Category Archives: Democracy and global warming policies

 Andrew L. Urban It was late Sunday morning, March 23, 2025 when Kathrine posted her question in the reader comments at the end of Bjorn Lomborg’s article, “United Nations ‘propaganda’ on climate costing the world trillions” in the Weekend Australian. … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban Startled, I stared at my electricity bill. My consumption over the quarter had decreased by 4.62%. The bill, however, was 20% higher, at $542.66. I live alone. (Cat doesn’t count…) And that’s before the 9% price rise … Continue reading →

Via Erika Olsen, Charge d’affaires, US Embassy, Canberra January 29, 2025 Dear President Trump, You are the only person on earth who could save the severe damage being done to western economies by the pursuit of politically motivated and mischievous … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban A bloke called Arthur Alexander from Camp Mountain, a community of less that 1,500 people some 20kms north west of Brisbane, has a clear view all the way to reality. He wrote a short but sharp letter … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban The biggest and most successful political sleight of hand in history is playing to a world divided between those who know how the trick works and those who have been tricked by it. The trick has to … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban Late in the 1993 Federal election campaign, one simple question turned what seemed like the unlosable election for the Coalition into victory for Labor. The question was about a hypothetical birthday cake: reporter Mike Willesee asked Opposition … Continue reading →

 Andrew L. Urban While Anthony Albanese welcomed the King warming to climate action the other day in Samoa, I was enjoying a BBQ dinner as a guest with new acquaintances. The conversation turned to the topic of climate change. Not … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban Artificial intelligence is now debunking artificial truth. Films can drive change in the world. Al Gore’s award winning and enthusiastically heralded 2006 An Inconvenient Truth did. But ‘truth’ it wasn’t. In October 2007 a discordant alarm was … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban The trap that won’t let go…. As climate change and energy minister Chris Bowen takes climate alarm zealotry to 12 out of 10, you might have noticed how even the most hard core anti-alarmist commentators (on Sky … Continue reading →