Tag Archives: William Nordhaus

From Noah to Nordhaus via Inhofe

Posted on September 10, 2015 by

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 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Polite suggestion for Bjorn Lomborg and Tony Abbott

Posted on April 18, 2015 by

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 →

Posted in Climate Science, Economics, Environment, Merchants of Doubt, Politics, Richard Lindzen | Tagged , , , , | 6 Comments

Denial discredited by indigestion

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

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 →

Posted in Climate Science, Cognitive Dissonance, Confirmation Bias, Economics, Environment, Junk Science, Politics, Pseudo science, Scepticism | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Is it now time to admit defeat?

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

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 →

Posted in Climate Science, Economics, Environment, IPCC, Politics, Pseudo science, Scepticism | Tagged , , , , , | 89 Comments

WUWT attempts to debunk William Nordhaus

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

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 →

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Lies, damned lies and Lindzengate

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

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 →

Posted in Climate Science, Environment, Intergenerational Injustice, James Hansen, Lindzengate, Politics, Richard Lindzen | Tagged , | 14 Comments

Policy inaction – revisited

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

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 →

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