Viv Forbes

THE march of ‘green energy’ continues, but it is not green at all. Solar energy is very dilute, so solar collectors cover huge areas of...

A view of the coronavirus pandemic from Australia IN THEIR frantic attempts to delay the spread of the Wuhan virus, governments are sowing the seeds...

CARBON-capture-and-storage (CCS) tops the list of silly schemes ‘to reduce man-made global warming’. The idea is to capture carbon dioxide from power stations and...

CAMELS are well-adapted to thrive in the dry heart of Australia but landowners have been unable to harvest them profitably for meat, leather, racing...

This was first published on the Australian website saltbushclub.com on February 17, 2020, and is republished by kind permission.  TWO green-dream fantasies are heading for a massive...

AUSTRALIAN fire-lighters come in six colours – yellow, black, white, blood red, dark green, and light green. All are relevant to bushfires and forest management. ‘Yellow’...

POLITICIANS hide behind inquiries, their magic answer to all problems – especially bushfires. Announcing inquiries gives the impression of decisive action, they generate fees for armies...

GREEN Folly locked up 11 per cent of Australia in a tinder-box of bushfire fuel, much of which is now burnt or burning. Green Folly...

NO ONE should be surprised that our bush in Australia is ablaze and our cities are smothered in smoke.  For decades now we have been...

In the chaotic dying days of Australia’s 1970s Whitlam-Cairns-Connor government, Canberra was buzzing with Rex Connor’s grand plans for a national energy grid and...