Category Archives: Climate

Greenblobby waste more money = Fastest video fail.

Posted on 11 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

I just love watching these high cost committee produced greenblobbiest videos from the pause deniers to see just how soon they start telling lies. And I did not have to wait long. After the 10s “I did media studies” type … Continue reading →

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A few word definitions

Posted on 9 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Over the years I’ve introduced and/or started using a few words. So, here is a list of ones that as far as I know I was first to use – together with a few others. The Pause I coined the … Continue reading →

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When academics turn into activists – who do we trust: politicians?

Posted on 9 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

An interesting situation has arisen in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Jeff Seeney, the Queensland Deputy Premier has ordered the regional council to remove all references to academic [my word] derived sea level rises as a result of supposed climate upcasting  … Continue reading →

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One small step for [a] Man a giant leap for climate realism

Posted on 8 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Why would an Apollo Astronaut come out of retirement to jump off a cliff in Peru? For Apollo 7 astronaut Walt Cunningham, calling attention to the “sorry way” that climate science and policy have been distorted is an important reason. … Continue reading →

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Should I publish the survey data?

Posted on 5 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

For months since getting a deluge of responses to the survey on sceptics I’ve been trying to find some way to get funding to hire in the necessary resources to do the funding and/or work with a group who have … Continue reading →

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Why academics should pay the cost when Global warming fails

Posted on 5 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

If you offer advice to government and claim that advice should be followed, then you are taking on the role of a normal private sector consultant who is legally liable for the costs incurred by those to whom they give … Continue reading →

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"funding is a primary driver" of activists

Posted on 4 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

In an article referring to Global Warming activists Randal Simonetti  a consultant in reputational management spells out the truth we sceptics know, the activists are primarily driven by money:- “you must first consider the driving motive that supports the attacker’s … Continue reading →

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The real difference between alarmists and sceptics

Posted on 3 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

There’s a post on a blog that is not any way connected to physics which when I asked for racist comments to be removed asked me not to comment. And that is something I am happy to comply with as … Continue reading →

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If sea ice is back to "normal" what does this imply about global temperature

Posted on 2 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

For years whenever someone mentioned the decline in sea ice I would respond “but that’s what we would expect to see after the temperature rise from the little ice age”. In other words, if temperature rises – as we are … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia lies

Posted on 2 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

I came across this sentence today: “Without any feedbacks, a doubling of CO2 (which amounts to a forcing of 3.7 W/m2) would result in 1 °C global warming, which is easy to calculate and is undisputed. ” (link) Professor Hermann … Continue reading →

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