I have been reading the correspondence in the Advertiser about the risk of catastrophic climate change and I am not impressed! I note that in a recent report, published by the Global Warming Policy Foundation, Professor Hughes has considered issues about the transition from hydrocarbons to green technologies such as wind and solar. His report shows that the insanity of net zero is becoming clearer day by day. The idea that hydrocarbons — a natural resource whose use from medicines to reliable energy is ubiquitous in modern industrial society — can be removed within less than 30 years is plainl…