Archive for October 14th, 2007
How to Create and Protect a Consensus
Posted by Paul, October 14th, 2007 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 80
We are all aware of a claimed consensus on climate science, although what the consensus actually is and how far it goes has yet to be defined, in my view. That is not the issue raised here. A book authored by Janis, I. L. & Mann, L. (1977) Decision-making: A psychological analysis of conflict, choice, [...]
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Europe’s Mont Blanc Grows Taller
Posted by Paul, October 14th, 2007 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 23
Thanks to Luke Walker for alerting me to this story:
WESTERN EUROPE’S HIGHEST SUMMIT GETS TALLER
CHARMONIX, France, Oct 13, 2007 (AFP) – Western Europe’s highest mountain Mont Blanc is taller than ever due to snow piled atop its summit, in what experts meeting in France Saturday described as a climate-change related phenomenon.
Reaction to Nobel Peace Prize being ‘Gored’
Posted by Paul, October 14th, 2007 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 24
From the Sunday Herald Sun:
Critics slam Nobel winner
THE award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Al Gore and the UN’s top climate panel on Friday has prompted a fresh chorus of criticism from global warming sceptics — with one dubbing the award “a political gimmick”.
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200 Year Payback for Saving Energy at Home
Posted by Paul, October 14th, 2007 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Energy & Nuclear
Comments: 17
You lucky Aussies have more potential for domestic solar energy than us poor Brits stuck in the rather dull UK. With global warming hysteria at fever pitch, and the apparent belief that we can contol the weather or climate by attempting to reduce the UK’s 2 per cent contribution to global man-made CO2 emissions, from [...]

