There is another "Adam Shand" based in Melbourne, Australia who
is a reporter. He has been making an increasing amount of noise on
the internet these days (I think he now beats me in Google ranking
... it's hard to compete with a reporter! 
His latest batch of noise is about how AGW (anthropogenic global warming), or human induced weather changes, are a myth.
I've got a couple of confusing emails from people who think we're the same person ... for the record we are not.
The other Adam's story initial story is here, Google will let you easy find the rest of the conversation.
http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/cover_stories/article_2493.asp