding said that asking the White House to explain why it is convinced global warming is linked to greenhouse emissions was part of “picking up the fight for the underdog”.

He earlier attended a climate sceptics’ conference run by free-market think tank the Heartland Institute — part of a trip to “hear both sides”.

Senator Fielding said he found that Dr Aldy and other Obama Administration officials were not interested in discussing the legitimacy of climate science.

The talks focused on the Democrats’ Waxman-Markey climate bill, expected to go before Congress in August.

“Generally, they are not keen in engaging too much in the other view (on the science),” Senator Fielding said.

He said Dr Aldy had agreed to answer his email.

I’m imagining the conversation that occurred after Fielding left the meeting.

By: Mercurius

Mercurius — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:35:37 +0000

It’s pretty clear that the Fielding First party will continue to push its pro-Fielding platform at the next election.

As for families…

By: Lefty E

Lefty E — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:01:46 +0000

Cheap piss 4 kidz! Solar flares are TEH HAWT!

Fielding’s a shoo-in for next election with this hi-voltage yoof tilt.

By: dk.au

dk.au — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:01:37 +0000

Meanwhile, anonymous mega-donations and cheap grog supporter Steve Fielding casts his rationalist eye over the climate science at the Opposition Organ. Clap clap for sourcing such fine commentary, Oz team.

By: Peter Wood

Peter Wood — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:16:15 +0000

On Wednesday, Australia, Canada, and Japan won the Second Prize in the Fossil of the Day competition for "resisting a discussion on the scale of emission reductions in Tuesday’s contact group on scale of emission reductions."

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:26:32 +0000

I mean honestly, piss off green influenced voters and the Nationals in one fell swoop. GENIUS. They’re obviously sick of the hard work involved in being the government and want a rest on the other benches. I, for one, am now going to oblige that wish.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:07:18 +0000

Speaking of the environment, idiotic interstate bullshit results in no further transfers of water rights to the environment:

http://www.dwe.nsw.gov.au/water_trade/trade_embargo_faq.shtml

These NSW government f**kers sure know how to ruin my Friday morning. Why does it not surprise me that this vengeful petty bullshit was signed by a minister with surname “Costa”. I was thinking that Fatty O’Barrel’s lot yet again wouldn’t be any better, but farmers are MIGHTILY pissed so I dare the Nats will inadvertently do the right thing by the environment.

By: Bernice

Bernice — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:39:36 +0000

For all of those doomsayers reckoning upon the death of newspapers, let this stand as evidence that quality journalism still walks amongst us. And none more proud than The Australian.

By: liela

liela — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:30:22 +0000

Here’s the puzzle as far as I am concerned. At what point did The Australian turn from being a promotor of big moves to combat climate change to their present oppositional stance. They did a more or less eventual pass through posing as a believer to a sceptic over a period of time. What changed? Perhaps the award given to Chris Mitchell is an indicator of the high stakes in this game. Guy Pearce’s book High & Dry gives an expose of the machinations of the various lobbies, but doesn’t Rupert give any thought to the world of his children. I’m at the stage of thinking “a pox on all your houses”. I have no descendents so why should I care so much about the world in which anyone else’s children and grandchildren will live. No skin off my nose, except…….

By: Roger Jones

Roger Jones — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:48:09 +0000

Made my day. We are going to need some irony offsets soon

By: Stephen L

Stephen L — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:15:02 +0000

Tom Lehrer is said to have announced his retirement on Henry Kissinger getting the Nobel Peace Prize on the basis that “satire is dead”. It wasn’t true then, but one has to wonder now…

By: adrian

adrian — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:08:50 +0000

Or alternatively, the inaugural Mark Scott BBBBalance Award For Fearless Impartiality In The Face of Socialist Thoughtcrime.

By: joe2

joe2 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:57:39 +0000

Rumour has it that Rupert, for Newscorp, is to be awarded the inaugural Tim Johnston Firepower Award, co-sponsored by The Federal Liberal Party, for fearless and unbiased political coverage.

By: Eat The Rich

Eat The Rich — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:57:43 +0000

That’s Gold!

By: dj

dj — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:15:54 +0000

Makes you proud Peter, doesn’t it?

By: Peter Wood

Peter Wood — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:03:22 +0000

Not only did The Australian win an award today, but so did Australia. Australia won the Fossil of the Day award at the UNFCCC negotiations in Bonn. In order to achieve this award, we won the most votes from over 450 NGOs.

Australia was awarded First Place, for announcing its target which puts unreasonable conditions on other countries. Australia will adopt an inadequate 24% target by 2020 with the following and particularly obnoxious provisos that include, all countries (including developing countries) contribute finance and that developing countries slow growth, take a 20% (against BAU) reduction by 2020 and nominate a peaking year for their emissions. It is worth noting that Australia’s emissions have yet to peak and they are yet to commit any additional money to adaptation.

We even beat Canada!

By: Nickws

Nickws — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:32:06 +0000

Put a liar in your tank.

By: adrian

adrian — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:48:30 +0000

No money, just the glory.