Hugh Riminton: We Are A Burning Nation Led By Cowards

Among those determined to do nothing about climate change, the arguments have shifted over time. 

Bushfires are behaving precisely as the
science predicted they would behave. 

We know them all too well. But here’s a reminder.

1. It’s a hoax.

2. It’s corruption. Climate scientists are scammers getting rich on grants.

3. It’s a mental illness. People reflecting the science are “alarmists”, “warmists” and “catastrophists” recklessly damaging the mental health of children.

4. It’s something we can’t talk about -- especially when the weather and bushfires are behaving precisely as the science predicted they would behave.

The trouble is, across the country people who have believed this stuff are having to swap their tinfoil hats for fire helmets. The predictions of the scientists are playing out exactly to the script. Reality is biting.

Read the story from 10Daily - “Hugh Riminton: We Are A Burning Nation Led By Cowards.”

Hugh Riminton: We Are A Burning Nation Led By Cowards

Among those determined to do nothing about climate change, the arguments have shifted over time. 

 Bushfires are behaving precisely as the
science predicted they would behave.

We know them all too well. But here’s a reminder. 

1: It’s a hoax.

2. It’s corruption. Climate scientists are scammers getting rich on grants.

3. It’s a mental illness. People reflecting the science are “alarmists”, “warmists” and “catastrophists” recklessly damaging the mental health of children.

4. It’s something we can’t talk about -- especially when the weather and bushfires are behaving precisely as the science predicted they would behave.

The trouble is, across the country people who have believed this stuff are having to swap their tinfoil hats for fire helmets. The predictions of the scientists are playing out exactly to the script. Reality is biting.

Read the 10 Daily story by Hugh Riminton - “Hugh Riminton: We Are A Burning Nation Led By Cowards.”

Scientists find the temperature that makes you the friendliest

It's a finding that is destined to start a new round of arguments over the aircon remote.

The study found 22 degrees was the ideal average temperature to live in.

A new study covering more than 1.6 million people has revealed that 22 degrees is the perfect air temperature to live in.

A city with an average annual temperature closer to 22 tends to have a population who are more agreeable, conscientious, emotionally stable and extroverted.

The study is observational, and does not show cause-and-effect. But the scientists behind it theorise that better weather leads people to leave the house more often, leading to more social interaction, which encourages a friendlier personality.

Read the story by Liam Mannix in today’s Melbourne Age - “Scientists find the temperature that makes you the friendliest.”