Author Archives: Scottish-Sceptic

Celtic and Global warming: How can educated people be so stupid?

Posted on 3 October 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

When I went to University to do Physics I knew that physics was unlikely to be a career in its own right, but instead it was a means of problem analysis that was applicable to many areas of life. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, General, History, science | 17 Comments

Is the Global Warming scam the work of terrorists?

Posted on 2 October 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Following an article on the Toad’s website, in which they ask what would happen if a terrorist group threatened to increase world food output via more CO2, reduce winter deaths and generally make us all much richer by burning more … Continue reading →

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The Pause comes of age: no child has seen any global warming.

Posted on 2 October 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

According to the Cato institute (OK, not the most impartial site) October the 1st marks 18 years without warming. But where are all the world’s green activists are celebrating in the streets? Where are the climate scientists are over the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, Fails | 58 Comments

Origin of British and West European Languages

Posted on 1 October 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

There’s no doubt the traditional explanation of how English came to Britain is hogwash. At its core it requires a supposed total genocidal massacre of Welsh speaking population before the Anglo Saxons arrived in three longships and genetically and linguistically … Continue reading →

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Only 0.6C warming – IPCC must now scale down warming prediction

Posted on 29 September 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

At the heart of all climate models is an equation of the form: Warming = CO2_Warming x feedbacks. Forget feedbacks, now this paper shows the IPCC are vastly exaggerated the direct warming effect of CO2 – global temperature must be … Continue reading →

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what more is there for sceptics? – I'm not a pyschiatrist and I'm no priest!

Posted on 25 September 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

As I was writing a note today I explained why I felt there was little more for the sceptic to do because “Scepticism is about basing your views on the evidence and the evidence is now very very clearly in … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Climate, Fails, Sceptics, science | 1 Comment

They think it's all over! … It is now!

Posted on 25 September 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

1.33C That’s it! Earlier this year, Nic Lewis and science writer Marcel Crok put forward a new estimate of the Earth’s climate sensitivity based on observational data, this figure has been confirmed by Professor Judith Curry and Lewis using the … Continue reading →

Posted in Fails | 7 Comments

Why Mann must be stopped

Posted on 24 September 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Doing things outside climate for a while has given me a new perspective. So it was interesting reading the post on Bishop Hill. I’ve never doubted that Steyn would win in a fair courtroom. And when I saw the appalling … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Fails | 9 Comments

BBC bias – now it's Scottish nationalist alarmists complaining

Posted on 17 September 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

If you haven’t been living in outer Mongolia away from any modern media, you will probably already know that the BBC are completely biased on climate. True they’ve stopped reporting global warming alarmism recently, but that is because they’ve all … Continue reading →

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English tourists ‘cancelling holidays to Scotland’ due to "ill feeling"

Posted on 17 September 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

SCOTTISH holiday companies have been faced with cancellations from English tourists worried that there may be “ill feeling” towards them after the referendum – no matter what the result. Companies providing holiday accommodation north of the border say dozens of … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Scotland | 6 Comments