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Elections are coming, throw them a bone

Posted on 3 March 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

For at least ten years we’ve seen rising fuel prices as a direct result of the Holyrood politicians desire to hit the consumer and stop us using carbon fuels and the amazing thing is that the public just seem to … Continue reading →

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Climate Activists Give Up

Posted on 2 March 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

For five years there have been various climate camps in England: at Drax power station, Heathrow Airport, Kingsnorth power station in Kent and in the City of London. “Camps for Climate Action” who ran the camps first came into being … Continue reading →

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Johny Ball on Politics today

Posted on 2 March 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

For posterity, this is a write up of what was said on BBC (See discussion at: Bishop Hill) Daily Politics 1st March 2011 Scene: chemistry class in a School – turns to office-room with Johnny Ball How are your kids, … Continue reading →

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Weather of Mass Destruction – and a Missing Human Fingerprint

Posted on 2 March 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

After the series of inquiries on Climategate: The commons Science and Technology, Muir Russel, Oxburgh, Penn State, and others, each of which “vindicated” those involved. There’s more than a hint of suspicion of something fishy and underhand, a suspicion not … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh Council – Electric Scooters? On your bike!

Posted on 2 March 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

My first job was at Timex in Dundee which was one of the main manufacturing plants for the Sinclair Spectrum (sadly gone the way of most manufacturing in Scotland). Every day I used to cycle up to the plant up … Continue reading →

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Twinkle, Twinkle little star, how I wonder where you are.

Posted on 1 March 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

A while back, quite unexpectedly, some contractors started digging up the pavement outside our house. Thinking it was a gas leak or other service and fearing that we might yet again have to fill up buckets or huddle around the … Continue reading →

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Royal Cockup

Posted on 1 March 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

The Royal Society of Edinburgh have produced a report (aka propaganda leaflet) on global warming. So, I dipped into the report to the first main section after the introduction:

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Global Warming Game – Fate of the World

Posted on 1 March 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

Well, it had to come. Now there is a new game which is bound to thrill teenagers particularly as it is produced with the “support of top climate scientists including Professor Myles Allen and Dr Cameron Hepburn amongst others and … Continue reading →

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Warmists: "cold-as-ice career woman"

Posted on 1 March 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

This snippet from the Guardian just tickled my sense of humour, particularly when you compare it with the recent warm reviews of the Heretic which also features a woman scientist but in the Heretic, they are a global warming sceptic: … Continue reading →

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"If we continue as we are …"

Posted on 1 March 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

When the history of the global warming scam is written up, there will be one phrase that comes to sum up the arrogance of those involved: if we continue to burn fossil fuels as we are, the world will warm … Continue reading →

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