Category Archives: Climate

Scots: more words for rain than Eskimos for snow

Posted on 28 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

It is often claimed that “Eskimos have hundreds of words for snow”, but I wondered whether this is true or if there were more Scottish words for rain. First, the truth about the Eskimo or Inuit: David Robson, New Scientist … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, General, Humour, My Best Articles | 36 Comments

Proof: cold can be turned into warm.

Posted on 27 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

There is a certain vociferous group who refuse to accept that a cold object such as a blanket or the sky can make a warmer object warmer. After a few drinks, I found a very simple way to prove then … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, Humour | 12 Comments

Simplified atmospheric model

Posted on 27 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

I want to examine three extreme models of the atmosphere: entirely transparent, entirely opaque and entirely transparent to visible and opaque to IR. From this I will show that the presumed adiabatic lapse through the atmosphere of “33C” must be … Continue reading →

Posted in Advanced Greenhouse Theory, Climate, My Best Articles, Proposals | 14 Comments

Cloud feedbacks

Posted on 27 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

When I try to model cloud feedbacks, I start getting some startling figures with likely warming for a doubling of CO2 is as low as 0.1-0.2C. Clearly this is the reason they “can’t” model clouds – because this whole scam … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, Proposals | 6 Comments

Some thoughts on greenhouse warming

Posted on 25 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Conclusion: Penn are global warming deniers! And the temperature of the earth is primarily a result of cooling through the adiabatic blanket together with a smaller component of direct cooling. The effect of IR interactive gases like H20 & CO2 … Continue reading →

Posted in Advanced Greenhouse Theory, Climate | 22 Comments

A scientist's guide to greenhouse warming.

Posted on 24 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Over the years I have seen many people arguing about how the Greenhouse effect works and from these discussions it is clear that most people misunderstand it. That is not to say that adding a greenhouse gas like CO2 to … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, My Best Articles, Proposals | 47 Comments

About Motive For Massive IPCC Deception

Posted on 24 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Reading an article on WUWT, I wanted to work out how I originally came to accept global warming as true and see what I knew about those who believed fitted in with what Dr Ball was suggesting. It really boils … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate | 10 Comments

The perfect Xmas present for a sceptic or their spouse

Posted on 23 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Wondering what to get your spouse for Xmas – here’s a serious suggestion. One day many years ago I saw a cheap IR thermometer being sold at a shop and having used more expensive IR thermometers in industry, I couldn’t … Continue reading →

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To stand up and be hated

Posted on 21 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Society often praises the volunteer who gives up their time to work on some “good cause”. And that is what sceptics did. We gave up time and money to work on a good cause, but with one very significant difference.

Posted in Climate, Politics | 16 Comments

How the climate scare will end?

Posted on 20 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

When I first became a sceptic – I assumed scientific knowledge would end the scare. Then when climategate hit, I thought that when it was known just how poor the science was and how biased those researching it, I thought … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, Politics | 6 Comments