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A Scottish Sceptic Organisation

See also: Poll on name Introduction Following some comments, I have been mulling over (again) the possibility of some kind of sceptic organisation in Scotland to help put the case for scepticism on the exaggerated claims of manmade global warming. … Continue reading

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Santer: How to prove an accurate prediction — first tell me the answer!

This is really a note to myself regarding Santer. “Separating Signal and Noise in Atmospheric Temperature Changes: The Importance of Timescale“. If it doesn’t make sense … apologies. The crux is the question: if you have a signal with noise, … Continue reading

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Should scientific papers behind a paywall be considered as part of the debate?

There is a new paper out which says: These ratios are small (less than 1) on the 10-year timescale, increasing to more than 3.9 for 32-year trends. This large change in S/N is primarily due to a decrease in the … Continue reading

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The storm.

As I sit and watch the trees bellowing dramatically in the wind and the bit of the chicken house that always flies off … flying off, I realised that our internet goes through the trees and if it got worse … Continue reading

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It's already over for Global Warming

For the last five years I’ve felt very isolated in my circle of friends. Global warming was not an easy subject and led to many arguments; it was best avoided. This weekend I was sitting with a group of (unrelated) … Continue reading

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What counts as "the end" of the global warming scam?

I’ve been wondering how long it will be before “the end”, when I realised I really didn’t know what “the end” meant. He’s some thoughts: When who(?) admits that the climate multipliers aren’t “well supported”? When Wikipedia admits that the … Continue reading

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Al Gored in Edinburgh

I see we have the “pleasure” of hosting Al Gored, in Edinburgh on 27-28Sept at the EICC. And as far as I can see the Scottish & UK government are footing some of the bill through Scottish “Enterprise” and the … Continue reading

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Cosmic rays & the late 20th century temperature data: a smoking gun?

The graph on the left shows cosmic ray flux (dark line) and reconstructed climate. (dotted) from 1850 to 2003. It does show an upward trend for most of the time with a reasonable correlation between ups and downs on cosmic … Continue reading

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November Fire Works

I’d heard on the Grapevine that the International Panel of Climate Clowns was about to write it’s obituary in the form of a report on extreme climate events. So, I had a look to see when that was due and … Continue reading

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Global Warming film & a message from aliens?

I’ve just come across the most unusual article ever mentioning global warming. Apparently the author of the film: “the Day after tomorrow” which was a global warming propaganda film: That information given to Strieber by the mystery man formed the … Continue reading

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