Monthly Archives: November 2013

Get rid of the Green Crap

Posted on 21 November 2013 by Scottish-Sceptic

David Cameron has ordered ministers to ditch the ‘green crap’ blamed for driving up energy bills and making business uncompetitive, it is claimed. The Prime Minister, who once pledged to lead the ‘greenest government ever’, has publicly promised to ‘roll … Continue reading →

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Where to put effort in Climate Science?

Posted on 21 November 2013 by Scottish-Sceptic

Sceptics and the convinced clearly can’t agree even on very simple things like what to call Prof Salby. So if we can’t agree what we know, can we at least agree on what we don’t. The honest answer is no, … Continue reading →

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Warsaw: steady progress – toward collapse.

Posted on 21 November 2013 by Scottish-Sceptic

About this time, I usually get a feel for how the COP talks will pan out. With the developing nations walking out, and the Chinese acting like some pimp shepherding them out, just because the developed nations refused to create … Continue reading →

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Do climate scientists have personal indemnity Insurance?

Posted on 20 November 2013 by Scottish-Sceptic

All this talk of sueing the cyber bullies has led onto an interesting subject. In  the good old days when I ran a small business designing off-grid power systems and temperature control equipment, I set the business up as a … Continue reading →

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Why do sceptics put up with cyber bullying?

Posted on 19 November 2013 by Scottish-Sceptic

Because sceptics are culturally resistant to seeing themselves as victims. Sceptics are loners … not social loners but intellectual loners. We do not need our views endorsed by our peers. We are resilient, self-reliant we have often worked in time-critical … Continue reading →

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The police visited today

Posted on 19 November 2013 by Scottish-Sceptic

Last night in the Independent I spotted several more libellous comments about “deniers”, plus one about “in the pay of oil” Of course I reported these posts. But even after about an hour they were still sitting there. So, I … Continue reading →

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Kyoto has expired

Posted on 15 November 2013 by Scottish-Sceptic

When the Kyoto Protocol termination date of the 31st December 2012 passed without any valid amendment, I thought it was a fairly simple and obvious fact that the commitment had ended. That didn’t preclude a later amendment, but legally there … Continue reading →

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Cyber attack on Sceptics

Posted on 14 November 2013 by Scottish-Sceptic

Last night I noticed JoNova’s site was either not responding at all or was very very slow. Then I read that Anthony Watt’s server had been under attack (A note on my cyber attack and communications). Now I’ve read that Andrew … Continue reading →

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Report: Lecture by Prof Salby 7th Nov 2013

Posted on 13 November 2013 by Scottish-Sceptic

Climate: What we know and what we don’t downloadable version Professor Salby giving his presentation on 7th November 2013 to the Scottish Climate & Energy Forum. produced by Mike Haseler BSc. MBA Summary In order to understand the importance of … Continue reading →

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Hermann Harde: greenhouse effect 30% smaller than IPCC says.

Posted on 13 November 2013 by Scottish-Sceptic

Great news!! Professor Hermann Harde who is a German academic who specialises in gas absorption and thoroughly understands the radiative properties of gases, has used the very latest up to date HITRAN database of gas absorption spectra and discovered that … Continue reading →

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