Bob Foster

Bob Foster




Bob Foster is a founding director and board member of the Lavosier Group in Australia. Foster is a "Adelaide University engineer by qualification, a geoscientist with the Shell Group by experience, and latterly was GM Marketing at BHP Petroleum. [2]

Stance on Climate Change

  • "The IPCC hypothesis, that all or most of this warming is the result of human-caused changes to the composition of the atmosphere, runs counter to the weight of available evidence." [3]

Key Quotes

"In my opinion, someone who believes that by 'doing the right thing' about fossil fuel consumption we can stabilise climate, will believe anything." [3]


Key Deeds

January, 2008

Foster made a submission (PDF) to the Garnaut Climate Change Review.  The Garnaut Review was commissioned by Australia in 2007 to "conduct an independent study of the impacts of climate change on the Australian economy."


August, 2000

Wrote an open letter to The Secretary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, Parliament House. In his letter he attempts tries to disprove global warming and discredit the Kyoto Protocol. This includes how "The IPCC hypothesis, that all or most of this warming is the result of human-caused changes to the composition of the atmosphere, runs counter to the weight of available evidence."

Foster attaches a study he has written titled "The Kyoto Protocol: don’t forget the science." His article concludes that the "IPCC’s hypothesis that 20th C warming is all or largely the result of human-caused GHG emissions, is almost certainly wrong."



  • Shell — Geoscientist.

  • BHP Petroleum — GM Marketing.


Source: [2]


Many of Bob Foster's articles are available at the Lavoisier Group website. According to a search of Google Scholar for a "Bob Foster," and a "Robert J Foster," Foster has not published any articles in peer-reviewed journals on the subject of climate change.


  1. "The Kyoto Protocol: Don't Forget the Science" (PDF), The Lavoisier Group, September, 2000. 

  2. "IPCC’s Third Assessment Report: Too Much 'Imagination Block'" (PDF), The Lavosier Group, April, 2001.

  3. "Inquiry Into the Kyoto Protocol: R.J. Foster Submission" (PDF).

  4. "Submission to: Garnaut Climate Change Review" (PDF). Bob Foster, January 2008.

  5. "The Royal Society and the 'dead hand of consensus'", Warwick Hughes. April 23rd, 2006.


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