Jennifer Marohasy » Convoy of no confidence: what I will say

We live in a land of drought or flooding rains. Our climate is not benign and never will be – not even if this government introduces a carbon tax.

Without infrastructure and industry the Australian climate will starve you, or wash you away. It is dangerous to take all we currently have for granted.

Fashion is the lowest form of ideology and fashion can’t feed a nation.

Walter Russell Mead: Feeding The Masses On Unicorn Ribs

Besides healing the planet and returning the rising seas to their natural beds, then-Senator Obama promised that his administration would create beautiful green jobs: well paid, stable, abundant jobs, unionized, with full benefits and making the earth healthier and the American people richer. As President, he stayed on message: even after the truther-enabling “green jobs czar” Van Jones left the administration, green jobs have been one of the President’s signature policies for putting the American people back to work.

Obama promised to create 5 million green jobs within ten years. Investors’ Business Daily has a list of that plan’s successes so far

More greenie “good intentions” crash & burn | JunkScience Sidebar

Gosh, who saw this coming? People denied those giveaway ultralight plastic grocery sacks at the market actually buy much heavier (and more durable) sacks to throw away. Grocery sacks frequently see service in multiple roles before ending life as garbage receptacles but bin liners are generally single use despite their heavier construction and greater durability. The greenies and zealots were warned of this inevitable outcome of course but managed to convince enough gullible politicians anyway.

US Temperatures Dropping At A Rate Of Almost 10 Degrees Per Century Since 1998 | Real Science