By P Gosselin on 19. March 2014
By Ed Hoskins This short illustrated essay questions government efforts to combat global warming and climate change from three points of view: 1. The influence of CO2 on temperature 2. Decarbonisation outcomes 3. Politics This essay examines quantifiable and hopefully non-contentious aspects of the question. 1. Influence of carbon dioxide CO2 on temperature The temperature-increasing capacity of […]
Posted in CO2 and GHG, IPCC |
By P Gosselin on 16. February 2014
Fire in the sky, torrential rains, droughts and Biblical floods – all supposedly brought on by the sins and wickedness of man. Is it really a surprise we are hearing it all once again today? Hail storm in Dordrecht, Holland, May 17, 1552. Image: Taschen Verlag, amazon.de. The online Spiegel today has a report on […]
Posted in Abnormal Climate Psych, Gore, Green Follies, Hockey Team, IPCC, Models, Stupid Predictions, We're To Blame |
By P Gosselin on 19. January 2014
What follows are two reactions (see below) to Copernicus Publications director Martin Rasmussen, who cancelled an entire journal because scientists published a scientific alternative to IPCC climate science. Ironically, Copernicus’s publications received similar treatment in the 1600s under the Inquisition, see here Inquisition-Copernicus! UPDATE: The controversy takes a turn, Anthony Watts: wattsupwiththat.com/copernicus-fiasco-predictable-preventable/ Jo Nova responds: joannenova.com.au/not-done-by-peer-or-pal-review-but-by-evidence/ Other […]
Posted in Activism, Hockey Team, IPCC, Scepticism |
By P Gosselin on 16. January 2014
Today I would like to debunk the claim that we have to act now because there’s a “97% consensus”. In debates I keep hearing the claim that “97% of scientists agree” on global warming science and thus, with such an overwhelming consensus, taking action is a no-brainer. For example Hollywood actor and college dropout George Clooney recently parroted […]
Posted in Hockey Team, IPCC, Models, Scepticism |
By P Gosselin on 10. January 2014
The skeptics haven’t had this much fun for as long as I can recall. Global warming scientists getting trapped in ice, North America gripped by a record-breaking cold snap, activist climate scientists blaming cold on warming Derek Hunter interviews outspoken climate science critic Marc Morano at WBAL 1090, click on the following link: www.wbal.com/marc-morano Marc […]
Posted in Abnormal Climate Psych, Cooling/Temperature, IPCC, Models, Scepticism, Weather |
By P Gosselin on 9. January 2014
Veteran German journalist Ulli Kulke of Die Welt writes a summary of 2013 in terms of the global warming debate at his blog donnerunddoria.welt.de. He concludes: “Once again evidence has mounted that we are slowly but surely departing from the view of a global apocalypse.” On 2013 global temperature, Kulke writes: We will hear that 2013 […]
Posted in Climate Politics, Cooling/Temperature, IPCC, Scepticism |
By P Gosselin on 30. December 2013
If you still don’t believe climate models cannot be trusted to predict the future, then watch the following video of a presentation made with humor added by leading expert modeler Prof. Christopher Essex earlier this year. Absolutely worth viewing! Hat-tip: DirkH On scientific consensus Essex quotes a cartoon: “Then we are agreed nine to one that we […]
Posted in IPCC, Models |
By P Gosselin on 12. December 2013
My last post on sea level rise here led to Swedish blog site Stockholms Initiativet to post on the subject as well. That post in turn sparked a reader comment from top Swedish climate scientist Lennart Bengtsson, translated in English (my emphasis): Hi We now have satellite measurements for 20 years which indicate a steady rise of about […]
Posted in IPCC, Sea Levels |
By P Gosselin on 1. December 2013
New IPCC report discovers the important climate factor…and ignores it! By D. E. Koelle According to its own statutes, the IPCC is mainly responsible for anthropogenic climate change – and much less so for natural climate change, which has been around since the Earth first appeared. That could very well be the reason why the […]
Posted in IPCC, Solar Sciences |
By P Gosselin on 30. November 2013
Good news! This is about one of the most damning pieces on the European climate movement I’ve read all year, and that from Germany’s equivalent of the Washington Post. An atmosphere of resignation is truly sweeping through Germany’s climate movement. Flagship media are waking up. We’re winning! “Failed tricking their way past democracy” The Frankfurter […]
Posted in Activism, Climate Politics, Hockey Team, IPCC, Scepticism |
By P Gosselin on 26. November 2013
Perhaps some leading opinion-shapers in Germany have become aghast at the hysterical and hyper-irrational reaction coming from “climate scientists” in the wake of typhoon Yolanda, a single, destructive storm supposedly brewed by the misdeeds of darker forces, e.g. the 90 top carbon emitters of the world. Despite the progress science and technology we’ve seen since the […]
Posted in Abnormal Climate Psych, Green Follies, IPCC, Scepticism, Stupid Predictions, We're To Blame |
By P Gosselin on 25. November 2013
Swiss veteran journalist Alex Reichmuth at the online Weltwoche here writes that despite the lack of warming over past 15 years, recovering Arctic sea ice, and slowdown in sea level rise, “the warners of climate catastrophe are not impressed. Their arguments are getting more adventurous”. This especially in the wake of typhoon Yolanda. Swiss journalist Alex […]
Posted in Activism, IPCC |
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