Category Archives: Climate

A complete explanation of the ice-age cycle.

Posted on 9 February 2016 by Scottish-Sceptic

This article is one of a number I’ve been doing developing my ideas on the Ice-age cycle. I will try to summarise the key ideas and explain how they fit. However, with such a complex subject and so many new … Continue reading →

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Those approving wind lunacy to face personal liability

Posted on 8 February 2016 by Scottish-Sceptic

I’m sure that sooner or later the legal profession is going to realise that with some $trillion in value being made from this scam – that there’s an awful lot of ways they can make a huge amount of money … Continue reading →

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Long -Term Climate Change: What Is A Reasonable Sample Size?

Posted on 8 February 2016 by Scottish-Sceptic

In WUWT Tim Ball asks a simple question: Long -Term Climate Change: What Is A Reasonable Sample Size? And the answer is fairly simple. For a reasonable degree of certainty (~75% – but see end) One needs around 10x the … Continue reading →

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Review of possible mechanisms for long-term climate change

Posted on 7 February 2016 by Scottish-Sceptic

Two apparently contradictory headlines caught my attention today: Some types of trees may make climate change worse, not better Forestry practices have negative climate effects, researchers say To which my response was “of course trees cause climate change” – that … Continue reading →

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Oh dear! The "science" is settled – so 350 jobs go.

Posted on 4 February 2016 by Scottish-Sceptic

When I joined industry, one of the first things I was told was “always look busy” – because any department that didn’t look busy was bound to be the target of any redundancy. Obviously climate researchers in Australia never got … Continue reading →

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The chances of there not being a climate scare right now!

Posted on 4 February 2016 by Scottish-Sceptic

After my last post, musing that I cannot hope to ever discern the human influence of CO2 on the climate – I started thinking about the chances of such stupid scares occurring by pure chance because the climate always has … Continue reading →

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The chances of getting Climate extremists' predicted warming

Posted on 4 February 2016 by Scottish-Sceptic

  I would just like to share with you a thought. Having calculated that there should have been around 0.6C warming during the pause, I was just musing what the chances of getting this warming be coincidence would be. And … Continue reading →

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Crunch Year for global warming (= the scam)

Posted on 4 February 2016 by Scottish-Sceptic

2016 will undoubtedly be the crunch year for “global warming” – undoubtedly the biggest scam in the whole of history – pushed relentlessly by academia and the public sector against the interest of the western economies. The satellites are the … Continue reading →

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Requiem for Bob Carter: Ode to Natural Variation

Posted on 3 February 2016 by Scottish-Sceptic

The adapted piece I call an Ode to Natural variation. It uses (without permission) the original “Bob Carter Peal” by Lord Monckton. Please read the eulogy: A clock tune in honor of a true man of true science Technical details … Continue reading →

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Doug Brodie Letter: The Emperor’s New Clothes

Posted on 2 February 2016 by Scottish-Sceptic

To: Mr Pete Wishart MP, SNP Business Manager Copy: Ms Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Scottish First Minister Mr Callum McCaig MP, Scottish Energy and Climate Change Spokesman Mr Angus McNeil MP, Chairman of the Energy and Climate Change Committee Mr Fergus … Continue reading →

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