Scottish Sceptic

Bill Giles has got himself into the Daily Mail trying to explain why its been a terrible summer (I thought England had done OK and it was just Scotland). So, what does he say: basically its all the fault of the deluded British public for expecting warmer weather due to the doomsday global warming:-

“Our beloved planet is certainly getting warmer, but because of the poor way the message has been put across, a lot of people believe this means hot, dry summers and milder, wetter, stormier winters.” (Bill Giles 2011 Mail) Continue reading →

David King former chief scientist having realised that Kyoto, his former folly was dead, now wants to build another.
So, let’s start with the basics. There are something like 6 or 7 billion people on the planet. If there were only 3billion, we’d all be able to consume as much carbon as we are now, but we would reduce CO2 emissions by half. It’s quite painless, just a bit of simple birth control and problem solved. No one goes without fossil fuels, indeed, we may even be able to increase standards of living without increasing CO2. Continue reading →

In retrospect I think we have a lot to thank the Jones report to the BBC. The assumption must have been that if you took an impartial scientist, and asked them to look at the coverage, they would give a meaningful impartial analysis etc. etc.
Instead, almost no one except Jones and a few zealots will be fooled by this report. The reason they asked for the review was concern that there was bias. And far from an impartial assessment, they were told: “the BBC is biased … but not against the sceptics … but in their favour”. Continue reading →

Amid the disgust at the BBC’s “from now on we will only cover the views of the experts because their view in unequivocally correct cannot be denied and Saddam did have WMD anyway … it’s just that everyone stopped looking” … amid the stupid hypocrisy of the BBC and the stifling rise of pro-warmist stories in the news.
I missed the fact that global warming stories (both pro and anti) may well have fallen to an all time low. Or at least google news count is(?) at an all time low (which now I think about it may mean that Google in it’s desire to spread the truth have decided that anti-global warming news isn’t “news”?) Continue reading →

According to the Daily Telegraph, a Genetic professor who clearly had an axe to grind about “biased” coverage of genetics has decided has “cleared the BBC of any suggestion of bias in its programming.” … “Climate change sceptics should get less BBC coverage and be challenged ‘more vigorously’, corporation body will rule” (Daily Mail) Continue reading →

This is the month I thought I would get grumpy over fuel prices which continue to rocket due to idiotic policies from our gullible politicians who couldn’t spot a con if it flaps its arms and said: “I’m a con”.
But no. I went to Asda last night and suddenly the price of everything has gone up. £17 for a joint of lamb. Even mince at £4 is on the high side compared to the “normal” price. And cereal packets were overwhelmingly over the £2 and even into the £3 bracket. If this continues, I’m going to be feeding my kids on chocolate (joke – it’s probably gone up as well). Continue reading →

In the 20th century “science” was without doubt incredibly successful. Everything from microchips to antibiotics. As a result “science” became a reputable brand giving authority to those who called themselves “scientists”. It was such a great brand that everyone with any cause wanted to adopt it to boost their credentials, but at first it had certain standards: proof via evidence from experimentation. Asserting only what can be proven from the facts (not opinion polls).
But then certain subjects began running out of things to research. Continue reading →

I came across this article and thought I’d reproduce it for a laugh:-

Is Global Warming a Hoax?
Many people believe that global warming is a hoax.  But is it?
I am very concerned of the present situation of Mother Earth and I always worry what may happen to Mother Earth come tomorrow. I have strong belief that global warming is true. There are numerous indications of global warming. Just look at all the incidents happening in our world today; the frequent earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, landslides, cyclones and worst the sudden change of weather which could become extreme hot or extreme cold. Continue reading →

Just did a search for global warming news and the air is thick with desperation.
Rising flood risk ‘being ignored’ – in other words people don’t care about it any more
Australia May Kill Farting Camels To Curb Global Warming – global warming is a bit of a laugh
Gibbons: Like it or not, planet is warming – in other words: even though most people don’t believe it anymore there’s some “scientist” studying gibbons who is under the delusion that jumping on the global warming bandwagon is good for their career.
Bill McKibben Talks Global Warning, New Book In Mother Jones – what?
How global warming affects your health – OK, we admit you can’t see it, nor feel it, so lets  try to persuade you it still is affecting you by some mystic power that affects your health.
Students Must Rally Against Global Warming – Oh dear, not even the students are willing to have a day off lectures to go on a global warming march … obviously all the sexy students are going on other marches!

Like most UK sceptics I’ve written my fair share of complaints regarding BBC bias. But one person really does take the biscuit for their response. Richard Black wrote an article about Chinese pollution causing warming. I wrote to complain that he was clearly biased because he surely must be aware that if a small amount of pollution from China had halted warming, he must also we aware that the wholesale cleaning of the air due to clean air acts in the the 1970s must have led to much larger warming.
This is his reply:

Dear Mr Haseler,
Thanks for your email. I am required to furnish you with a reply, but it
will not be a detailed one because as you consider me to be an idiot,
clearly reading any reply I made would be a waste of your time. I am
sure you have something better to do with it.
Best regards,
Richard Black

And the very minute I had finished writing my complaint to the BBC trust, in came an email from the Global Warming Policy Foundation along the same lines:

Looking at the aerosol data, obtained by satellites, it is apparent that the global aerosol burden declined between 1960 – 1980. There is no trend in global aerosol depth between 2000 – 2006, a period that includes the Kaufmann analysis claiming the Chinese effect. In 2007 Nasa stated that the aerosol effect had reduced, and even said that the “thinning” of the atmosphere had given a push to global warming. (for more see GWPF)

The problem with people like Richard Black … well as he said: he acts like an idiot, he writes like an idiot and so it really is incredibly difficult not to believe he is an idiot!
Come on Richard. If you ever read this, please just prove you aren’t as stupid as you make out and tell us how Chinese pollution in the 21st century can halt global warming, when the worldwide reduction in pollutants from virtually all industrialised nation has never been credited with causing the apparent warming we saw from 1970-2000 by your like.
Which reminds me of a joke: “why do you find so many global warmists at the top of hills … because they don’t know that there is a path downwards.”