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Tim Lambert (deltoidblog AT gmail.com) is a computer scientist at the University of New South Wales.
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May 13, 2008
Category: Global Warming
What Mark Kleiman says John Tierney, demoted from the NYT op-ed page and now continuing his libertarian propagandizing in the guise of "science writing," points out that flying around to climate-change conferences creates a large carbon footprint for high-profile environmental...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 1:49 PM • 14 Comments
May 12, 2008
Category: DDT
I think this article in Prospect on Rachel Carson and DDT is quite good. Update: John Quiggin has posted the director's cut....
Posted by Tim Lambert at 2:54 PM • 15 Comments
Category: Global Warming
Jeff Poor of Business & Media Institute spliced the audio of an Al Gore interview to turn a statement that Arctic melting was a consequence of global warming: And we're seeing consequences that scientists have long predicted might be associated...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 8:16 AM • 16 Comments
May 10, 2008
Category: Global Warming
Tim Blair declares: Global cooling is now a flight-safety hazard. The post he links speculates on a cause of the crash of BA flight 38: But it would appear that the major contributory factor could have been the extreme...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 1:51 PM • 21 Comments
May 8, 2008
Category: Open Thread
Because the previous Open Thread has dropped off the sidebar...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 1:41 PM • 71 Comments
Category: Global Warming
Via Gareth Renowden: Q: How many climate sceptics does it take to change a light bulb? A: None. It's too early to say if the light bulb needs changing. Though I think the answer should be: None. The light bulb...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 12:35 PM • 48 Comments
May 7, 2008
Category: The War on Science
The first four words in this Wednesday's article in the Australian : In 1633 Galileo Galilei There is no point in reading further....
Posted by Tim Lambert at 10:39 AM • 68 Comments
May 5, 2008
Category: Global Warming
A week ago I wrote I predict that Avery will maintain that all the scientists are wrong about their own work and refuse to remove any names from the list. And look what they wrote: In response to the complaints,...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 2:16 PM • 150 Comments
Category: funny
A handy tip from Bug Girl Also, a tip: if you walk into your new workplace brandishing a container of putative pubic lice and sand, you may want to provide a more detailed back story than "I bought them on...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 11:56 AM • 15 Comments
May 4, 2008
Category: Global Warming
There really is no excuse for this, from Michael Duffy: Global warming stopped six years ago. It might start again tomorrow, but from 2002 until now, average global temperatures have remained fairly constant. This is in contrast to the previous...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 2:51 PM • 114 Comments
May 2, 2008
Category: DDT
Arnold Kling decides to spread the DDT ban myth: According to Iain Murray's new book, the worst disasters come from environmental policy. It is remarkable the magnitude of the harm caused by government relative to the harm caused by the...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 2:08 AM • 130 Comments
