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» 19/05/2018 5:26:42 AM International competition for Lithium and rising cost to battery manufacturers may be a sh.....
» 20/11/2015 7:19:50 AM The author rightly cautions against houses going off-grid without undertaking an assessmen.....
» 4/10/2015 3:23:49 PM Max – A valiant effort on your part but totally wasted on those who are irrevocably commit.....
» 4/10/2015 2:08:38 PM Well, it's an interesting proposition - without much supporting evidence, other than China.....
» 2/10/2015 6:42:25 PM Hi Jazz It seems that graphene mixed with vanadium oxide can be used to make super cathod.....
» 2/10/2015 4:40:05 PM Hi Bazz In your post of 28 Sep you raise the question of heat generated by rapid battery .....
» 26/09/2015 4:58:57 AM Not sure I agree with your claim that nothing new has been invented over the last 45 years.....
» 15/09/2015 3:23:09 PM Hi Loudmouth Lomborg approach is that he thinks CO2’s promotional effects on plant life j.....
» 15/09/2015 11:00:14 AM Hi Loudmouth No, I do not agree with Lomborg who thinks CO2 is good for plants and us and.....
» 15/09/2015 9:16:31 AM Hi Bazz Well, yes and no. The latest Tesla gets its range due to improved increase in the.....
» 14/09/2015 3:17:04 PM Continued ... Electric cars able to travel up to 500 km on a single charge are already av.....
» 14/09/2015 3:16:02 PM Technology is making some remarkable advances. These are already helping us to reduce our .....
» 14/09/2015 10:05:14 AM Hi Loudmouth Yes, the largest areas of land based ice are located at or near the Poles. T.....
» 13/09/2015 2:02:45 PM Continued … Until recently the EAIS was thought to be in balance, that is gaining as much.....
» 13/09/2015 2:01:06 PM Hi Loudmouth. You are smart enough to ask relevant questions, so I don’t think you are ign.....
» 13/09/2015 6:35:54 AM Hasbeen – what you are talking about is polar sea ice and what I am talking about (as I ha.....
» 12/09/2015 4:24:26 PM Thank you Loudmouth. Quite right. I am aware of these factors and others such as isostatic.....
» 12/09/2015 12:35:36 PM Thank you Lego – but I think we are talking about different things. The article postulates.....
» 12/09/2015 5:09:48 AM Mr Jardine, Thank you for your views but I comment on article content not distractions or .....
» 11/09/2015 4:21:02 PM Loudmouth – A bit off-topic. However, Average Global Sea Level is rising according to meas.....
» 11/09/2015 12:48:49 PM Loudmouth - you are quite right. There are fish in the sea but that is no consolation to t.....
» 11/09/2015 12:10:28 PM Mr Jardine, it does not appear that you have understood or even read the Paper cited in th.....
» 15/05/2015 3:12:04 PM The article states that … ‘The University of Western Australia appointed Bjorn Lomborg to .....
» 1/05/2015 3:06:37 PM I thought universities were a bit more than exporters of education. Even if that is how th.....
» 14/04/2015 10:15:56 AM Bernie – your crystal ball might be faulty. I would not call Vanuatu or Solomon Islands we.....
» 10/04/2015 11:14:44 AM Wattle - yes and no. You seem to be saying that the way things are at present, our best be.....
» 10/04/2015 10:34:54 AM Taswegian – Thanks for your comment Not really a contradiction. The problem for sharehold.....
» 12/03/2015 8:47:06 AM Two principles which are usually true are: (1) commercial activity is more cost effectivel.....
» 1/09/2014 11:46:18 AM Judith Curry is one of the few climate scientists who has earned a well deserved reputatio.....
» 31/07/2014 10:33:41 AM The problem for Truss is not that great. He simply has to assure delegates that Australia’.....
» 6/06/2014 11:48:05 AM Mr Harris presents us with the view that concern over carbon emissions are confusing and u.....
» 9/05/2014 7:31:56 AM cohenite says --- "one thing is certain that climate change is not AGW" Quite ri.....
» 9/05/2014 7:26:18 AM First, there is what Bob Carter says --- then there is what science says. http://skeptical.....
» 7/05/2014 9:25:24 AM Each year missions from land and vegetation (444bn tonnes) are more than off-set by the le.....
» 4/05/2014 1:18:47 PM Ant, you are quite right. Population sensitivity to climate change is an area which is no.....
» 26/04/2014 9:20:48 AM Hi Ant – Thanks for your post. Saves me the job of pointing out how fraudulent Salby is. .....
» 25/04/2014 12:53:20 PM Aussieboy – Good try but no matter how many facts you put before them, you can never get d.....
» 24/04/2014 9:54:45 AM When submitting this article for publication, I suggested that … “it will probably “stimul.....
» 13/08/2013 11:17:33 AM Lyn – The problem is that it’s early days yet. You and the pollies will have to wait until.....
» 17/07/2013 8:41:00 AM An interesting but over-simplistic article which ignores two salient facts: 1. The acceler.....
» 8/07/2013 2:43:45 PM Foyle … You make a very good point re: the Snowy – though it might be argued that its enti.....
» 8/07/2013 11:29:57 AM Taswegian – You comment … “As of now” but what the article suggests is that over the next .....
» 8/07/2013 10:51:01 AM Ludwig – Quite right, but surely grid expansion to serve Greenfield development is really .....
» 12/02/2013 11:19:27 AM Surprisingly, Mr Keys does not mention inappropriate policies and their contribution to ex.....
» 11/01/2013 10:58:15 AM The point Cheryl is that we do not need to replace the value of coal exports instantly but.....
» 7/12/2012 10:33:00 AM Solar and wind generated electricity can and do contribute to reducing use of fossil fuels.....
» 17/08/2012 10:26:18 AM A characteristic of gas mining is that it entails drilling of many wells. Each well drille.....
» 2/08/2012 10:28:42 AM On the sudden death of Mathias Toliman, it fell to Michael Somare to lead PNG to independe.....
» 4/01/2012 4:45:32 PM Professor Rees makes some goods points but fails to present a balanced account of the Howa.....
» 3/01/2012 11:20:20 AM Banana's are not fruit - they are a herb......
» 20/12/2011 9:17:45 AM Indian government policy to promote renewable energy sources should be welcomed by the int.....
» 23/11/2011 7:16:56 AM Hasbeen - you have to be joking! Are you seriously claiming that you reject peer reviewed.....
» 22/11/2011 11:22:02 AM Hasbeen assures us that over the last 30 years, that is since 1980, there has been no glob.....
» 22/11/2011 11:18:25 AM Hasbeen relies on very obvious and long discredited lies which misrepresent scientific fin.....
» 21/11/2011 1:11:16 PM Policy issues which ought to be considered are outlined but the article itself does not ap.....
» 18/11/2011 12:59:20 PM The author does not seem to appreciate that Australia has long adhered to the principle of.....
» 15/11/2011 12:47:09 PM Hasbeen and Curmodgeon probably know that sea level rises because land based ice, particul.....
» 5/10/2011 12:32:14 PM There is a sting to this tale which perhaps the Russian government should consider. The co.....
» 28/09/2011 11:57:54 AM Donkeygod asserts….”Australia depends on coal for energy. There are no other base-load opt.....
» 27/09/2011 12:36:14 PM There are several other problems with Tony Abbotts proposal which he has never responded t.....
» 21/07/2011 10:47:57 AM What should concern Australians is the need for a free press providing a range of balanced.....
» 14/07/2011 9:31:56 AM It is worth noting that a tax on CO2 emissions is intended to have six major outcomes: • .....
» 4/07/2011 12:53:25 PM It is wrong to claim, as the author does, that a tropospheric “hot spot” is evidence of AG.....
» 4/07/2011 11:20:25 AM As soon as VK3AUU warns against conflating climate and weather, Shadow Minister does just .....
» 29/06/2011 1:51:08 PM It is not just homes located too close to the beach which are at risk of rising sea level .....
» 29/06/2011 1:50:08 PM Don’t blame the messenger for this bad news – blame global warming and its effects on sea .....
» 29/06/2011 1:49:07 PM Readers may have heard of the adage “time and tide wait for no man” and that is the proble.....
» 19/06/2011 2:20:31 PM Continued Those who produce and use fossil fuels, particularly coal, prefer to pursue pro.....
» 19/06/2011 2:19:37 PM Continued. Countries now importing our coal will switch to using the cheapest source of e.....
» 19/06/2011 2:18:28 PM When I first read this article, I thought it must be Tony Abbott having a rant, given the .....
» 16/06/2011 12:18:54 PM Tom Quirk is asking us to believe a load of nonsense – and he knows it. He knows that an o.....
» 14/06/2011 6:39:44 AM Herbert How naïve can you be? Do you seriously expect Dr Glikson to respond to people who.....
» 12/06/2011 3:28:14 PM bonmot Somehow I don’t think it would be much use me referring Mr Aitkin to peer-reviewed.....
» 10/06/2011 11:01:14 AM Continued • You say that global warming ceased in 2000. Saying it does not make it so and.....
» 10/06/2011 11:00:14 AM Don Aitkin is one of the few commentators to ask questions which can be vaguely related to.....
» 2/06/2011 1:00:58 PM Could it be that the German Chancellor has seen the writing on the wall and come to the co.....
» 1/06/2011 10:53:21 AM bonmot is right to point out that those who misrepresent and mislead in order to substanti.....
» 28/05/2011 11:09:03 AM Curmdgeon – you offer not a shred of evidence that science has not cogently and for good r.....
» 27/05/2011 9:33:42 AM No Curmudgeon. You, as a “skeptic”, concede that global warming is occurring but assert th.....
» 26/05/2011 4:45:56 PM Shadow Minister makes the rather facile comment of citing point 1 (electricity prices rise.....
» 16/05/2011 10:47:49 AM Herbert Stencil Sorry I have not replied sooner. However I do not monitor OLO comments in.....
» 13/05/2011 11:57:31 AM Grim The carbon tax is to be levied on the 1,000 largest polluters, not on individuals or.....
» 13/05/2011 11:47:31 AM The author correctly points to the need for investment in low or no carbon electricity gen.....
» 21/04/2011 11:01:29 AM • Des Moore writes that “a carbon tax of any size in Australia would expose businesses to .....
» 21/04/2011 10:59:20 AM A few comments on Des Moores article which seems to create a Climate of Discontent through.....
» 15/04/2011 12:10:35 PM The author does not understand that putting a price of $20-$30/tonne on carbon is initiall.....
» 14/04/2011 11:08:34 AM As the world economy recovers from the depredations of the US inspired global financial cr.....
» 11/04/2011 12:19:56 PM The second omission by Andrew Glikson is that he makes no mention of the fact that previou.....
» 11/04/2011 12:17:54 PM All very interesting and Andrew Glikson rightly draws attention to Arctic amplification bu.....
» 18/03/2011 10:25:34 AM All of this has implications for sea level rise (SLR). Five metres is one helluva rise. Th.....
» 18/03/2011 10:23:52 AM In articles I have written for OLO, I tried to keep scientific language to a minimum, prov.....
» 5/03/2011 3:02:40 PM Geoff Carmody, I don’t want to confuse you with facts but have you read this? http://skep.....
» 5/03/2011 7:55:59 AM Mr Carmody seems to have overlooked two facts: 1. Australia has an international obligatio.....
» 4/03/2011 3:09:40 PM Taswegian writes … “if China and India don't put in a matching effort on carbon mitigation.....
» 4/03/2011 11:14:20 AM There are economists who are far better informed than Mr Carmody, who do know the very rea.....
» 4/03/2011 11:13:48 AM Government has yet to announce anything other than its intention of introducing a Carbon T.....
» 22/02/2011 3:54:05 PM Why price Carbon? What is to be achieved by doing so? In his long time advocacy for a carb.....
» 12/02/2011 8:42:52 AM Bonmot Thank you for the reference which may be of more interest to Curmudgeon et al ? .....
» 11/02/2011 4:01:01 PM Jon J … “CO2 levels are probably higher than they have been for some thousands of years. B.....
» 11/02/2011 1:11:01 PM With unusual lucidity for a scientist Dr Glikson provides a compelling warning of the risk.....
» 24/01/2011 11:31:07 AM I think Alice is an abuser .... of intellectual honesty.....
» 20/01/2011 5:40:01 PM Bonmot ….. Again, thank you. The http://zvon.org/eco/ipcc/ar4/#w_0 is very good as is the.....
» 19/01/2011 12:41:26 PM Bonmot ...... Thanks.....
» 19/01/2011 9:36:42 AM The Brisbane floods of 1893 and 1974 both resulted from a cyclonic rain depression. This w.....
» 18/01/2011 12:11:26 PM 3. Global warming can not be responsible for both drought and floods. Anyone can make suc.....
» 18/01/2011 12:10:39 PM Cliff Ollier makes 3 statements which he says refute the notion that global warming is in .....
» 5/01/2011 9:39:53 AM There are of course many genuine skeptics who put forward views critical of or rejecting c.....
» 5/01/2011 9:37:13 AM As others have mentioned, nothing in science escapes ceaseless peer-review, the need for p.....
» 4/01/2011 11:57:49 AM Evaggelos Vallianatos has written an article of scholarship which provides us with informa.....
» 28/12/2010 8:49:47 AM Cherful Businesses will only use technology to reduce CO2 emissions if it is cheaper than.....
» 27/12/2010 6:44:18 AM Cherful You are quite right. Of course coalminers, power stations and Woolies will all pa.....
» 26/12/2010 7:16:01 PM Hasbeen 26/12. Thank you for your response. Anyone reading it who has basic high school p.....
» 26/12/2010 12:10:32 PM Shadow Minister I have nothing against nuclear power stations - except their waste – but .....
» 26/12/2010 11:26:12 AM Hasbeen: “I have enough physics to see through the rubbish.” Really? If you have a reason.....
» 21/12/2010 11:32:12 AM Thankyou Graham. OLO has provided a valuable forum and analysis of response to Wikileaks/A.....
» 10/12/2010 5:28:05 PM lentaubman, There are people in eastern Australia who in their present flooded condition .....
» 10/12/2010 12:36:08 PM Mr Wright provides us with an eminently sensible article making yet another call for actio.....
» 6/12/2010 12:32:52 PM The emphasis given in this article to green influence on the Gillard government and its po.....
» 22/11/2010 10:59:49 AM Ollier asserts that in reality the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets occupy kilometre-dee.....
» 22/11/2010 10:52:41 AM Bonmot I do not dispute or challenge Dr Olliers knowledge of or expertise in geology but .....
» 21/11/2010 5:36:59 PM If Dr Ollier was, a glaciologist or had any reputation in this field, one would have expec.....
» 18/11/2010 1:02:06 PM As a loyal member of the Liberal Party, Dr Jensen may well subscribe to the view of his le.....
» 18/11/2010 11:51:45 AM In December, 2009 Mr Turnbull wrote an article for The Times of London, calling Mr Abbott .....
» 13/11/2010 2:16:29 PM Squeers, you seem to be arguing that without population growth economies can neither devel.....
» 13/11/2010 2:09:47 PM Squeers: The ABC Science Show is a bit slow off the mark. Over a year ago, OLO had an arti.....
» 13/11/2010 11:10:33 AM Bonmot and others have all made interesting and relevant points about the nonsense spouted.....
» 8/11/2010 10:14:07 AM Bonmot Thank you. I know how logs work and I share your belief that Raredog knows exactly.....
» 6/11/2010 1:34:51 PM Raredog You claim that there is ... “a marked decline in its (CO2’s) warming effect betwe.....
» 4/11/2010 12:29:36 PM Raredog In response to my call for credible evidence of the claims made by Graham Y, you .....
» 3/11/2010 11:01:46 AM Graham Y makes some interesting points. He states that: “… temperature increase is likely .....
» 30/10/2010 1:27:28 PM Deniers of global warming and climate change may be sufficiently gullible – or desperate –.....
» 30/10/2010 9:39:44 AM John Le Mesurier seems to have got some of his measures wrong. In the paragraph beginning….....
» 29/10/2010 12:06:49 PM VK3AUU says … if its not there, you can’t have it Quite right! But why is it not there? T.....
» 29/10/2010 10:10:37 AM The problem with growing cotton and rice, among the worlds thirstiest crops, is that excep.....
» 28/10/2010 12:37:53 PM If there were a price on water used for growing rice and cotton, would famers grow those c.....
» 20/10/2010 12:53:38 PM Australian businesses undoubtedly have the capacity to operate more efficiently and reduce.....
» 18/10/2010 11:48:25 AM Ken Fobos As you correctly observe, CCS is an expensive technology. It is also one to whi.....
» 15/10/2010 2:59:27 PM Hasbeen There is global recognition by governments, scientists, academies and other insti.....
» 15/10/2010 10:20:54 AM hasbeen It is disappointing when commentators wrongly present their beliefs as fact, misl.....
» 14/10/2010 11:45:44 AM The le Mesurier article points out that if a price is placed on CO2 emissions (most likely.....
» 7/10/2010 10:55:43 AM A carbon tax and an ETS both price carbon. The essential difference is that in the case of.....
» 12/02/2010 10:45:16 AM The controversy over melting of Himalayan glaciers is not about the melting of ice, which .....
» 4/02/2010 9:17:00 AM Bazz: Item 4 of my post should have read "When petrol reaches $5/litre" It will......
» 2/02/2010 11:00:33 AM Bazz: Interesting comments but PRChina has never been a net oil exporter or a significant .....
» 1/02/2010 11:18:46 AM The article appears to conclude that nuclear power generation is the only option for meeti.....
» 30/01/2010 1:31:46 PM The electric vehicle (EV) will not take to the streets in Australia, other than in nominal.....
» 22/01/2010 6:26:19 PM Anti-green (12.50) Well the House of Representatives Committee on Climate Change did hold.....
» 22/01/2010 12:21:34 PM KenH. Antarctic ice covers land in the east and its coastline is exposed to relatively wa.....
» 22/01/2010 10:03:11 AM Mike Pope writes that the less rational are convinced that by simply denying the scientifi.....
» 20/01/2010 11:00:03 AM I fully agree with the views expressed by the authors and having recently undertaken a sim.....
» 19/01/2010 8:36:34 AM A well written and considered piece from Mr Ewins, examining problems associated with redu.....
» 11/01/2010 3:02:15 PM The only sensible point made in this diatribe from Lord Monckton is his reference to biofu.....
» 4/11/2008 10:26:36 AM Ericc rightly questions the ability of Queensland to produce its needs for base load power.....
» 27/10/2008 12:11:17 PM Q&A draws attention to warnings of deterioration in global warming and the need to respond.....
» 22/10/2008 10:38:38 AM Dickie, I do wish you would stop confusing us with facts refuting Bernies view of the worl.....
» 16/10/2008 11:28:23 AM Mr Eslake correctly criticises doubling FHOG for purchase of existing dwellings. It is unl.....
» 11/10/2008 11:11:51 AM No need to impose an export tax on coal. It has already been done by state governments whi.....
» 10/10/2008 1:51:43 PM Not unexpectedly, Mr Masters repeats the Liberal Party view that Australia is such an insi.....

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