It is a common them by those who most dogmatically support the climate change agenda that the opposition are funded by big oil and similarly evil companies. There are potentially a number of angles to this viewpoint. If money does influence outcomes then we should see that where money on one side is hundreds of [...]
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Big Oil Funding of Climate Denial – An Examination of the Thesis
Posted by manicbeancounter on May 27, 2012
http://manicbeancounter.com/2012/05/27/big-oil-funding-of-climate-denial-an-examination-of-the-thesis/
Mr P’nHead pulls a face
I purchased this papier-mâché sculpture from an exhibition at Didsbury Library, South Manchester, in about 1990. I have lost the article from the South Manchester Reporter, which the name of the artist. If I remember rightly he was then around 20. Most of the artist’s other exhibits were black ink and pencil cartoons such as [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on May 20, 2012
http://manicbeancounter.com/2012/05/20/mr-pnhead-pulls-a-face/
Scottish Sceptic on summarizing the sceptic position
I came across the blog Scottish Sceptic at the weekend. At the site, the owner has been compiling a non-polemical summary of the mainstream sceptic view of the science. Unlike here, the statement studiously avoids discussion of policy or politics. I made the following comment in the hope of furthering discussion. I have had a [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on May 8, 2012
http://manicbeancounter.com/2012/05/08/scottish-sceptic-on-summarizing-the-sceptic-position/
Dinosaur Flatulence Caused Pre-historic Warming?
A lighter note on the global warming issue is to be found today’s Telegraph. Seems that methane emissions may have been a bigger problem pre-history. ”A simple mathematical model suggests that the microbes living in sauropod dinosaurs may have produced enough methane to have an important effect on the Mesozoic climate,” said study leader Dr [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on May 7, 2012
http://manicbeancounter.com/2012/05/07/dinosaur-flatulence-caused-pre-historic-warming/
IPCC’s 1990 Temperature Projections – David Evans against Mike Buckley
The following comments by Mike Buckley (referenced here) are more revealing about the state of climate science than any errors on Evan’s part. Surface Temperatures v lower tropospheric temperatures. As a beancounter (accountant) I like to reconcile figures. That is to account for the discrepancies. Jo Nova, Anthony Watts and others have found numerous reasons [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on May 7, 2012
http://manicbeancounter.com/2012/05/07/ipccs-1990-temperature-projections-david-evans-against-mike-buckley/
“Fake Skeptics” – a term of intolerance
Tamino, the handle of blogger Grant Foster, uses the term “Fake Skeptic” to describe those he believes to be wrong. I believe Foster’s first use of the term was in his “Skeptics: Real or Fake?” article of 28th June 2011. The term is “skeptic” is ambiguous. It is either John Cook’s definition of someone who [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on May 2, 2012
http://manicbeancounter.com/2012/05/02/fake-skeptics-a-term-of-intolerance/
Richard Lindzen attacked for dissention
Rather than substantiating the weaknesses in their own case, the climate community is continuing their attack on the dissenters. The latest is in the New York Times on Prof Richard Lindzen of MIT. I have posted the following on Prof Roger Pielke Jnr’s blog Having listened to some of Prof Lindzen’s speeches and read some [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on May 2, 2012
http://manicbeancounter.com/2012/05/02/richard-lindzen-attacked-for-dissention/
Michael Mann’s narrow definition of “Skepticism”
Climate Scientist MM continues his dogged defence of the climate consensus at Thinkprogress. Consider the following statement Make no mistake: Skepticism is fundamental to good science. Whenever a conclusion is drawn or a proposition is made, the demand that it stand up to scrutiny is the self-correcting machinery that drives us towards a better understanding [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on April 29, 2012
http://manicbeancounter.com/2012/04/29/michael-manns-narrow-definition-of-skepticism/
Aerosols – The UNIPCC AR4 adjustment factor
Scientific effort should be dedicated towards resolving the biggest unknowns. After feedbacks, the largest area of uncertainty in forecasting future global warming is the measurement of radiative forcing components. A quick analysis of the radiative forcing components table in the 2007 Summary for Policy Makers, would suggest a number of fudge factors have been used [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on April 10, 2012
http://manicbeancounter.com/2012/04/10/aerosols-the-unipcc-ar4-adjustment-factor/
John Redwood lights the “Global Warming” fuse again
John Redwood bravely touched on the global warming subject again in “Challenging establishment orthodoxies“. “One of the strange features of global warming theory is the reaction of its leading protagonists. They say it is scientifically derived, but then go on to say the science is proven and established. I thought the essence of scientific method [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on March 11, 2012
http://manicbeancounter.com/2012/03/11/john-redwood-lights-the-global-warming-fuse-again/
