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 [...]
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Mr P’nHead pulls a face
Posted by manicbeancounter on May 20, 2012
http://manicbeancounter.com/2012/05/20/mr-pnhead-pulls-a-face/
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/
A Climate Change / Global Warming Spectrum
In politics, most people’s views can be placed on a spectrum, when it comes to climate change / global warming there is no such perspectives. The views are often polarized, particularly by those who believe in a future climate catastrophe. This is an initial attempt at a grid aimed at clarifying the issues. Your constructive [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on February 20, 2012
http://manicbeancounter.com/2012/02/20/a-climate-change-global-warming-spectrum/
Heartland Leak – The Implications
The stolen documents from the Heartland Institute have caused a lot of comment on the blogs. There are a number of things that will come out of this. 1. The consensus climate scientists and their cohorts cannot deal with numbers. Just as they have no sense of proportion with financial values (see Jo Nova on [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on February 17, 2012
http://manicbeancounter.com/2012/02/17/heartland-leak-the-implications/
Joseph Stiglitz on the causes of the current crisis
Roger Pielke Jr. takes a critical look (here and here) at a novel theory of the recession from Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz in Vanity Fair, the eminent economics journal. This is an extended version of the comment that I made on the second posting. The Stiglitz theory would make a bit of sense if it [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on January 5, 2012
http://manicbeancounter.com/2012/01/05/joseph-stiglitz-on-the-causes-of-the-current-crisis/
Economic v Climate Models
Luboš Motl has a polemical look at the supposed refutation of a sceptics arguments. This is an extended version of my comment. Might I offer an alternative view of item 30 – economic v climate models? Economic models are different from climate models. They try to model empirical generalisations and (with a bit of theory [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on September 24, 2011
http://manicbeancounter.com/2011/09/24/economic-v-climate-models/
Al Gore’s faulty case for CAGW
Wattsupwiththat have an estimate of Al Gore’s Climate Reality online viewing figures. I posted at the follow-up article manicbeancounter says: September 22, 2011 at 12:17 pm I was one of those who stayed for over 5 minutes. A video they had justified the case for global warming by re-doing the CO2 in a jar experiment – [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on September 22, 2011
http://manicbeancounter.com/2011/09/22/al-gore%e2%80%99s-faulty-case-for-cagw/
Feedbacks in Climate Science and Keynesian Economics
Warren Meyer posts of a parallel between Climate Science and Keynesian Economics. I posted about a subject close to his heart, and central to Keynesianism – Feedbacks. I have also attempted to update on the current debate on feedbacks. Warren There is a parallel between Keynes and the CAGW that is close to your heart [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on September 17, 2011
http://manicbeancounter.com/2011/09/17/feedbacks-in-climate-science-and-keynesian-economics/
IPCC & Greenpeace
The Shub Niggurath (Hattip BishopHill) arguments against the IPCC’s SSREN growth figures are complex. The Greenpeace model on which they were based basically took a baseline projection and backcast from there. A cursory look at the figure GDP figures shows that the economic models point to knife-edge scenario. The economic models indicate that the wrong [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on July 20, 2011
http://manicbeancounter.com/2011/07/20/ipcc-on-the-knife-edge-renewables-scenarios/
Comparing Politicians to Global Warming Deniers
At CafeHayek, Don Bordeaux has a post that requires careful reading. It is an attack on politicians and overbearing government, couched in a metaphor of global warming deniers. My comment was Using the metaphor of global warming is apt, but like any metaphor breaks down once examined closely. I would claim that a global warming [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on April 20, 2011
http://manicbeancounter.com/2011/04/20/comparing-politicians-to-global-warming-deniers/
