Welcome to the Lavoisier Group Website

You will find here a wide range of papers and the search engine will enable you to look up anything of particular interest.

The topics covered include greenhouse gas theory; solar and planetary influences on the earth's climate; predictions of future climate; the history of climate change; the economics of energy and technology; energy security; the role of the IPCC in promoting global warming hysteria; the response of Australia's governments to the decarbonisation campaigns of the Environmentalist movement and the media.

News

Thank God for Carbon now available online

The extremely popular hard-copy version of Thank God for Carbon has nearly sold out. As a consequence, we are now making the book available on-line as a PDF. To download the book, please click here [4.3 Mb PDF]

Thank God for Carbon successfully launched in Perth and Adelaide

Thank God for Carbon, by Lavoisier Group Secretary Ray Evans, was successfully launched by Dr Dennis Jensen in Perth on 25 March. Ray's remarks at the launch are available here.

This followed a successful launch earlier in the year by Senator Cory Bernardi in Adelaide. Senator Bernardi's launching speech is available here and Ray Evans' remarks on the occasion of the launch are available here.

Although stocks are now limited, you may still order a hard-copy version of the book by e-mail from the Society, by clicking here. Please include your name and postal address and the number of copies you would like to receive. The Lavoisier Group would be grateful to receive donations to cover postage and printing costs.

Latest Postings

Latest posting: 21 June 2009

Latest additions to the site include Sir Arvi Parbo's launching notes for Ian Plimer's Heaven + Earth in Melbourne in May 2009, Ian McClintock's article on why CO2 cannot be the primary cause of global warming, Cliff Ollier on ice shelf break-up and sea levels; Ray Evans's Thank God for Carbon as a PDF file, Ray's remarks at the launch of Thank God for Carbon in Perth in March; Bill Kininmonth's assessment of the weather conditions leading up to and surrounding the recent heatwave and fires in SE Australia; a critique which exposes serious flaws in the handling of scientific issues in the Garnaut Climate Change Review; Senator Cory Bernardi's launching speech for Thank God for Carbon together with Ray Evans's remarks at the launch; an extended version of Tim Curtin's Quadrant article, published in January 2009; Ray Evans' letter to Andrew Robb MP; David Evans' most recent serve on the absence of the scientific evidence; and a review of Lawrence Solomon's new book, The Deniers, by Art Raiche.

Lavoisier Conferences/Forums

Our most recent Forum was held in Melbourne in July 2008. Entitled 'The Solar System and Earth's Climate', we are adding presentations from the Forum to our site as they come to hand. Click here for three Forum papers on the life and work of Rhodes Fairbridge. Click here for Ian Wilson's 'Which Came First: The Chicken or the Egg?' [PDF]