Monthly Archives: March 2015

Scientists: Join Prof Kelly or get booed off the lectern.

Posted on 15 March 2015 by Scottish-Sceptic

Any sceptic who knows any academics will know some who are sceptical of catastrophic or “doomsday” warming who are afraid to speak out. So hopefully they will all begin speaking out when someone as prominent of Prof Kelly of the … Continue reading →

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The $100,000 bet

Posted on 14 March 2015 by Scottish-Sceptic

Today I was posting a few comments online  and I nearly got one annoying alarmist to agree to a 100:1 bet with him forking out the $100,000 – but apparently not. I’m not naming the person as I really don’t … Continue reading →

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An Aspiring Scientist’s Frustration with Modern-Day Academia

Posted on 13 March 2015 by Scottish-Sceptic

Judith Curry alerted me to a really good article “Here’s one way to reach a consensus“. I think very accurately describes the environment within which the global warming scare flourished and sceptical-science was repressed. Here’s a good excerpt. You need … Continue reading →

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How to boil a journalist

Posted on 12 March 2015 by Scottish-Sceptic

I have watching with increasing bewilderment as various journalists continue with their alarmist rhetoric which simply cannot be sustained against current evidence. And I think I’ve found the metaphor for what is happening. There is a belief amongst some people … Continue reading →

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Toward a new theory of ice-ages XVI (Skydragons and Pressure induced heating)

Posted on 12 March 2015 by Scottish-Sceptic

There’s a reasonable correlation between atmospheric pressure and the “greenhouse effect” found on various planets and whilst some “Skydragons” might appear to have some crazy ideas, it’s reasonable to accept that rising pressure would cause warming. Somewhere online I had … Continue reading →

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My Guardian comment

Posted on 12 March 2015 by Scottish-Sceptic

The Guardian have an article “We must reclaim the climate change debate from the political extremes”. It has been very noticeable that almost no forum on the internet is not now dominated by sceptic views and that recently that the … Continue reading →

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Proof: recent temperature trends are not abnormal

Posted on 6 March 2015 by Scottish-Sceptic

It has frequently been stated that 2oth century warming was “unprecedented” or “cannot be explained”. This article sets out to test this assertion on CET the longest available temperature series. I find the CET data rejects the hypothesis of ‘climate … Continue reading →

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BBC Lies

Posted on 4 March 2015 by Scottish-Sceptic

In science there is only one thing that matters: does a theory predict what actually happens. In an hour of utter drivel broadcast by the BBC tonight the simple fact the climate models do not work was never mentioned once. … Continue reading →

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The symbol of sceptics?

Posted on 2 March 2015 by Scottish-Sceptic

If we go onto any sceptic blog from WattsUpWithThat to JoNova, we will find pretty much the same type of people with a superb understanding of science and engineering and very good grasp of how science should be done. That … Continue reading →

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Scotland: Welcome to Numptyland

Posted on 1 March 2015 by Scottish-Sceptic

When the Scottish parliament was set up, the powers of the old Scottish Office were simply transferred to the Scottish parliament which one exception: renewable energy. This should have been a massive benefit to Scotland. Because with 8% of all … Continue reading →

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