Monthly Archives: June 2014

Help needed! What's difficult about fractal noise?

Posted on 30 June 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

I need help. I’ve many times tried to get a discussion going on 1/f noise so that I can understand how to put over this subject so that it is understandable. And let me be blunt, if only I could … Continue reading →

Posted in 1/f, Climate | 32 Comments

Herald: Scotland has modest shale gas and oil resources, survey suggests

Posted on 30 June 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

This looks an important article for energy supplies in Scotland. Monday 30 June 2014 Scotland has modest shale gas and oil resources, an assessment by the British Geological Survey suggests. The estimates for the Midland Valley suggest shale gas resources … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, Energy, Wind | 3 Comments

Global Warming disproved: Bad posts, CET, Antarctic Ice and Fractal Noise

Posted on 30 June 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

I was caught out this morning seeing a graph of Antarctic Ice (unlabelled) which I took to be a plot of the Central England Temperature series. The fact I was confused is proof that that global warming is non-science. So, … Continue reading →

Posted in 1/f, Climate, Fails | 8 Comments

Climate Insanity: "Deniers should be executed?"

Posted on 30 June 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

OK – I ADMIT IT – I’ve been caught out by a spoof post. Tom Moriarty is actually a skeptic. ========My Original Post (funny in retrospect!)======== I went to look at uClimate an I was unprepared for this filth: Based … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, Humour | 11 Comments

You must explain the warming

Posted on 28 June 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

**Note since posting Richard has commented to say the quote (which I couldn’t find myself) referred to something else. So apologies Richard and thanks, because it was about time I wrote an article on this. So even if it doesn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Climate, Fails | 5 Comments

Academics reject scientific method

Posted on 27 June 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

The physicist who runs a blog he should call “AndThenIGaveUpScience” has a blog post on: consensus, the appeal to authority, and how we counter manufactured doubt, And the video (at end) is a real laugh. In the talk we hear … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Climate, science | 8 Comments

Met Office "One of the warmest Junes" – how unremarkable is that?

Posted on 27 June 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

The met office are now saying that “Early statistics from the Met Office National Climate Information Centre show that this has been one of the warmest Junes in records dating back to 1910. Based on figures up until 25 June … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, Fails | 4 Comments

Global warming is not a scientific issue.

Posted on 27 June 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Thanks to Stefanthedenier for prompting this. Whilst many assume global warming is a scientific issue, my long held view is that it is not. Global warming is a social issue. It is really a question of the way we decide … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, History, science | 16 Comments

Eureka!! (Ice Age theory)

Posted on 27 June 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

I’ve had a partial explanation for why the earth enters and leaves ice-ages for a while. I’ve been tempted to publish for a while, but wasn’t entirely happy with it because the mechanism (which I’ve not seen anyone suggest) didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, Ice age | 2 Comments

What really annoys climate academics about the public critique of their work.

Posted on 26 June 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

The Guardian have some interesting comments from climate academics (I refuse to call people who don’t practice real skeptic science “scientists”). This really needs a detailed response to each one – something that is impossible on the Guardian, and something … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Climate | 13 Comments