Author Archives: Scottish-Sceptic

Trump pulling out of Paris Climate treaty

Posted on 31 May 2017 by Scottish-Sceptic

Every so often history shows that humanity goes crazy. That happened at the Millennium when climate became a pseudo religion and academia was exposed by the internet as barking up the wrong tree on climate and additionally having no moral … Continue reading →

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Those nails are sure tough – or Trump is a pansy.

Posted on 3 May 2017 by Scottish-Sceptic

Mr. Praline (The Sceptic): Look, I took the liberty of examining that parrot when I got it home, and I discovered the only reason that it [the global warming scam] had been sitting on its perch in the first place … Continue reading →

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Scottish Lobbying: GWPF – it's up to you – or it won't be done!

Posted on 2 May 2017 by Scottish-Sceptic

For as much as a decade I’ve been writing about the climate. I formed the Scottish Climate and Energy Forum and have had various goes to educate our politicians (both obviously and not so obviously). But over recent years, I … Continue reading →

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Bee-keeping: Playing the odds against catastrophic collapse

Posted on 1 May 2017 by Scottish-Sceptic

Last year I was given a beehive and some bees for a birthday present. This year I’ve realised that there’s a lot more to keeping bees than I thought: the biggest problem facing me being one of simple statistics: The … Continue reading →

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Climate gullibles

Posted on 30 April 2017 by Scottish-Sceptic

I was struck by this headline: Ottawa Climate March attracts thin but enthusiastic crowd I started thinking “at least some people have the will to get involved in civic life – even if they’re currently being used by big green … Continue reading →

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Sceptics, Gunshots, Meteorites & swarms of dykes.

Posted on 28 April 2017 by Scottish-Sceptic

The moon has craters the earth does not. Present theories explaining the lack of craters do not seem credible One possibility is that we are missing the circular features (such as the area around Glastonbury) Another is that the meteorites … Continue reading →

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Why Volcanoes swell before an eruption

Posted on 27 April 2017 by Scottish-Sceptic

Current models explaining the swelling of a volcano before eruption point to explanations involving an expansion of the magma chamber and an increase in magma volume Simple calculations presented here show that thermal expansion alone is quite sufficient to explain … Continue reading →

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Are we, the public, being played like an orchestra by the media?

Posted on 26 April 2017 by Scottish-Sceptic

The fashion industry plan “new” “exciting” “fashion” years in advance in a cynical manipulation of consumers (mostly women). The way the SNP have been allowed to go on at length about Brexit and referendum in Scotland seems to me to … Continue reading →

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Could CO2 be a cooling gas?

Posted on 25 April 2017 by Scottish-Sceptic

We all know that according to basic science CO2 is supposed to warm the globe. And based solely on its radiative properties I would agree. However… I horrible thought crossed my mind the other day. Anyone who has been reading … Continue reading →

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Delayed melting of glaciers

Posted on 25 April 2017 by Scottish-Sceptic

For a while whenever someone mentions Arctic ice – and then I mention growing Greenland surface ice and they counter with the old chestnut “Bulk ice is melting” I then counter with the Haseler rebuke: “but surface ice tells us … Continue reading →

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