Monthly Archives: July 2015

One quarter of the way to doomsday … I cannot see any change at all!

For those old enough to have been around in June 1988 when Dr. Hansen (part-time environmental activist, part time “impartial” public-servant and compiler of global temperature data) told the US senate that the world was heading for doomsday, there is … Continue reading

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Glasgow today nearly "the coldest July on Record".

Listening to the radio just now (Radio Scotland) I heard that the temperature today at 12C was just 0.1C away from an all time July record for the coldest day.  This follows on from June which the Glasgow Herald proclaimed … Continue reading

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The immediate reason for Scotland's cold spell?

I’ve not read or heard any explanation for the colder weather this year in Scotland, but the immediate reason must be related to the colder temperature of the North Atlantic shown below:

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Oops – a month ago I said "If this cold continued for another month" … now what?

A month ago I said: “Personally I am not making any preparation or planning for unusually cold weather at the moment. However, should this period of cold continue for another month or more, or we see short periods of much … Continue reading

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Could global warming be delaying the "Big one" earthquake (re WUWT)

I was reading on WUWT the “Claim: Huge Earthquake overdue Pacific North West“, when I realised this could be affected by global warming through the caterpillar theory. In short, increasing temperatures could be delaying “the big one”. The caterpillar theory … Continue reading

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Sceptic blogs suddenly reappear in Google news feed.

I was scanning through the global warming stories on Google this morning** – using “show latest” – which shows me (most of) what it appearing, not what Google tell me I should read. when I suddenly spotted an article by … Continue reading

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The cold reality of "Global warming".

There’s no doubt the alarmists are getting desperate, resorting to increasingly desperate measures and now you really have to be extremely gullible to believe the nutters in the climate establishment. One obvious one, is that Google have removed all sceptic … Continue reading

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Proof that man-made temperature increases is much less than natural variation

As one of the first people to start talking about the pause, if not the first, I knew it would be important in this debate. However, I’m not sure I’ve ever tried to explain why it is so important in … Continue reading

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Just how much difference did the Pope's encycli-folly make? Not much!

You don’t need to be an expert to interpret this graph: This shows the google trend for “global warming” before, during and after the release of the encyclical. I knew at the time it was going down like a lead … Continue reading

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Energy efficiency programs are another green flop

Sometimes one doesn’t need to know any German to understand Eike’s articles. Energie-Effizienz-Programme sind ein weiterer grüner Flop Here’s the gist of it: Energy efficiency has long been touted as a means of political leaders in the fight against climate … Continue reading

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