Category Archives: History

The Climate wars – toward a washup review.

Posted on 30 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

As I said a while back (The limits of Climate Hysteria) we’ve now reached the stage in these “climate wars” whereby the climate itself is the main combatant forcing the ranks of the delusional public academia, to be dragged kicking … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Climate, History, Media, My Best Articles, Politics, Sceptics | 29 Comments

Jesus the sceptic

Posted on 21 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

It’s traditional at this time to write some pointless diatribe about crucifixion, why the Xes shouldn’t be in Xmas, 666, the Holy grail and much more, so I thought I would join in and try my luck. And as Jesus … Continue reading →

Posted in General, History, My Best Articles, Sceptics | 1 Comment

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

Original sin – how it caused global warming

Posted on 12 September 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Looking at the latest global temperature on Roy Spencer’s graph, I was struck how half the graph is warmer than the rest. Zealots usually pick on this and ask “why have 9 out of the last 10 elections days been … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, History, science | 1 Comment

Global warming is not a scientific issue.

Posted on 27 June 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Thanks to Stefanthedenier for prompting this. Whilst many assume global warming is a scientific issue, my long held view is that it is not. Global warming is a social issue. It is really a question of the way we decide … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, History, science | 16 Comments

The Global Warming Pause – definition

Posted on 25 June 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Back around 2007 I posted a section in Wikipedia Global Warming talk page titled “The Pause”. In this I pointed to the lack of warming since AR3 and the growing number of articles referring to the lack of warming. (I … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, History | 71 Comments

Scotsman: Mike Haseler: No place for name-calling in debate

Posted on 4 March 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

In The Scotsman A recent survey of those participating in online forums showed that most of the 5,000 respondents were experienced engineers, scientists and IT professionals, most degree-qualified and around a third with post-graduate qualifications. The survey, carried out by … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Climate, Funding Imbalance, History, Sceptics, Survey | 17 Comments

Sustainable Capitalism

Posted on 20 February 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

This is a paper I wrote 2003 and sent to the UK conservative party. No idea if anyone read it, but sad to say, after this paper, the conservatives “went green”. Although from before I knew there is no real … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Energy, Environment, greenblob, History, My Best Articles, Politics | 3 Comments

History is written by the VICTORS!

Posted on 19 January 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

They say history is written by the winners. But the Citizen News Media are beginning to dominate the internet. If this new CNM end up writing the history of the “climate wars”, does mean we are the winners?

Posted in Academia, History, Media | 4 Comments

The Citizen Scientist : a paradigm shift in Science.

Posted on 28 December 2013 by Scottish-Sceptic

After several conversations regarding my article: “The Citizen Scientist“, I am beginning think this may possibly be the most important article I have ever written about the climate debate. What I suggested is that sceptics can be considered as a … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, History, Media, Sceptics, science | 60 Comments