It is good to see that NIWA is now going to publish all it’s data and calculations on the web to allow proper scrutiny. Good on them for taking the initiative and not waiting until they were forced into it (a much less attractive look). I am vastly amused that James Renwick, the principal climate [...]
It was interesting to see two articles on alternative energy sources today, outside of a “series” on such things. One on the approval of the new tidal power generators at Kaipara Harbour and one, a bit more “blue sky” on the realistic possibility of the first practicable fusion generators. Both of these may be realised [...]
Dutifully, NIWA informs us breathlessly that this decade was the “hottest on record” as if that is some sort of horrifying statistic that will make us rush out and shoot all those farting cows (actually they are burping methane but who cares?). Of course, this is only 50 years worth of data, so this is [...]
Yes, It is the time for reviews of the past year, the perennial favorite of tired journalists the world over. Like me, they knocked this together in mid-December and timed it to drop into whatever publication they owed a column to. Just as I did last year, I thought you might like to have a [...]
It is no secret that I am an Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) sceptic. That is not, as the Global Warm-mongers try to make out, the same thing as a climate change denier. For one thing, I have no doubt the climate is changing. It changes all the time. For another, I object to the attempted [...]
Spam Journalism: The spurious use of sensational headlines to add spice to an otherwise pointless article.
And now for a refreshing spot of global warming spam:
Sunspot theory for warming planet is shot down in flames
Leading scientists, including a Nobel Prize-winner, have rounded on studies used by climate sceptics to show that global warming is a natural [...]
Remember the oft repeated picture of the two polar bears forlornly stuck on an ice floe in the middle of nowhere? Turns out that the photographer who took the picture was more interested in the interesting shape of the ice floe and the picture was taken within a couple of hundred meters of the arctic [...]
If you have ever wondered what it would be like if professionals from other disciplines started using the peculiar logic used by climate scientists in their research, wonder no more. Tom Naughton on his eponymous blog gives us
If Climate “Researchers” Became Doctors
“Step up on the scale, Mr. Naughton.”
“Sure, Doctor. I’m looking forward to seeing this [...]
Over at SciBlogs, Gareth Renowden and Ken Perrott are commenting on my post Global Warping. As the comments are interesting and should not be missed, I have pasted them here. You are welcome to go over to SciBlogs and add your comments.
Gareth Renowden 1 day ago
Jim, I think you are giving far too much weight [...]
Now that our illustrious government has finally managed to pass, at great cost to itself and the Maori party, a badly designed Emissions Trading Scheme – that absolutely everyone else hates – it is time to wonder why anyone bothered. This expensive waste of political capital will achieve precisely nothing for our environment nor prevent [...]
