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REPLY TO INQUIRY ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE FROM A FRIEND.

REPLY TO INQUIRY ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE FROM A FRIEND.

Hi Nick, Thank-you for the copy of the letter about Climate change, on which you asked me to comment. The letter was written by John ‘XXX’ to a Newspaper, on an unknown date. As the volume of my comments is greater than originally anticipated I have, not included references to

Note for Paul Gilding

Note for Paul Gilding

NOTE FOR PAUL GILDING Regarding his paper ‘Why Incumbents Fail’ published in ‘The Cockatoo Chronicles No. 43’ BACKGROUND NOTE FOR BENEFIT OF READERS Paul Gilding – Is an Australian by birth who is an Author and Advocate for sustainability and was Head of Greenpeace International. He is Consultant to major corporations,

TRILLION DOLLAR BABY: How Norway beat the oil giants and won a lasting fortune

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TRILLION DOLLAR BABY: How Norway beat the oil giants and won a lasting fortune

The book tells the story of the ultimately successful development of Norway’s offshore oil wealth for the benefit of the Norwegian people. It began in the 1960’s and continues to this day.

Have Orthodox Economists, Misrepresented the ideas of Adam Smith and the Utilitarian Philosophers?

Have Orthodox Economists, Misrepresented the ideas of Adam Smith and the Utilitarian Philosophers?

By: Brian Harrisson Author’s note The argument herein was originally included in an essay submitted for publication in an international humanities journal, but was subsequently deleted for reasons of space limitation. Although the argument was ranked lower than others remaining for purposes of that essay, it is nevertheless regarded

Should selected industries be permitted to import foreign workers?

Should selected industries be permitted to import foreign workers?

The September, 2012 edition of “INTHEBLACK”, the monthly magazine of CPA Australia, contained articles by three authors putting their viewpoints about the merits or otherwise of allowing firms or industries to import foreign workers into Australia. Industry leaders fear that major projects in the mining, construction and other sectors may

Is a golden rule of exploration drilling about to change?

Is a golden rule of exploration drilling about to change?

By: Brian Harrisson This article appeared in the Journal of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, No. 6 December, 2009 at, P24. A recent technical paper has challenged one of the golden rules of exploration namely that angled drill holes detect dipping targets more effectively than vertical holes. The

Detection effectiveness of angled versus vertical drilling

Detection effectiveness of angled versus vertical drilling

Author: Harrisson, B. K. Source: Mining Technology, Volume 118, Number 1, 2009, pp. 13-24(12) Publisher: Maney Publishing Abstract: The paper examines the conventional belief that angled holes are more detection effective than vertical holes with dipping targets. The examination uses a binomial probability framework. Analysis in two and three

James Delingpole: Killing the earth to save it

James Delingpole: Killing the earth to save it

A REVIEW OF JAMES DELINGPOLE’S BOOK: BOOK: Killing the earth to save it: How Environmentalists are ruining the planet, destroying the Economy, and stealing your jobs. The publisher is: Connor Court Publishing, Ballan, Victoria, 2012, Australia. AUTHOR: James Delingpole is a writer, journalist, and blogger. He is author of

My comments about the Carbon Tax

My comments about the Carbon Tax

A heated debate began when the Australian Government announced an initial carbon tax with a move within a few years to a full emissions trading scheme (ETS). Like others I have political views but I think that this issue is of such importance to Australia and indeed the world that

Climate: The counter consensus

Climate: The counter consensus

IMPORTANT COMMENT: I wrote to Professor Carter towards the end of 2011 advising that I had written a review of his book and said that I planned to post it on my web site early in the new-year. I asked whether he would like to write a response which I

That destructive financial instrument.

That destructive financial instrument.

This is a simple but accurate outline of the financial instrument that was a major contributor to the Global Financial Cricis (GFC) and caused so much heartache to people throughout the world. I don't know who wrote the words but I acknowledge and thank that person for his/her work.

Australia’s way of pricing carbon

Australia’s way of pricing carbon

Acknowledgement “Brian is grateful to CPA Australia for permitting him to include the following paper on his web site. It should not be implied from this permission that CPA Australia, agrees with any of the content of this site” PDF Document from CPA Australia CPA Summary of australian governments climate

Heaven and Earth - Ian Plimer

Heaven and Earth - Ian Plimer

AUTHOR: Ian Plimer – Is a Geologist and a professor at the University of Adelaide and is a director of several mining companies. His distinguished career is outlined on the page “About the author”. REVIEWER: Brian Harrisson APPROXIMATE LENGTH: 3,500 WORDS. DATE: 30th June, 2011 OUTLINE OF BOOK: The author’

Climate Change Denial - Haydn Washington & John Cook

Climate Change Denial - Haydn Washington & John Cook

BOOK: Climate Change Denial, Earthscan, London & Washington, 2011 AUTHORS: Dr Haydn Washington – Is an Environment scientist whose PhD was in social ecology. He has been researching climate change since his 1991 book, Ecosolutions. John Cook – Has a background in physics. He created the web site www.skepticalscience.com that examines

How does the carbon tax work?

How does the carbon tax work?

HOW THE CARBON TAX SHOULD WORK USING THE AUSTRALIAN STEEL INDUSTRY AS AN EXAMPLE. The Steel Industry uses coal because it is cheap relative to other fuels and appears to typically generate between 2 and 3 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2) per tonne of raw steel produced. Scientists have

23 Things they don’t tell you about capitalism - Ha Joon Chang

23 Things they don’t tell you about capitalism - Ha Joon Chang

TITLE: 23 Things they don’t tell you about capitalism, Allen Lane (Penguin group), London, 2010 AUTHOR: Ha – Joon Chang – Is a Korean by birth, a specialist in development economics, Reader in the Political Economy of development at Cambridge University, winner of a prize for Economic thought and prizewinning author.

The Great Disruption - Paul Gilding

The Great Disruption - Paul Gilding

BOOK: The Great disruption, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London, 2011 AUTHOR: Paul Gilding – Is an Australian by birth who is an Advocate for sustainability, Head Greenpeace International, Consultant to major corporations, Member Cambridge University’s Programme or Sustainability Leadership, Blogger and runs newsletter “the Cockatoo Chronicles” OVERVIEW: The author’s stated

The Transition Handbook - Rob Hoskins

The Transition Handbook - Rob Hoskins

BOOK: The Transition Handbook, Finch Publishing, Sydney, 2009 AUTHOR: Rob Hopkins – Is an Australian who co-founder of the Transition Networking. He has been a teacher of Permaculture and natural building solutions to environment problems. He devised the energy descent plan for Kinsale in Ireland and is a publisher. He lives