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: Continue reading →

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 Lord David Puttnam” (who?)
The game called “Fate of the World” is supposed to be “a dramatic global strategy game covering the next two centuries, from 2020 to 2200, in which the player must find a way to protect Earth’s ever-depleting resources and climate whilst reconciling the needs of a growing world population who demand more food, power, and living space. Time is running out”
Available only for PC, “… Fate of the World has four challenging missions with over 40 hours of compelling gameplay covering 12 regions and steeped in the latest climate science.”
…. yawn, the eye lids are closing ….. ZZZzzzz  ZZZZZzzzzzzz!

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:

Two recent plays about climate change have only reinforced this view of the cold-as-ice career woman. Continue reading →