Comments on: Banned again at Hot Topic

By: Quentin F

Quentin F — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 03:18:03 +0000

I think NOAA has some explaining to do I read that a few days ago. The instruments on these sats are often damaged they’ve been in orbit quite a while. See instrument status on http://www.oso.noaa.gov/poesstatus/ I monitor the APT from from the orbiter quite often.

By: Bob D

Bob D — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 02:18:30 +0000

Yup, too easy.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:17:11 +0000

and glad to see Gareth is reading my comments too
http://hot-topic.co.nz/niwa-v-cranks-3-the-economics-of-truthiness/#comment-16493

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:38:24 +0000

Hot Topic had a brief cameo from the estimable Bishop Hill this morning

http://hot-topic.co.nz/niwa-v-cranks-3-the-economics-of-truthiness/#comment-16488

It will be interesting to see how long it takes before his simple statement of fact gets voted out of view.

BH (Andrew Montford, author of “The Hockey Stick Illusion”) is currently working on a review of climategate on behalf of GWPF.

He gets the treatment from senior propagandist Bob Ward in the Guardian today:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/cif-green/2010/aug/19/climate-sceptics-mislead-public

By the way, HSI is a MUST read.

By: Lisa G in NZ

Lisa G in NZ — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:57:53 +0000

I found these 2 on Satellitegate as well:

http://co2insanity.com/2010/08/08/satellite-gate/

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/26603

have a nice day

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:08:06 +0000

The “satellite-gate” story has been doing the rounds, but I don’t think Anthony Watts has picked up on it for some reason.

http://co2insanity.com/2010/08/16/satellitegate-scientists-speak/

The above article also mentions that Piers Corbyn correctly predicted the Russian heatwave and Pakistan floods, due to movements in the jetstream. Interestingly (and refreshingly) TVOne news also offered the same explanation, with no mention of human induced causes anywhere.

I’ve almost finished reading Peter Taylor’s “Chill”. This is a great read (though quite long and technical) and offers a lot of insight into not only the natural variability of our climate, but also the shortcomings of the IPCC and the process that drives all this hysteria.
Given that Taylor has done environmental consultancy for governments, the UN and Greenpeace, we should probably listen to him.

By: Richard Treadgold

Richard Treadgold — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:44:08 +0000

That’s an astonishing story; I guess it’s been corroborated? I haven’t taken the time to pursue it.

What a wonderful piece of wisdom from Thatcher. It will be posted on my wall. Not on Facebook; on my office wall! Thanks for passing it on, Lisa.

By: Richard Treadgold

Richard Treadgold — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:27:04 +0000

Yes, Quentin, but a massive wheel has begun to turn that will take lots of energy to stop. We are the brakes. Have you seen the size of the bureaucracy committed to the ETS and IPCC reporting obligations just in NZ? Anybody got some figures?

By: Richard Treadgold

Richard Treadgold — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:23:10 +0000

Yes, that’s a notable feature. All we can do is to continue to adopt a rational point of view. Because more people are listening to us than are visible or audible on the warmist blogs, and we ought to remain credible to the invisible ones.

By: Richard Treadgold

Richard Treadgold — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:17:15 +0000

LOL! Gareth will be delirious, I’m sure!

Interesting article; some Australian truffles smell like dog faeces? That’s a joke all by itself without trying!