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in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
The 28th UN-sponsored attempt to reduce global ’emissions’, in line with its pet climate theories, stares its own failure in the face as emissions keep going up. The renewables industry is running fast to stand still in terms of making a global dent in oil usage, for example. Imposition of ‘net zero’ policies may impact […]
The Oil Demand Outlook COP28 Leaders Would Hate
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in laws of war, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, war against terror
It’s hard to believe I know, but what other conclusion can be made based on what Green MP (and superstar) Chloe Swarbrick said the other day at the “Pro-Palestine” rally in Auckland: … after what we’ve witnessed, I want to say strongly, clearly and vehemently, the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand stands for a […]
BREAKING: Green Party to Oppress Woman, Gays and Trans
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in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, war against terror
A very interesting development reported today by Barak Ravid of Axios (in a Twitter thread) shows some further evolution of the relationship between Israel’s security cabinet (an inner team of ministers with grounding in law) and the “war cabinet” that was set up as part of the process of bringing some (former) opposition parties into […]
The war cabinet vs. the security cabinet
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in development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles
By Paul Homewood Electricity generation in China and India, and oil and gas production in the US, have produced the biggest increases in global greenhouse gas emissions since 2015, when the Paris climate agreement was signed, new data has shown. Emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide, […]
Many Countries Don’t Accurately Report Emissions
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in labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: child poverty, economics of fertility, family poverty
Appointed by new Labour PM Jacinda Ardern in 2018, Cindy Kiro headed the Welfare Expert Advisory Group (WEAG) tasked with reviewing and recommending reforms to the welfare system. Kiro had been Children’s Commissioner during Helen Clark’s Labour government but returned to academia subsequently. In 2019 the WEAG reported back with 42 recommendations including:Recommendation 11: Remove…
LINDSAY MITCHELL: Oh, the irony
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in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
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in development economics, economic growth, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, financial economics, growth disasters, macroeconomics, monetary economics Tags: Argentina
Milei’s November election win — on a pledge to rapidly overhaul Argentina’s dysfunctional economy — has triggered a burst of market exuberance. The local Merval stock index is up 28 per cent, while prices for Argentina’s closely watched sovereign bonds maturing in 2030 — some of the most liquid — have risen 22 per cent…
Argentina projection of the day
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in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
The story is from Spectator Australia (pay walled) by way of John Ray’s blog ‘Dinosaurs’ rise from the ashes of green madness. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. The science journal Nature has reacted badly to the Argentine president-elect’s pledge to take a chainsaw to public spending. Javier Milei, who describes global […]
Roundup of Non-Green Election Winners
07 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: celebrity technologies, solar power, wind power
Northern hemisphere winters are particularly brutal on wind turbines and solar panels, the former frozen solid and the latter blanketed in snow and ice. The result being no power from either. Peak winter conditions are perfect for revealing the peak stupidity of attempting to power first world economies with generation systems that deliver nothing but […]
Frozen Supply: Unreliable Wind & Solar Means US Faces More Winter Blackouts
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in liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: Age of Enlightenment, free speech, political correctness, regressive left
“Today the West faces challenges without and threats within. But no greater threat exists than that which comes from people inside the West intent on pulling apart the fabric of our societies, piece by piece. By assaulting the majority populations in these countries. By saying that our histories are entirely reprehensible and have nothing good […]
Douglas Murray on the West
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in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
This video explores the just how history has to be changed to fit their narrative.
Changing History to Control You
06 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, economic growth, fiscal policy, inflation targeting, labour economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, politics - New Zealand, unemployment Tags: monetary policy
It doesn’t seem to have been the best week for the Reserve Bank since the release of the latest Monetary Policy Statement last Wednesday. Of course, one could make a pretty compelling case that in the Orr years few weeks have been, and especially not any weeks when Bank figures actually say or do anything. […]
Really?
06 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, war against terror
An interesting post by one “Diogenes” on the recent ceasefire in Gaza that occurred for about a week until Hamas made a terrorist attack inside Israel, Was the Ceasefire Worth It? The question is worth asking because there was much criticism of both Israel and the USA over allowing this ceasefire to occur; the primary […]
Ceasefire: IDF vs. Hamas
06 Dec 2023 1 Comment
in discrimination, economic history, economics of education, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: Age of Enlightenment, constitutional law, free speech, political correctness, regressive left
Many of the comments about the Coalition’s determination to wind back the dramatic Maorification of New Zealand of the last three years would have you believe the new government is engaged in a full-scale attack on Maori. In reality, all that is really happening is that ministers are stopping the crusade waged by the Ardern/Hipkins…
MICHAEL BASSETT: MODERN MAORI MYTHS
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in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
Everyone agrees the USA should be looted, but China and India want to be recipients of funding, not contributors.
COP28: China and India Reject Climate Loss and Damage Demands
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