Monthly Archives: December 2014

Inhofe: finally the big guns are firing!

Posted on 3 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

For years, we sceptics have faced a hostile press, hostile government politicians, hostile “in-the-trough” academics and worst of all, the hostile idiotic celebrities – jumping on the bandwagon – most of whom wouldn’t know at atom if it hit them … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 2 Comments

The real difference between alarmists and sceptics

Posted on 3 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

There’s a post on a blog that is not any way connected to physics which when I asked for racist comments to be removed asked me not to comment. And that is something I am happy to comply with as … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, Sceptics | 12 Comments

Lies, damned lies, and statistical significance of climate trends

Posted on 3 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Today I read another article talking about “statistically significant warming” (link) and I wondered how anyone could know what is statistically significant without knowing the nature of the underlying natural variation. So, let’s introduce a very simple model of some … Continue reading →

Posted in 1/f | 1 Comment

The Green-Blobby

Posted on 3 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

The greenblob is a gross overweight uncaring parasite on humanity. Now Jo Nova has gone better referring to the “Green-Blobby” – Spot on! When Owen Paterson ex minister at Defra referred to his concern about the green lobby: I leave … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour | 2 Comments

If sea ice is back to "normal" what does this imply about global temperature

Posted on 2 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

For years whenever someone mentioned the decline in sea ice I would respond “but that’s what we would expect to see after the temperature rise from the little ice age”. In other words, if temperature rises – as we are … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate | 3 Comments

Wikipedia lies

Posted on 2 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

I came across this sentence today: “Without any feedbacks, a doubling of CO2 (which amounts to a forcing of 3.7 W/m2) would result in 1 °C global warming, which is easy to calculate and is undisputed. ” (link) Professor Hermann … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate | Comments Off on Wikipedia lies