Jennifer Marohasy

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A Big Fix

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Professor Ian Lowe’s new book titled ‘A Big Fix: Radical solutions for Australia’s Environemntal Crisis’ will be launched in Melbourne tomorrow.

Graham Young heard Lowe on radio national yesterday advertising the book and did an interesting post on the book, John Howard, AGW and ‘Fear’ that includes that phrase the ‘dictatorship of the scientariat’, the post is here.

You may remember I did a few posts on the book . I ended up converting them into an opinion piece which was published in Brisbane’s Courier Mail today.

The Courier Mail led with a piece by the Professor:
http://www.couriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,16832802%255E27197,00.html .
And then followed with something by me:
http://www.couriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,16832847%255E27197,00.html.

Thanks for the comments on the original posts, including from Steve, which helped focus the mind – which helped with the writing of the piece.

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  2. Steve says

    Hi rog,

    Your post demonstrates extremely well the drive by the some elements of the anti-green pro-business =movement= to hypocritically use fear to peddle their version of truth, to characterise pro-environment as being equal to evil red communist death loving control mongering, and to be totally paranoid and obsessive.

    Nice one. Rog. Chilling stuff indeed. Shaking in my boots.

  3. rog says

    Hi Steve

    must pro green = anti business?

    I thought that the article tried to shine some light on the fears being promoted by the green movement. Its that bad some people darent tread on an ant.

  5. rog says

    I am pro green and pro business, there’s money to be made out of being green and I want to make it.