by Allan Taylor

Created on: August 13, 2008

Australia Needs a New Energy Policy

We need a new energy policy that relegates to the dust bin all the eco-religious nonsense about the supposed harmful effects of "greenhouse gas emissions", in particular CO2. The well being of the biosphere and mankind is vitally dependent on atmospheric CO2. The further greening of our planet requires more atmospheric CO2, not less.

The populace and politicians are rightly confused at the inventive and lax meanings of chemical and geological terms used by global warmists to further their cause. Climate change has never been a problem with geologists but now it is something new and dangerous caused by man and should be stopped at all cost. Similarly, chemists are quite familiar with "carbon emissions" and now they too are dangerous and should be stopped or buried at great expense!

When a carbon fuel is burnt it is helpful to consider the emissions as being of two types , viz., toxic and nontoxic. By far the greatest proportion of emissions to the atmosphere are nontoxic and consist of the life-giving gases CO2 and water vapor. In fact, CO2 is an essential plant fertilizer. No atmospheric CO2 and no water, means no life on Earth!

The small amount of toxic components of combustion are by definition pollutants which are harmful to the environment and mankind. These include particulate matter, aerosols, CO, and oxides of nitrogen and sulfur which may cause acid rain and smog. The correct approach to the problem of potential or actual toxic emissions is to remove them before and/or after combustion. This is what is done at thermal power stations and now with catalytic converters on car exhausts when such pollution is a problem.

Another deliberate deception inflected ad nauseum on the populace by the global warmist ABC TV presenters is the showing of conspicuous cooling towers at power station emitting
huge white clouds which are implied to be polluting "greenhouse gases" when in fact they are harmless condensing water vapor, like the fluffy clouds seen above on a fine day. Water vapor is by far the most abundant "greenhouse gas" and is harmless. Also harmless and beneficial are CO2 emissions which are invisible. A similar confusion exists between "smog" and "fog".

The Chinese have been criticized for blocking the Chinese version of the BBC which is noted for broadcasting biased political and global warming propaganda. Good on them. I sometimes wish we could block the English version too! This continual outpouring of spurious GW propaganda

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