In a speech, Greta Thunberg stated: “all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth”. Continue reading “Greta Thunberg was Wrong about Economic Growth”
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What Does “Peer Reviewed” Mean?
Articles about scientific matters (especially climate change) refer to studies with “peer reviewed” papers. Most readers assume that this means that the findings have been endorsed by qualified scientists and that they can be considered reliable.
The reality is that this is actually a low standard and is not an accurate guide to the reliability of the results. Continue reading “What Does “Peer Reviewed” Mean?”
Towards a Rational Approach to Climate Change
To decide how to deal with climate change we have to first look at the affects it will have. The effects which have been discussed fall into three groups.
These are:
- Effect on wildlife and the environment
- More frequent extreme weather events
- Rising sea levels
My conclusion is that the only aspect that poses a real threat to humanity is a rising sea level.
In this blog I shall look at all three aspects and explain the reasoning behind the conclusion. Continue reading “Towards a Rational Approach to Climate Change”
Climate Change – The Intellectual Dishonesty of the Climate Alarmists
It is frequently quoted, that the “Science is Settled” when it comes to climate change. However, the nature of science is that it is never really settled – with good science, each question that is answered leads to three or more new questions. It is perhaps more accurate to say “the Politics is Settled”. As skeptics ruefully acknowledge, they may be winning the skirmishes, but the alarmists are winning the war.
Some examples of intellectual dishonesty from the climate change propagandists are:
- Changing the name from “anthropogenic global warming” (AGW) to “climate change”
- Cherry picking weather events as evidence of AGW
- Changing criteria for claims of global warming
- Predictions that don’t materialize swept under the carpet
- Computer models used for predictions which don’t match the historical data
- Using animal population changes as evidence of global warming
With Climate Change, there are four related, but separate questions, each of which will be addressed in future blogs:
- Is the earth’s temperature rising?
- Is the change in temperature man-made?
- Are the consequences of climate change harmful to humanity?
- What should be done to avoid ill-effects?
The “dishonesty” claimed in the title is clear in the climate change propagandists rather than the scientists. The propagandists include:
- the media
- celebrities
- politicians
- “environmentalists”
Continue reading “Climate Change – The Intellectual Dishonesty of the Climate Alarmists”