tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post6588948429977591138..comments2024-03-29T22:18:45.103+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which the pond joins Gary Johns in a full-on assault on the IPA ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-55692700897931496812015-11-19T14:38:26.889+11:002015-11-19T14:38:26.889+11:00Gary Johns is clearly a twit.Gary Johns is clearly a twit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-89074468159514504532015-11-19T14:37:52.448+11:002015-11-19T14:37:52.448+11:00Oops!!!!! I mean 'Affairs of Institute Public&...Oops!!!!! I mean 'Affairs of Institute Public' of course.<br /><br />Hmmm, maybe it's French? 'Affaires d'Institute Publique'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-24829497372908817062015-11-19T14:36:37.140+11:002015-11-19T14:36:37.140+11:00It could even stand for 'Affairs of Public Ins...It could even stand for 'Affairs of Public Institute'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-18758551456760492792015-11-19T11:52:49.373+11:002015-11-19T11:52:49.373+11:00 Gary Johns is clearly a Lomberg desciple who beli... Gary Johns is clearly a Lomberg desciple who believes it is a moral obligation to get electricity to those who do not have it, to lift millions out of poverty. He says nothing about the effects of burning more and more coal to to achieve that coal. His moral obligation seems also to be to make as much money as possible for Oz before the coal becomes a stranded asset.<br />He says nothing about how these impoverished people are going to pay for this electricity or what they will do with it. Is it all for lighting, or home industry, or to run a heap of electrical appliances?<br />The Lomberg claim is that while there might be some global warming, it is not catastrophic - and anyway, scientists will find a way (even though scientists at present seem to get so much wrong, specially with regard to climate change, so he says).<br />Johns and Lomberg seem to be snake oil salesmen. It is all about business-as-usual - and the money. <br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-42431033745970555042015-11-19T11:39:39.036+11:002015-11-19T11:39:39.036+11:00I only saw the acronym and assumed it stood for ? ...I only saw the acronym and assumed it stood for ? "...Petroleum", which was pretty close but overlooked Coal.Gorgeous Dunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540625260311418333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-14835462495174296152015-11-19T08:29:41.300+11:002015-11-19T08:29:41.300+11:00'The Australian Institute for Progress' - ...'The Australian Institute for Progress' - sounds like something out of the 1920s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com