The thrust of that article is that the attack on Scomo is political and cynical. Tony Abbott was attacked for personally fighting the fires while Scomo is attacked for doing too little. It's pathetic. [TheStandard: A moderator moved this comment to Open ...
There's a good article in the Herald explaining that the criticism of Scomo is political and cynical. "...even Blind Freddy can see that there is also a far more cynical campaign being waged against the PM that originated not from the bush but from the ...
One journalist gets it. The attack on Scomo is political...and cynical. "even Blind Freddy can see that there is also a far more cynical campaign being waged against the PM that originated not from the bush but from the leafy and inner-city suburbs of ...
But as far as I can tell it still boils down to Australia and small emitters shouldn’t act on CC, reducing GHGs won’t have impact, there’s nothing unusual about these fires. Please stay out of my CC posts for the forseeable future. It doesn't boil down to ...
The reason I led with Scomo is because of how his inept leadership is impacting on the people and how this may create more demand for action. But he's also a big part of why the powers in charge are not acting, so I can't see how this is not also about the...
I do give some credence to the idea that these fires at this time could predicate a change of attitude by Australians toward their treatment of their chunk of planet; fingers crossed. More lives were lost in the February 2009 fires. Before 2009, there were...
Let's not forget that in 2009, then-Police Chief Christine Nixon was hammered by the media for her alleged inaction over the 2009 bushfires. OK, so Christine Nixon went out for dinner. By doing so, did she endanger any lives or properties? If so, how? Does...
Yes, standing down will stop the fires from burning. Jumping up and down about ScoMo will achieve nothing. [TheStandard: A moderator moved this comment to Open Mike as being off topic or irrelevant in the post it was made in. Be more careful in future.] [I...
Weka It's unlikely that Australia will take significant action because that's not the Australian way. Voters recently re-elected the Government with a thumping majority. In addition, it's a relatively small emitter. Any action taken by smaller countries in...
“Last week Beehive insiders told leading political journalists that the “Year of Delivery” promise was actually a spin-line produced on the fly by the PM’s top spin doctor to get his boss out of a tight situation..." That only raises the questions of who ...
I'm surprised you're unsure of what bushfires I'm referring to, the deadliest in Australian history. But, yes, there have been others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Saturday_bushfires https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/science-environment...
Is this year going to be a tipping point? A lot will depend on how well the media handle the aftermath; if they can convince that these fires are not 'normal' and follow up intelligently I think it will be. I don't think so. There have been worse bushfires...
Sounds familiar. We shouldn't spend health budgets on reducing smoking while a single tuberculosis case remains untreated. That's a weird response and completely misses the point I was making. We shouldn't be spending vast sums of money when we have no ...
Feel free to make the argument about how I am wrong then. I can only go off what I am reading here. Well, I've commented here over several years - my views are well known. To repeat: should we throw billions or trillions of dollars at a problem if we don't...
Actually solkta gave a clear summary of climate denial dynamics. Your comments look like a denialist position to me too. You're wrong, Weka.
Solkta, Your response is akin to anyone criticising Israel being labelled an anti-semite. Please try and engage meaningfully. Lomborg is saying that climate change is a real problem but it's not the only problem. He's also saying that it would be foolish ...
Garden variety third generation climate denial right there. If you say so. In 2018, 10 million people contracted tuberculosis (TB) and 1.5 million people died from it. A lack of clean drinking water is estimated to cause about a half a million deaths each ...
So what has Lomborg said about climate change? From the link above: "Global warming is a real, man-made problem..." Hmmm mayhe's a Holocaust denier because he sure isn't a climate denier.
What's the indeterminate outcome? Spending billions or trillions of dollars and hoping for the best. That is the antithesis of science. This year, the world will spend $US162 billion ($230bn) subsidising renewable energy, propping up inefficient industries...
I don’t allow climate denial under my posts. I'm not sure if you're referring to someone else as you would well know I'm not a climate denier. The economic cost of not acting will far, far outweigh any negatives to the economy now from climate action. Well...
The opportunity here is that the current bushfire crisis will push a larger number of the population to demand change and more people will then support movements like SS4C, and then the politicians will follow. This is how change happens. That is very ...
Australia accounts for 1.3% of the world's emissions, so I doubt we'll see anything startling in terms of new policies coming out of Australia. In addition, the Environment Minister there says that Australia has been performing relatively well regarding ...
If Simon believes that Robertson should've received a longer sentence, did he complain to the Solicitor-General at the time? Did he request an appeal against the sentence? It doesn't appear so. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid...
If Simon is saying what a great prosecutor he is, is that an admission he's in the wrong job?
We both like Jacinda but I liked Helen Clark while my wife couldn't stand her Well, Clark certainly displayed a certain arrogance which wasn't becoming of her position. She was given a free copy of Lynley Hood's award-winning book A City Possessed but ...
This thinking is what partly leads to the spread of mis-information e.g. anti-vax, anti-5G, anti-big pharma, the blaming of government for private sector failure and so on. I'm not sure how this "thinking" has any relationship with your conclusion. Some ...
Over on Pundit, Steve Maharey, Sue Bradford and Wyatt Creech comment - or at least post opinion pieces. www.pundit.co.nz
The economic cost of not reducing emissions (ie the consequences of climate change) may also fall disproportionately on the low-paid. But the economic cost of not reducing emissions may be relatively low in comparison to trying to reduce emissions. ...
The BERL report concludes: We find that even with a set of optimistic assumptions around afforestation, EV uptake, agricultural innovation and global preference changes for our dairy and sheep and beef exports, the GDP impacts of meeting ZNE targets are ...
Lomborg discusses the economic costs of trying to reduce emissions. Would we be happy to see significant cuts to health and welfare spending? What would the Courts make of that? A government-commissioned report by the respected New Zealand Institute of ...
The Government here is doing something to combat climate change. In 2007, a year before she left office, then-Prime Minister Helen Clark set out her vision for the country to become carbon neutral by 2020. The United Nations duly hailed her as a “Champion ...
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