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How to Create a Country with no Heart?
Tuesday, 18 June 2019, 8:45 am | Viv Forbes
What happened to Australia’s once-bipartisan policies favouring decentralisation? Why is every proposal to develop an outback mine, dam, irrigation scheme or a real power station now labelled “controversial” by the ABC and opposed by the ALP/Greens? More >>
Australia’s Growing Dam Crisis
Monday, 3 June 2019, 9:56 am | Viv Forbes
“The food we eat the water we drink and the power we use for most of our endeavours, are available only because previous generations invested their knowhow and money for the future. It is time this generation did the same.” Ron Pike. More >>
Hydro-carbons Beat Biofuels on all counts
Wednesday, 8 May 2019, 1:01 pm | Viv Forbes
Coal and oil are made from plants and animals that died millions of years ago when the atmosphere contained abundant carbon dioxide plant food. They are now very concentrated forms of energy which can be extracted from very small areas of land. Burning these ... More >>
Curse Less and Dam More
Tuesday, 5 February 2019, 10:21 am | Viv Forbes
Water conservation peaked in Australia in 1972 – our last big dam was Wivenhoe in Queensland built 35 years ago. More >>
Drought Proofing a Dry Continent
Thursday, 16 August 2018, 11:45 am | Viv Forbes
Drought Proofing a Dry Continent by Viv Forbes (with help from his friends) 16 August 2018 To view this whole article plus images click: http://carbon-sense.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/build-more-dams.pdf More >>
The Battle for our Grasslands and Livestock
Wednesday, 2 November 2016, 4:01 pm | Viv Forbes
Grasslands and arable land cover just 10% of Earth’s surface but (with the oceans) they produce all of our food and fibre. But the productivity and health of our grasslands, farms and livestock are under threat from global warming alarmists and green preservationists. More >>
The March of the Triffids
Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 12:03 pm | Viv Forbes
Australia's open spaces and grasslands are being invaded by aggressive woody weeds of the eucalypt family and the feral plants they shelter such as lantana and rubber vine. This invasion is assisted by a fifth column of misguided tree lovers and climate ... More >>
