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Tag Archives: William Nordhaus
From Noah to Nordhaus via Inhofe
US Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) is a climate change sceptic primarily because he believes God has promised not to flood the Earth again; and the rainbow in the sky tells him it must be true. Such ideologically-driven wilful blindness is … Continue reading
Posted in Civilisation, Climate Science, Cognitive Dissonance, Denial, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Mass Extinctions, Palaeoclimatology, Psychology
Tagged Antarctica, Archaeology, Ark, Comet, glaciers, Gobekli Tepe, Graham Hancock, History, James Inhofe, James Painter, Noah, Sphinx, Stephan Lewandowsky, William Nordhaus, Younger Dryas
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Polite suggestion for Bjorn Lomborg and Tony Abbott
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced that Australian taxpayers are now going to finance attempts to disprove the need to decarbonise our global power generation systems as fast as possible (see yesterday’s article on the Guardian website). However, Lomborg’s … Continue reading
Denial discredited by indigestion
Have you ever noticed that it is common for people to attempt to discredit those with whom they disagree rather than dealing with what they say? This has been called many things, such as “attacking the messenger”, tactical avoidance, distraction, … Continue reading
Is it now time to admit defeat?
This is a transcript of an email I sent to Lord Monckton yesterday (and copied to Directors of both the GWPF and the IEA). _________________________________ Dear Lord Monckton, I am pleased to note that you were satisfied with my attempt … Continue reading
WUWT attempts to debunk William Nordhaus
This post has been much delayed by other stuff but, just over a month ago (on 3 March 2012), on the Wattsupwiththat? website, a fellow Geologist(?) David Middleton attempted to debunk William Nordhaus’ critique of climate change scepticism (as per … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Environment, Junk Science, Pseudo science, Scepticism
Tagged Anthony Watts, Wattsupwiththat?, William Nordhaus
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Lies, damned lies and Lindzengate
Ever since Professor Richard Lindzen gave up on the idea of following the evidence wherever it may take him (I am not sure when this happened but it seems safe to assume that it has at some point in the … Continue reading
Policy inaction – revisited
In October last year, while reading Storms of my Grandchildren, I stumbled across James Hansen’s statement that “Policy inaction is the aim of those that dispute global warming”; and was so taken by it I used it as a title … Continue reading
Fables about climate change?
Continuing my review of Paul and Anne Ehrlich’s Betrayal of Science and Reason (1996), we come to Chapter 8 – regarding (what they called) the “brownlash’s” fables about the Atmosphere and Climate. Given that the Ehrlichs acknowledge that climate change … Continue reading
Posted in Betrayal of Science and Reason, Climate Science, Computer Models, Environment, Hockey Stick Illusion, James Hansen, Mass Extinctions, Modernity, Politics, Richard Lindzen, Storms of my Grandchildren, Sustainable development
Tagged Paul Ehrlich, Sir Nicholas Stern, William Nordhaus
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The Tough Guide to Climate Denial
I have previously referred to Robert Henson’s Rough Guide to Climate Change, in which is included his summary of the positions adopted by those that claim to be “sceptical”. In the past, I have merely paraphrased what he said but, … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Capitalism, Carbon Capture and Storage, Civilisation, Climate Science, Consumerism, Economics, IPCC, James Delingpole, Mass Extinctions, Politics, UNFCCC
Tagged Anthony Watts, IPCC, James Delingpole, Man-Bear-Pig, Richard Muller, Sir Nicholas Stern, Stern Review, William Nordhaus
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Being economical with your scepticism
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) claims that it is “the UK’s original free-market think-tank…” but, is it the best, or the most sensible? This would appear to be debatable because, as Tim Worstall has kindly pointed out, the Adam … Continue reading
