fossil fool

The fossil fuel lobby or its supporters, including coal-fired power generators, coal minings companies, aluminium smelters, associated lobbyists and a wide range of politicians and bureaucrats.

Quotes (aka denialist twaddle)

Sep 29 2009

Barnaby Joyce

In another laughable attempt by a climate denier to link environmentalists to Nazis, the leader of the National Party in the Australian Senate brands environmentalists as green fanatics and eco-Nazis.

"One has to sort of fall into sort of a lock-step goose step and parade around the office, you know, ranting and raving that we are all as one?"

Is this a question? Is it a statement? Is this man mentally unhinged? Who can tell?

Brought to you by coal power

Aug 3 2009

Brought to you by coal power ... and their devoted side-kick, the Lavoisier Group.

The fact that coal-fired power releases a tremendous volume of greenhouse gas is well known. With this in mind I designed and copywrote a series of placards to inform people of some of the OTHER problems caused by coal-fired power stations.

They were used to protest against the pro-coal, climate-denying stance of the crusty, old, coal industry cronies that constitute the Lavoisier Group.

How our complacency allows the fossil fuel industry to pollute.

Jun 27 2009

Updated 30 November 2009

The background.

Governments across Australia do pretty much whatever the fossil fuel industry wants, and the industry wants to keep burning coal... regardless of the environmental, economic and social consequences.