Monthly Archives: September 2013

Only a fool says, “There is no Gaia!”

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Rick Altman

As promised earlier this month, this is the second part of my review of The Revenge of Gaia, as published by James Lovelock in 2006. Having been told by many people I should read it, I have now done so … Continue reading →

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I think it is time to start dealing with reality

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Rick Altman

The text below is reproduced from a comment I have just posted on the Climate Slate website. The comment itself was prompted by my having recently watched the movie ‘Chasing Ice’, conceived and produced by James Balog and Jeff Orlowski. … Continue reading →

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10 inconvenient truths for climate ‘sceptics’ everywhere…

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Rick Altman

…At the going down of the Sun, and in the morning, you should remember them. The following is extracted from a post on the Center for American Progress (CAP) website yesterday, by Daniel J. Weiss, Senior Fellow and Director of … Continue reading →

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The hypocrisy of willful blindness

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Rick Altman

Activity levels in the deniosphere have been very high this week, following the publication of the usual nonsense from David Rose in the Mail on Sunday on 8 September 2013. Whilst I cannot be bothered to even try and engage … Continue reading →

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Nice website, shame about the ideological blindness

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Rick Altman

A blogger friend of mine who subscribes to NaturalNews.com sent me the a link to an article on it, entitled ‘Global warming computer models collapse; Arctic ice sheets rapidly expand as planet plunges into global cooling’ , challenging me to … Continue reading →

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From Daisyworld to Crazy World – please do not blame Gaia

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Rick Altman

When he published The Revenge of Gaia in 2006, James Lovelock probably felt that he had finally been accepted back into the mainstream scientific community. If he was right to think so, then that is a major indictment of the … Continue reading →

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To mark Australia’s return to the anti-science wilderness!

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Rick Altman

It looks like Australia is just about to elect the most anti-science government outside of North America: ‘Tony Abbott to win Australian election, final polls show’ (i.e. on UK’s Telegraph website). To mark this latest ‘victory’ for those duped by … Continue reading →

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Confusion is understandable but ideological blindness is unforgivable

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Rick Altman

Greenland was never called Iceland – even though it is largely surrounded by the ice cap and covered in glaciers. Iceland, which often has brilliantly green places, is also in the Arctic Circle. But Iceland is not connected to the … Continue reading →

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