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stoat | November 10, 2008Though I must point out that this is "mad" in the sense of "angry", not "nut job". I mean RP Jr, and he is annoyed with Oreskes, saying What is it about the climate change debate that causes previously excellent scholars to go absolutely insane and disregard all standards of research integrity? I don't think Oreskes is insane, but I do think her standards have slipped. RP is kind enough to cite me.
Incidentally, why is it that social science types get to give their essays silly names? Real science folks papers have boring names like "On the electrodynamics of moving bodies". Her previous one…
stoat | September 15, 2008Just a pointer towards Nicolas Nierenbergs blog, which contains his critique of Oreskes. He needs some comments, so don't post here.
stoat | September 8, 2008I seem to spend a lot of time disagreeing with Hansen, so I shall record my agreement with his if you look at their actions, emissions are continuing to increase. All of these countries and the United States are planning to build more coal-fired power plants. And if you build more coal-fired power plants, then it is not possible to achieve the goals that they say they are committed to. It's a really simple argument and yet they won't face up to it. [1].
Other than that, I like the idea of the "roll of the scientist" :-)
stoat | June 9, 2008Lawrence Solomon was kind enough to popularise my name. So its time to return the favour, and ask, "who is he"? And indeed, what is "Energy Probe"?
If you read the wiki entry on EP only a few hours ago, you would have found that Energy Probe is a Canadian non-governmental organization which promotes alternatives to polluting coal and nuclear power.[1] Energy Probe's executive director, Lawrence Solomon, is a prominent environmentalist... Now I admit that it is possible to be an environmentalist and also a frothing-at-the-mouth GW septic, but I don't think LS has managed that trick. And oddly…
stoat | December 14, 2007Yes, its now available (2017 update: the NP fails to pass the test of time, and the b*st*rds block the waybackmachine; this is an archive of what I believe to be substatntially the same content drivel): 100% self-certified. Mostly its the obvious suspects, lots of Emeritus, and the familiar trick of puffing up your CV with a reference to the IPCC gold standard; in many cases "IPCC expert reviewer" is a credential. Remember folks this doesn't mean that the IPCC endorse you or accept your reviews.
There are some sad items in there too: Reid Bryson; Freeman Dyson. And then there are the funny…
stoat | December 1, 2007
My leaving card, lightly modified for me from the BAS christmas e-card.
This post on RC explains all. Comment here or there at your pleasure.
stoat | February 13, 2007...but also about global warming. See here. And also Lubos's blog. And what did he have to say?
President Klaus also expressed his opinion on the recent finding of the UN scientific panel on global warming. In his opinion, warming is a myth. Oh dear, not a very good start.
Václav Klaus: I don't see any destruction of the planet and I've never seen any... I would like to demonstrate my non-militant mood by showing that I have brought a Europencil Ah, is that the evidence for lack of destruction? More seriously, I would draw a distinction between environmental damage and global warming. The…
stoat | August 19, 2006Not gone quite yet... :-)
A post ago I reported on an odd skeptics conference; but there were a few good names in there, one of whom not everyone recognised: Lennart Bengtsson. But then he is swedish...
Anyway, he fairly recently won the 51st IMO prize, so to celebrate this I created a wiki page for him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennart_Bengtsson. Do please help fill it in...