Category Archives: Climate

Is our climate becoming more extreme? (Guest post)

Posted on 3 August 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

[The following was moved from comments on I’ve got a little list because it was too long to include in the comments but merited being displayed] Is our climate becoming more extreme? (by Paul Homewood) There has been much discussion … Continue reading →

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(Eco)scares we should take seriously

Posted on 3 August 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

Here’s a quick list of scares that we really ought to have a closer look at: Anti-biotic feeding to cattle creating ideal conditions for the development of anti-biotic immune bacteria. If it wasn’t for anti-biotics, every class of primary children … Continue reading →

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Study: Biodegradable plastics could worsen global warming

Posted on 3 August 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

Usually I don’t refer to “global warming could … ” stories, but this is a “… could global warming”, and as I was just commenting on recycling I thought it scraped through. I’ve long said that if people were really … Continue reading →

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The requirements for eco-scares

Posted on 3 August 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

Eco scares are really like bush fires: you can set a lot of fires all the time, but only a few will really take hold. There are a few key conditions: Ignition: An initial trigger – often quite scientific Fuel: … Continue reading →

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Climate Thuggery

Posted on 3 August 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

I found this interesting from http://chronicle.com/blogs/innovations/climate-thuggery/29919 July 29, 2011, 10:04 am By Peter Wood Is anthropogenic global warming (AGW) a valid scientific theory?  Is it well supported by the empirical data or is it mostly an artifact of computer modeling? … Continue reading →

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How media change position – first they dip their toes!

Posted on 2 August 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

I thought the first sign of the end of the global warming scam would be a swathe of news media becoming outright sceptic. Somehow I just assumed that like I did, the news media would just look at the evidence … Continue reading →

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News of the World

Posted on 8 July 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

I really can’t understand the naivety of people. News of the World aren’t closing because it hacked, it is closing because Rupert Murdoch knows newspapers aren’t making money and was going to close it anyway. But more importantly, whilst he … Continue reading →

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Australia: land of the hysterical!

Posted on 29 June 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

As they say: “no news is good news”, and there certainly has been a lack of any real news story on global warming if the news search engine results are to be believed. There is still those who deny reality … Continue reading →

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Dear Politician – can I draw your attention to sunspots

Posted on 15 June 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

To our politicians, I would like to draw your attention to an important subject and this is the odd behaviour recently observed in the solar cycle and the possible implications for our climate and its policy implications. Aim The aim … Continue reading →

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Global warming decline – A timeline!

Posted on 2 June 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

As I was reading through the article on the collapses of the carbon market, I suddenly realised that there now exists a tangible timeline for the collapse of the global warming scam. As I posted before, the replacement for the … Continue reading →

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