Category Archives: My Best Articles

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

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

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

The Human Reptile?

Posted on 11 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

A long time ago animals were divided into “mammals” and “reptiles” from Latin repere “to crawl, creep”. Reptiles were the cold blooded, scaly creatures who lurked in cold water laid eggs and were basically “not nice” like fluffy furry mammals. … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, General, My Best Articles, Proposals | Tagged Evolution, Reptiles, Tree of life, Turtles | 6 Comments

Phases of a public scare

Posted on 10 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

1. Discovery Discovering of a believable threat. In 1910 scientists discovered that Halley’s Coment contained significant levels of cyanide. Or they “discover” that bird flu (like all flu) has caused deaths. The millennium bug is “discovered” as a story which … Continue reading →

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Bush & Blair lied about WMD so Lewandowsky lied about skeptics: the motivated lies & attacks intended to discredit honest people.

Posted on 6 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Lewandowsky is notorious within Skeptic circles. Unlike others who naivety end up insulting skeptics, Lewandowsky’s attacks are different. Because unlike others who end up attacking skeptics through ignorance, Lewandowsky’s attacks appear to be directed or motivated in a calculated manner … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Climate, Fails, Goat Toads, My Best Articles | 5 Comments

PDO and El Nino: resonant response to natural variation?

Posted on 31 October 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

In a recent article by Kevin Trenberth amongst his silly comments he mentioned El Nino and Pacific Decadal Variability as one of many “the dog ate my warming” type excuses to deny the scientific fact of the pause. In my … Continue reading →

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Reconciling skydragons and mainstream skeptics?

Posted on 3 July 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Greenhouse gases, are not so much “trapping” heat, as acting by “tapping” heat. They are acting as a vector (tap) enabling the flow of energy between the adiabatic controlled atmosphere and the IR radiation that eventually leaves the atmosphere. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Advanced Greenhouse Theory, Climate, My Best Articles, Proposals | Tagged global warming, physics, Skydragon | 47 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

The Truth about the Highland Clearances

Posted on 16 January 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Were the clearances or the improvements more significant in the creation of the deserted upland landscapes which exist all over Scotland? What are the most important benefits of the study of deserted settlements? By Mike Haseler as part of Glasgow … Continue reading →

Posted in General, My Best Articles | 92 Comments