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Posted on 10 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Been doing some changes to the site and commenting. This is a test post to which you are welcome to add comments.

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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 taps into the fear of new technology and “crazed robots” on TV.
2. Dismissal
The normal reaction of scares is to dismiss them as most just go away.
3. Public discussion
For a scare to be successful an apparently credible group with public sympathy must start taking the scare seriously. This is often a group who try to capitalise on the scare to bolster support for their cause. It could be environmentalists trying to use the scare to flame public opposition or it could be academics trying to create public interest to get funding or it could be drug companies or windmill companies trying to make a profit.
4. Repetition
No scare succeeds without constant repetition through the media. Continue reading →

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In defence of the alarmist right to free speech

Posted on 8 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic
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Nazi Science & Global Warming

Posted on 8 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

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Ed Hoskins – a series of articles worth reading

Posted on 6 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Ed Hoskins has been in touch and he has written a series of articles well worth reading.
Articles

  1. The temperature context
  2. The significance of carbon dioxide CO2
  3. The record of recent man made co2 emissions 1965-2013
  4. The diminishing influence of increasing-carbon-dioxide-CO2-on-temperature/
  5. De carbonisation outcomes
  6. Growth of renewable energy installation in the usa uk and germany
  7. Renewable energy solar and wind power compared with gas fired generation usa Germany uk
  8. Charting the worlds developmental deficit
  9. Charting the worlds energy sources

Supporting notes:

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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 distorting the evidence to damage skeptics. Why?

Addendum: Since this article was originally written it appears some chemical weapons were present in Iraq. “The Secret Casualties of Iraq’s Abandoned Chemical Weapons. This has led to discussion as to whether this vindicates Bush: Do Reports of WMD Found in Iraq Vindicate George W. Bush?. I’ve not been aware of this and obviously this might vindicate Bush about chemical weapons.

Because Lewandowsky’s behaviour is unusual and without any clear motive, I started reviewing Lewandowsky’s previous work to see if I could understand what made him tick and what might have caused him to behave this way. I now believe I have found the answer and the answer appears to be one of the most despicable acts we skeptics have seen. The evidence strongly suggests that Lewandowsky’s attack on skeptics were not a mistake. Instead it was part of a cynical campaign of attacks using morally reprehensible tactics which he himself condemned. Continue reading →

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Who will really win the American Election?

Posted on 5 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

 

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Robespierre leader of the reign of terror in the French revolution was himself a victim of that revolution.


Climate Depot have a great quote from an article lamenting: One big loser in this election? Climate policy.

You had billionaire Tom Steyer spending $57 million from his own pocket trying to convince voters to care about global warming. You had the League of Conservation Voters pouring in another $25 million into various races, more than it had in the previous two elections combined. All the while, some media outlets suggested that recent natural disasters — from Superstorm Sandy two years ago to the ongoing drought in the West — might push climate issues to the fore. Ultimately, none of it mattered much. Congress’ indifference to climate change will remain as solid as it’s ever been for the next two years — and maybe longer.’

So, neither money, nor the support of the most powerful elected politician (Obama), nor support of masses of the Dinosaur press, nor fearmongering with hyped up natural weather could sway the voters [like they used to] to vote for pro-delusional politicians, so who was the winner? Continue reading →

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Even the delusionists think the IPCC report was ignored.

Posted on 4 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

After my last posts on the IPCC report:

Warmist media – like fish trapped in fast drying up muddy pool

IPCC report goes down like a Lead balloon

… comes just the independent corroboration I need from no other than one of the chief delusionists:

Climate [pause] Denial Crock of the Week

He’s not a happy bunny. It seems that he too has noticed the media no longer go along with their delusion:

The incredible contrast between the release of actual scientific warnings about climate, that MUST be heard and heeded to avoid catastrophe, and the media’s complete lack of attention – at this stage of the game, 2014, is mind boggling. (Climate denial crock of the week ) Continue reading →

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Why the pause hurts the climate delusionists so much

Posted on 4 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

For years, the delusionists in the IPCC forced their view that CO2 caused the 20th century using a very simple argument:

CO2 went up
Temperature went up
Therefore CO2 caused temperature to go up

There’s no science to this argument. (The actual science as shown by Herman Harde is that a doubling of CO2 is likely to cause about 0.6C warming.  That’s the only science in this whole scam, but you won’t find a mention of this one bit of science in any IPCC report++. This science only explains around 0.1C of the supposed 0.7C warming in the 20th century.)
They were particularly fortunate. CO2 measurements only began in 1958, since when CO2 levels have risen pretty steadily, so there’s no oddity or “events” in CO2 levels to take account of. And also, when they drew a line from the 1960s to 2001 (when this scam really took off), barring a small period in the 1960s without warming, they could claim that the 30 year rise from 1970-2000 was an exact match (allowing for “noise”).
And so long as CO2 rose and they could claim that temperatures were rising, they could claim a direct relationship between CO2 and temperature.

Then along came the pause

Continue reading →

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Revealed the fool truth of UK Spying on UN Climate talks.

Posted on 3 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

UK spy HQ revealed in secret GCHQ document. Notice the cunning use of Bicycles to hide it from suspicion as the UK spy HQ.

UK spy HQ. Notice the cunning use of bicycles to hide it and avoid any suspicion of it being the UK spy HQ.


According to the Guardian:

The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, says he will launch an investigation into reports that Britain spied on other governments at two successive global climate summits, snooping on other delegations’ kit, passes and membership lists.

A government document released by Edward Snowden showed that an officer from GCHQ, the government’s eavesdropping agency, had been embedded in the official British delegation to the UN climate summit in Copenhagen in 2009 and at Cancun in Mexico.

This sounded serious. So I immediately downloaded the offending document. It’s in Danish, fortunately I am fluent in Danish (OK, I once had a conversation in Danish with a drunk in a Danish bar). And from this I have been able to learn the fool truth of this horrendous international spying ring. Continue reading →

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