Breaking news: UK coalition split over "climate change"

Posted on 10 May 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

As I sat half asleep in bed I turned on the radio to hear an article:

0719 It has emerged that the coalition cabinet is reportedly spit over the government’s policy on climate change. Environment correspondent Roger Harrabin reports. (addendum: link to listen again)

You’ll forgive me if I don’t have the facts correct, but as I remember it, the treasury are saying that we should not aim for the 2020 (30?) target whilst the energy and climate disaster minister is saying: “we must lead onward onward … to show that we are leaders not followers”
Does anyone remember that game of lemmings?
I’ve searched google and found nothing, nor is there a “listen now” of the item. So “that’s all folks”.

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Global warming is dead in the MSM

Posted on 9 May 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic


About a week ago I happened by chance to check the level of news on Peak oil compared to Global Warming and noticed something dramatic: the news level of “peak oil” was just a  little below that of “global warming”. In my naivety I assumed this was part of the long term trend Continue reading →

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Scottish Nationlists Win Outright Majority

Posted on 6 May 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

2007


2011


I’ve just learnt that the Scottish Nationalists have gained their 65th member of the Scottish Parliament. Whilst this is not a direct vote for independence, it is a vote for a Scottish referendum on independence and so it is possible that Scotland will be an independent country within 5 years.
Unfortunately, all the Scottish parties are numpties on Global Warming. However, as the only mention of global warming in this election I know about was the strong campaign against wind power in Shetland which nearly unseated the Liberal Democrat leader in Scotland (Liberal Democrats share power in the UK), it is highly unlikely the politicians got any kind of public support for their previous eco-zealot like stance pro-global warming.
One fly in the ointment is that the Greens are said to be heading toward another MSP. Fortunately, an outright majority by the SNP largely makes the Greens redundant in this parliament, and as before they will no doubt huff and puff but have no real effect.
Furthermore, the other traditionally highly pro-warmist party (the Liberal Democrats) have suffered a staggering defeat loosing almost all their MSPs.
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Global Warming has been buried this election

Posted on 27 April 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

And as Alice looked on ... it melted away until there was nothing left but a cheesy grin.


When I wondered how much global warming had featured in the Scottish elections, the headlines really spoke for themselves:

  • The Guardian (blog)- 4 days ago
    … us to tackle the daunting threat of global warming over the next four decades. … despite George Osborne’s [UK] pre-election warm words: “If I become
  • Public Finance – 5 days ago
    … art but yours is causing global warming and poisoning small children. … So my plea to local councillors in next week’s [UK] election is the unlikely …
  • BUJA – Nigeria’s post-election riots have highlighted the likelihood of further … BEIJING – Gradually rising sea levels caused by global warming over the … Continue reading →
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Now Online gaming causing global warming

Posted on 26 April 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

From Online Social Media


Is Angry Birds Increasing Global Warming?
“We are well aware that the Angry Birds causes plenty of damage to complex structures and greedy green pigs, but are they causing damage in real life?
The most successful mobile game ever seen may damage your eyesight after a frantic playing session or even your social life in extreme cases; however reports from Platform Nation suggest Rovio’s masterpiece is harming our mother earth. The theory sounds crazy but bare with us and we will explain how John McMahon has broken down the maths in his interesting article, or YouTube video.” (Source: Online Social media)

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Are we on the verge of a global warming tipping point?

Posted on 26 April 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

Druidic Zealots against the Romans


I’ve been playing Rome Total war with the kids … OK, I’ve been playing Rome Total War. For those who don’t know, this is a computer game where you direct the operation of your army against the computer. Each army consists of a number of units, and each Unit has its own level of moral, and if it is attacked too much or sustains too heavy a loss … or sees other units nearby routing, then it will rout.
So, the battle normally starts with two armies in position opposite each other, they then engage, the fighting becomes hand to hand and it becomes very difficult to disengage units and so the battlefield is bogged down. But sooner or later, and quite suddenly, one of the units from one side will start routing, and from then on it is extremely difficult to stop the whole of that army routing resulting in victory. Continue reading →

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How to Boil a Frog

Posted on 21 April 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

No frogs were harmed in the making of this photo


“The title is based on the premise that if a frog is placed in boiling water it will jump out but, if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death. The story is often used as a metaphor for the inability of people to react to significant changes that occur gradually. Continue reading →

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After the drought another "global warming could" story

Posted on 21 April 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

An American pika feeding on grass in the Canadian Rocky Mountains Image: Wikipedia


Thanks to WUWT, for his Story on “Now its global warming killing Pikas“, obviously the Pikas (some kind of American rat/rabbit) isn’t the story, so much as the almost complete absence lately of these “global warming could … kill the … <name some species whose numbers just happened to have declined> because of <name some speculative link with temperature>”.
Somehow, even if the global warming could story is a bit of a Dodo in evolutionary terms and even if we know that it’s going the same way as the Dodo, somehow, despite the ridiculousness of the species, it does add colour to our lives. So it’s nice to see that at least one endangered species hasn’t quite yet fallen off its perch (which in the case of the Dodo was obviously the ground).

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Alternative Vote vs. First Past the Post

Posted on 21 April 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic
Left or Right? It’s a free choice!

Back in my youth I was a liberal democrat and even stood once as a councillor (gaining 200 votes, or as I put it: doubling the vote). So, I used to be a strong supporter of the alternative vote, because I always felt that the “middle” was squeezed out by people who feared labour or Tories so much that they voted for the opposite party.
I’m now an agnostic on voting, in part because I don’t want to see a party like the present liberal democrats in constant power, in part because I don’t want to see the dirty little deals that our politicians get up to behind our backs. Continue reading →

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A view from the other side

Posted on 19 April 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic

For those of us fed up with the lack of press coverage of the many revelations that continue to bulldoze each and every claim of the global warming zealots, perhaps a view of the ecozealot trenches will highlight the fact that even if we still don’t get anything like the press coverage the real facts deserve, if anything, the fall from “press darling” of the other side is far far worse to stomach. So, for those of a strong constitution this article may be worth a read:

Nisbet set out to “assess the performance of the mainstream news media in 2009 and 2010” and concludes in his Executive Summary that “major U.S. news organizations have overwhelmingly portrayed the consensus view on the reality and causes of climate change”

Or in plain English: Continue reading →

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