Author Archives: Scottish-Sceptic

Global warming Death threats

Posted on 18 April 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

The chief executive of the Met Office, John Hirst, has revealed that, in common with global warming sceptics such as former children’s TV presenter Johnny Ball, he has received death threats for his stance on climate change. (Read more: http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/77902,people,news,met-office-boss-gets-death-threats-over-climate-change#ixzz1JtxSXvJ9) … Continue reading →

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Global warming must be true, Charles Manson believes in it.

Posted on 18 April 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

Global warming must be true, Charles Manson believes in it. Killer breaks 20-year silence on 40th anniversary of gruesome Sharon Tate murders. ‘If we don’t change that as rapidly as I’m speaking to you now, if we don’t put the … Continue reading →

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A climate of apathy

Posted on 18 April 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

In selling his carbon tax compensation plan last week, Greg Combet told the ABC1’s Lateline: “Australia is not acting alone. We’re not out ahead of the rest of the world. Other countries are taking important steps as well.” So, it’s … Continue reading →

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Media interest falls to record low

Posted on 2 April 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

In 2007 the average number of google hits for a news search for “global warming” was around 20,000 stories. It then steadily declined until just before climategate it was around the 10,000+ news articles.

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Our Carbon

Posted on 2 April 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

Our carbon, which art in the heavens, Damned be thy name, Thy power be gone, Emissions none, On earth as it is in heaven, Give us this day our daily rations, And forgive us our emissions. As we forgive those … Continue reading →

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Scientists discover why wet soil is dark

Posted on 1 April 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

In a major breakthrough Associate Profession William Philpot of Cornell School of Civil & Environmental Engineering has cracked the secret of wet soil. He has now produced a simple theoretical model describing the reflectance from wetted soils which describes the … Continue reading →

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No news – the lull before the storm?

Posted on 30 March 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

For three of four years I’ve been keeping tabs on the news headlines by regularly using a search engine to highlight the days news. Even a year ago, that would daily harvest a couple of really juicy stories on global … Continue reading →

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England expects every Scot to do their duty

Posted on 24 March 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

Chris Huhne is back on the bandwagon proclaiming Scotland’s renewable “industry” as “mission critical” to England achieving its global warming targets. Too true. Of course Scotland is mission critical because scamming the Scots has been a key part of this … Continue reading →

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The end of scepticism – personal thoughts.

Posted on 22 March 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

I became a sceptic not because I could prove the world wasn’t warming, but because I could prove beyond all reasonable doubt that the public were being lied to on global warming. The test I set was simple: a warmer … Continue reading →

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What does CO2 really Contribute to global warming – 2nd Update

Posted on 17 March 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

I have now received and roughly translated the majority of the paper from Hermann Harde. At 52 pages long this is a superb piece of work, but it will take me a few days just to digest what it says. … Continue reading →

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