The Looming Collision between Electric Vehicles and Green Energy
Two green-dream fantasies are heading for a massive and costly collision. It’s time for Australian politicians to stop frolicking with green fairies around the zero emissions maypole.
Why Oil Has Further to Fall
Not all assets have gained this year. Crude oil, for one, has been slipping. West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) is down 4.6% since 2 January. And it’s down 7.8% since a recent 6 January peak.
Is the ASX 200 in Bubble Territory? – Recessions are Inevitable
The ASX 200 hit another record high. That marked five record high closes in a row, before it slipped in today’s trading. The Rum Rebellion editor Vern Gowdie, isn’t buying it. Vern reminds us that…
Fires Expose Green Folly
Green Folly closed forest tracks and gates, expelled foresters and timber workers and prevented property owners from removing flammable fuel from their own land and adjacent roads, parks and forests. Those responsible for these follies…
Put Foresters Back in the Forests
There was a time when Australian foresters kept Australian forests safe and productive. They maintained access tracks bridges and fire breaks, undertook prescribed burning, cleared flammable litter from the forest floor, cut suckers, manned fire…
National Parks are Bushfire Havens
Too many recent headlines say: ‘A fierce new bushfire is burning in the XYZ National Park. Nearby residents should prepare to evacuate’. Neglected, overgrown, weed and log infested, un-grazed, unburnt, government-protected parkland is a danger to all neighbours. All it needs is a firebug, a fearful neighbour attempting a too-late back burn, or a lightning … Read More
The Opportunities Behind Boris Johnson’s Brexit
Markets are trending higher on news of the trade détente, with the ASX 200 up 1.6% since last Wednesday. As we said, that’s as you’d expect.
Are You Prepared for the Next Meltdown?
Just like Aussie households and companies, our government has spent many years living beyond its means. Making big promises it can’t quite afford to keep.
Aspiration Trumps Socialism…Again
After ‘shocking’ warnings last week that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson might — at best — be left with a hung Parliament, the voters finally had a chance to have their say.
Man-made Wildfires in Australia: Why the Bushfires Happen
No one should be surprised that our bush is ablaze and our cities are smothered in smoke. For decades now we have been locking up land, banning burn-offs and encouraging eucalypt fire-trees. Centralised management of…