Monthly Archives: August 2012

The Three Monkeys – Monckton, Foster and Peiser

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Rick Altman

Why the picture of monkeys? The short story: 1. Lord Monckton believes Anthropogenic Climate Disruption (ACD) is a myth (i.e. a hoax or a false alarm). 2. Rev. Foster believes that ACD is inconsistent with God’s plan for humanity (i.e. … Continue reading →

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And then there were three…

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Rick Altman

Back in January this year, an Op-Ed appeared in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), entitled “No Need to Panic About Global Warming”, signed by sixteen prominent scientists (of which only 4 are climate scientists, and one of those is Richard … Continue reading →

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The Monckton trail comes to an end

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Rick Altman

After my last exchange of emails with Christopher Monckton (back in May this year), I did promise myself I would not waste any more time on him. However, following the recent flurry of publicity surrounding the pronouncements of first Richard … Continue reading →

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Sampson and the Temple of Economic Dinosaurs

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Rick Altman

To mark the first anniversary of this blog, last Friday, I re-posted the first ever item on this blog, which summarised the inspiration for my MA dissertation on climate change scepticism in the UK; and the results of my research … Continue reading →

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Golden Olympic Mo-ment

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Rick Altman

Unquestionably the greatest individual achievement in the history of British athletics: Yesterday, 29-year old Mohamed Farah achieved an Olympic double – winning the Gold Medal in both the 10,000 metres and the 5,000 metres (only the seventh person ever to … Continue reading →

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Hello World (well, about 50% of it so far)!

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Rick Altman

When you start getting visits from people in places like Saint Lucia, Djibouti, and the Faroe Islands – you are surely entitled to feel pleased with your geographical reach? However, given the subject of this blog, I am particularly pleased … Continue reading →

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Lack of progress towards embracing reality

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Rick Altman

To mark this blog’s first anniversary today – and highlight the above – I am re-posting the item I posted exactly one year ago (and will return to the subject next week). Apart from the opening reference to my MA … Continue reading →

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Yes – Close to the Edge (are we?)

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Rick Altman

Some young boys are infatuated with their teachers (of either gender). However, thanks to the influence of a slightly older friend, I was totally sold-out on the classic British prog-rock band YES… Their albums were all brilliant (or so at … Continue reading →

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Who owns the rain that falls from the sky?

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Rick Altman

I must thank fellow-blogger Paul Handover for alerting me to – and not posting on his own Learning from Dogs blog – the strange and disturbing real-life story of a man in Oregon who has been sent to jail for … Continue reading →

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The reason we keep getting double-six

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Rick Altman

Dr James Hansen had an Op-Ed published in the Washington Post newspaper last Saturday – under the title: ‘Climate change is here – and worse than we thought’. In it he mentions a paper, which was published yesterday (6 Aug … Continue reading →

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