Tag Archives: Clive Hamilton

Humanity will not be able to say it was not warned

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Rick Altman

This post is to mark the impending publication of the latest book from Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway, entitled The Collapse of Western Civilisation: A View From the Future. The authors have already published a summary of this book’s thesis … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Science, Collapse, Consumerism, Environment, Growthmania, Money Fetishism | Tagged Belshazzar's Feast, Clive Hamilton, Erik Conway, Jared Diamond, Naomi Oreskes, Niall Ferguson, Requiem for a Species, Western Civilisation | 6 Comments

Domestic abuse on a planetary scale

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Rick Altman

The UK Home Office is currently running a hard hitting campaign to highlight the common truth that both victims and perpetrators of domestic abuse cannot recognise (or admit) the nature of their situation. The campaign is entitled, ‘If you could … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Science, Economics, Energy Crisis, Environment, Limits to Growth, Mass Extinctions, Optimum Population, Politics | Tagged Clive Hamilton, domestic abuse, Ecological Scarcity, Home Office, Requiem for a Species, Sir David Attenborough, unintended ecocide, William Ophuls, William Rees | 14 Comments

Views of Doha

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Rick Altman

The 18th Conference of the Parties (COP18) to the UN’s Framework Convention on climate Change (UNFCCC), ended in Doha (Qatar) last weekend. Sadly, this event was not considered newsworthy in the mainstream media in the UK. Irrespective of the outcome … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Science, Cognitive Dissonance, Economics, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Greenpeace, Intergenerational Injustice, Mass Extinctions, Politics, UNFCCC | Tagged Belshazzar's Feast, Clive Hamilton, COP18, Doha, Greenpeace, History, Requiem for a Species, William Ophuls | 11 Comments

Goodbye Goldilocks Planet?

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Rick Altman

Is it time to say goodbye to the Goldilocks Planet? I hope not, because the next-nearest one yet discovered is 600 light years away! However, if we are indeed now passing a tipping point (i.e. as the widespread rapid thawing … Continue reading →

Posted in Betrayal of Science and Reason, Civilisation, Climate Science, Ecological Modernisation, Energy Crisis, Environment, Politics, Scepticism | Tagged Clive Hamilton, Paul Ehrlich, Requiem for a Species | 4 Comments

UNFCCC 1, Planet 0

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Rick Altman

And so the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) talks in Durban have ended with yet another decision to put-off necessary decisions for anything up to 8 years. This is yet another vindication of Clive Hamilton’s 2010 description … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon Capture and Storage, Economics, Environment, Ethics, Fossil Fuels, IPCC, James Hansen, Politics, Storms of my Grandchildren, UNFCCC | Tagged Clive Hamilton, Garrett Hardin, IPCC, Requiem for a Species | 14 Comments

Where shall we go from here?

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Rick Altman

(or “Climate science in a nutshell – Part 4”) This will be the last of my posts on the scientific basis for concern over anthropogenic climate change based on James Hansen’s Storms of my Grandchildren. Although, I am barely half … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Civilisation, Climate Science, Economics, Environment, IPCC, James Hansen, Mass Extinctions, Politics, Richard Lindzen, Storms of my Grandchildren, UNFCCC | Tagged Carpe diem, Clive Hamilton, Go Beyond Oil, IPCC, Quo Vadis, Requiem for a Species | 8 Comments

Climate science in a nutshell – Part 1

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Rick Altman

James Hansen’s Storms of my Grandchildren has been affectionately described as having “a rambling quality that’s sometimes evident in Hansen’s speeches”. However, the same reviewer also noted that “the book does get to a focused and well-supported conclusion: that business … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Science, Environment, James Hansen, Storms of my Grandchildren | Tagged Antarctica, Clive Hamilton, Requiem for a Species | 4 Comments

Why are Euro sceptics also climate sceptics?

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Rick Altman

Because both involve the maladaptive coping strategy of ‘blame-shifting’. (Clive Hamilton) It is a matter of public record that only 3 MPs (all Conservatives) voted against the third and final reading of the Climate Change Bill in October 2008 (Christopher … Continue reading →

Posted in Capitalism, Climate Science, Computer Models, Consumerism, Economics, Environment, Growthmania, IPCC, Liberalism, Money Fetishism, Politics, Scepticism | Tagged Clive Hamilton, Euro Zone crisis, Heaven and Earth, Institute of Economic Affairs, IPCC, Requiem for a Species, Sir Nicholas Stern, Stern Review | 9 Comments

AGW – Are you tired or emotional?

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Rick Altman

This is my (more considered) response to an article by Celina Plaza, published recently on the ecoAffect blog here on WordPress, in which it is argued that we should not get so emotional about climate change. Its central premise being … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Science, Environment, Limits to Growth, Mass Extinctions, Optimum Population, Politics, Scepticism | Tagged Clive Hamilton, Requiem for a Species, William Ophuls | 7 Comments

With apologies to C S Lewis

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Rick Altman

“Anthropogenic Global Warming, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.” Why do I say this? I say this, not because AGW is my new religion but, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Science, Environment, Hockey Stick Illusion, IPCC, Scepticism | Tagged 9/11, Andrew Montford, Clive Hamilton, IPCC, Requiem for a Species | 2 Comments

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