This thread started on a theme of Irony. Predictably this has been missed by the warmertariat who continue to proclaim their faith.

Looking at this from other perspectives. I nominate Policy, Commission of Audit and the March of Folly.

The policy of the government is to abolish the CO2 tax, the RET, dismantle a swag of related CAGW government departments, the Climate Commission and the Renewable Energy Funding mechanism.

Then we have the C of A and the Productivity Commission, the purpose of which is to review all government expenditure and to determine the “value” of such expenditure through the PC.

Having dismantled the CAGW policy initiatives the promise of Direct Action will also have to be reviewed, my guess is that the PC will find it to be less than valuable and it is likely to be still born.

Also in the “value” proposition will be the view that if, having dismantled all things CAGW, what is the value in continuing research funding for something for which we have no policy to utilize?

Public funding is directed through the ARC (Australian Research Council). The CSIRO, University and direct industry research funding along with a huge range of activist NGO funding/grants will dry up because they no longer support any government policy.

Many Australian Universities will be decimated. Just check how many Universities have based their core business on CAGW to suck up research and curriculum funding focused on this subject. The University of NSW home page is a great example, it is shot through with Climate Change, Global Warming and IPCC alarmism.

Academia is staring down both barrels of the destruction of their marketing model. Likewise, any hope of industry funding for their CAGW research is gone.

So to the March of Folly, the pursuit of that which is contrary to self interest? With a government determined to remove the policy legislation, the infrastructure and the funding model for CAGW, what better time to have Turney provide the government with all they need to withdraw such waste of public funding?

Pure folly, on’ya Turney. You done good.

I think it is poetic justice that this little jaunt has probable sealed the fate of global warming research funding, or at least diminished the amount, long term, the Oz universities are able to fiddle out of taxpayers.

It was obviously set up to be a big flip for a fading discipline. A huge degree of warming was going to be found, & widely promoted by the news [Con] men on board from such citadels of truth as our ABC & their BBC.

I also find it a delicious irony that the Yanks much hated by academia & the greenies, are going to have to haul our bacon, along with the Russian & Chinese bacon out of the fire, well the ice in this case.

I most certainly hope this twit Turney, & any other organizers involved get all the credit they deserve for the fiasco. It should look great on their resume.

If only we still had Gilbert and Sullivan to write a Pirates of Antarctica comic opera about the whole episode. Hell they should be able to make a 3 or even 4 act opera from this farce, rather than just a 2 act thing.

Oh dear..the usual suspects...

planet3

When you have records that have been broken or never seen before, this is called change:) just don’t put the climate in, that will just confuse you:)

P/S England seems to be unaffected, silly me:)

Planet

PLANET3 just to help you a little with some reality.

I am all for spending a little on studying climate change, particularly when looks at with an open mind.

All this bull dust about CO2 causing global warming is the bit I won't take, at least not until you can produce some evidence to back up the theory.

That is your failure, & after so many billions spent, to have nothing, is disgusting.

Spindoc says;

"Congratulations Turney and thank you so much the “Larfs” (sic)

One could say this to spindoc; you would be considered a joke if you were not so stupid.

http://www.nature.com/news/this-was-no-antarctic-pleasure-cruise-1.14466