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What does CO2 really Contribute to global warming – 2nd Update

Posted on 17 March 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

I have now received and roughly translated the majority of the paper from Hermann Harde. At 52 pages long this is a superb piece of work, but it will take me a few days just to digest what it says. … Continue reading →

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Timeline of Japanese Earthquake

Posted on 15 March 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

Like many people, the shear enormity of these events is overwhelming. I was wondering how much warning people had of the Tsunami. So, I started a time line of events. It appears there was about 25minutes between the time the … Continue reading →

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How much CO2 really contributes to GW? – further Analysis

Posted on 3 March 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

Because of the huge interest in the paper: “How much CO2 really contributes to global warming? Spectroscopic studies and modelling of the influence of H2O, CO2 and CH4 on our climate” by Herman Harde which comes up with an estimated … Continue reading →

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Double Counting of "Greenhouse" Gas Effect

Posted on 3 March 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

In a paper succinctly called: How much CO2 really contributes to global warming? Spectroscopic studies and modelling of the influence of H2O, CO2 and CH4 on our climate. Hermann Harde of Helmut-Schmidt-Universität Hamburg, Germany presents a summary of their calculation … Continue reading →

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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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