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» 28/05/2013 9:04:46 AM Poirot, you may be interested in "Negotiating our future: Living scenarios for Austra.....
» 27/05/2013 6:58:17 PM Antiseptic, have you ever wondered why some projections (not predictions) in some metrics .....
» 26/05/2013 6:51:41 PM 'bout time you updated your 'library'. pffft x 3.....
» 26/05/2013 10:09:58 AM hahahaha 2 x pffft.....
» 21/05/2013 9:30:40 AM Cohenite, Your OLO acolyte going by the tag 'imajulianutter' seems to have struck your se.....
» 20/05/2013 10:43:26 PM No cohenite, one of your fellow travellers thinks you are delusional. "definition of.....
» 20/05/2013 9:00:24 PM There you go, on queue - cohenite is delusional as well. lol.....
» 20/05/2013 7:51:27 PM Julia's nutter says; "definition of delusional ... can be applied to anyone who atta.....
» 10/05/2013 7:57:27 AM As it turns out, the world of debt is a lot more complicated than butchers might have us b.....
» 3/05/2013 10:18:53 PM Hahaha A legend in your own mind Mr Cox pffft.....
» 3/05/2013 12:04:17 PM Poirot Cox? he keeps massaging the cherries: http://www.woodfortrees.org/graph/rss/from:.....
» 3/05/2013 10:00:54 AM Wood For Trees http://tinyurl.com/4Bugsy With sharp tools comes great responsibility... .....
» 2/05/2013 6:27:41 PM pffft Synonyms: break, dedomiciling, departure, detachment, dialysis, disconnection, dis.....
» 2/05/2013 5:24:42 PM pffft.....
» 30/04/2013 6:39:38 PM Really, you gotta laugh ... out loud!.....
» 30/04/2013 5:52:56 PM Thanks Poirot, I think Claire Krause summed it up pretty well: >> despite the onlin.....
» 30/04/2013 7:58:50 AM Mr Cox, Quote: >> F&R is a bad paper; looking at their EQUATION 2: GISS = -91.43 +.....
» 29/04/2013 8:27:20 PM Take a deep breath and read, very slowly: http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/6/4/044022/.....
» 29/04/2013 6:14:24 PM Hahaha ... spot on Poirot. You know, what I find really laughable is when Mr Cox ('fake s.....
» 28/04/2013 9:43:01 PM Now the ad homs start - typical. I'm sure your opinion is valued here Mr Cox but best sti.....
» 28/04/2013 5:57:13 PM Hasbeen can make up an equation based on Einstein's work, Mr Cox - doesn't make it right. .....
» 28/04/2013 11:44:38 AM Because it is not "their EQUATION 2", Mr Cox. It is yours, based on a simple ch.....
» 27/04/2013 11:47:07 PM You can't follow the maths, or comprehend the English, Mr Cox. Perhaps others can: http:/.....
» 26/04/2013 10:05:47 PM Mr Cox You have been very active in supporting the 'Lord' Christopher Monckton. Why?.....
» 26/04/2013 9:22:39 AM Moreover Poirot: The Heartland Institute’s justification for using a couple of infamous p.....
» 25/04/2013 7:55:04 AM Insult you, Mr Cox? One who plays the emotion card in front of 'judge and jury'. You are.....
» 24/04/2013 7:09:57 AM Mr Cox, did you watch the film? http://thiniceclimate.org/blog/details/2658/thin-ice-the-.....
» 23/04/2013 10:04:18 PM It's a good film Poirot, no ideological tripe. Anyone who ignores or dismisses it has the.....
» 23/04/2013 5:02:53 PM Curmudgeon, Anthony Cox (solicitor and secretary of a political party) is inferring the v.....
» 23/04/2013 11:36:26 AM Poirot, Hasbeen is right in that people like him are just (anti-science) zealots. Hasbee.....
» 12/04/2013 2:32:04 PM Hasbeen Like I said, some people only see what they want to see - you included. "Pi.....
» 12/04/2013 9:44:30 AM Bazz, It is no secret that in geologic time, we are heading for another ice age. What we .....
» 6/04/2013 9:21:20 PM Belly, your thread has gone off on a tangent. At least the physics ain't being politicise.....
» 6/04/2013 2:40:50 PM Yes Poirot, this is becoming rather tedious. - Graeme, you said to Poirot you have never.....
» 6/04/2013 9:10:01 AM GraemeM, don't be so obtuse. That "extra" energy has been "locked up".....
» 5/04/2013 8:07:09 AM cont'd Belly Of course, simplifying the science is open to abusive criticism from scienti.....
» 5/04/2013 8:04:53 AM Belly: “qanda please explain?” >> ‘Climate change’ has been politicised – it’s not .....
» 3/04/2013 6:35:10 AM No Geoffrey, there you go again. You say scientists “say it (GW) is caused by human activ.....
» 3/04/2013 6:12:33 AM Peter Psychological mechanism of denial: Accuse others of what you engage in yourself......
» 2/04/2013 8:56:19 PM Belly, Geoffrey Kelly says: “scientists” you believe in say it is caused by human activi.....
» 1/04/2013 9:00:44 PM Poirot, even amateur 'sceptics' can question real scientists at sites like Real Climate, O.....
» 7/03/2013 7:51:33 PM Ok Poirot, I take your point - enjoy 'playing' with them :) From my perspective, 'fake sc.....
» 7/03/2013 1:34:07 PM I don't know why you bother poirot/bugsy. If it was left up to 'fake sceptics' you wouldn'.....
» 5/03/2013 3:21:26 PM Ok indy, I'm wasting my time - I wish you well......
» 5/03/2013 12:54:38 PM Whatever floats your boat......
» 5/03/2013 12:52:58 PM Re: “to begin the transition of Oz to a lower fossil fuel economy” Indy: >> they d.....
» 5/03/2013 10:09:49 AM Any moron, indy? The 'denialosphere' have created a cult in selective cherry-picking. Poi.....
» 5/03/2013 7:30:47 AM Oh, really indy? This guy and most economists think different: http://www.youtube.com/wa.....
» 4/03/2013 8:20:02 PM Indy: "such as?" You decide the answer you want, you decide if it is the right.....
» 4/03/2013 7:29:40 PM Mr Opinion; "Europe and North America are getting concurrently cooler and icier".....
» 4/03/2013 5:54:08 PM You directed your post at me and asked the questions, I answered. Just because you don't .....
» 4/03/2013 3:52:22 PM @ Spindoctor Sunday, 3 March 2013 9:55:24 AM 1. Yes. Do you not think we have to adapt t.....
» 4/03/2013 2:54:50 PM mhaze, Even Snoopy eye-balling a dog's breakfast can see that since 1998 the rate has 'pl.....
» 2/03/2013 1:15:29 PM For a more substantive appraisal: http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/6/4/044022/fulltext.....
» 2/03/2013 9:44:14 AM Arjay, you say: >> The IPCC now admits that there has been no warming for 17yrs. It.....
» 1/03/2013 6:33:45 PM Poirot, I'm shocked! Csteele, spindoc says he doesn't "do science". http://for.....
» 1/03/2013 5:04:52 PM Poirot, Was it not Malcolm Roberts that spindoc 'elevated' to a professor? Can you twitc.....
» 1/03/2013 3:09:00 PM Reminds me of this: http://www.conscious.com.au/__documents/GarnautMarch2011.pdf Weirder.....
» 1/03/2013 12:39:42 PM No wise monkey is spinner, just more regurgitated doo-doo......
» 1/03/2013 11:30:33 AM Errr, no mhaze. ‘Sceptics’ have recently been ranting like a raving banshee about periods.....
» 28/02/2013 1:47:47 PM Satellite data (not just RSS) started to be collected about 30 years ago. The period and .....
» 28/02/2013 11:30:00 AM Hazy, no cherrypick at all, that's when satellites started monitoring temps. Even Roy Spe.....
» 28/02/2013 7:55:24 AM SOG, The explanation of "where the carbon tax goes to" is easily found on the i.....
» 27/02/2013 6:28:05 PM warmair Many people are under the delusion that the 'carbon tax' will mitigate global war.....
» 27/02/2013 4:42:03 PM Poirot, good links. Real sceptics would also have been following the work of our CSIRO's .....
» 27/02/2013 4:33:31 PM spindoctor, back on line. Yes, puerile – as in your repeated immature and childish rants .....
» 25/02/2013 6:16:12 PM Out of town, phone access only. Spin doctor, a puerile and naive thread. Will give you ben.....
» 23/02/2013 2:51:32 PM Who cares, we have it on good authority he's only a railway engineer......
» 23/02/2013 2:43:05 PM When peer review fails, sign up to a workshop on Online Opinion. Yep, hilarious......
» 20/02/2013 8:12:03 PM "I would like to hear any other opinions." Now that is hilarious - have fun :).....
» 20/02/2013 6:09:15 PM Hilarious Steven? Yep. As far as the recently published Makarieva et al paper (on topic .....
» 19/02/2013 9:55:06 PM Bugsy, is this the paper that you're "nuts" about? http://www.atmos-chem-phys.n.....
» 19/02/2013 1:36:19 PM Won't be back here Poirot so may as well show you this: http://www.skepticalscience.com/1.....
» 19/02/2013 1:13:59 PM Poirot, here is an example of non-peer-reviewed "junk": mhaze says: >> C.....
» 18/02/2013 6:18:47 PM How dare you link to real climate science Poirot! What would people like Rahmstorf, Raypi.....
» 18/02/2013 3:06:09 PM >> CO2 is indeed nearing saturation levels << You are completely out of your .....
» 18/02/2013 2:57:08 PM Pathetic hazy, it's a standard textbook used in university undergraduate courses - but you.....
» 18/02/2013 12:16:22 PM Geoffrey mk-III?.....
» 18/02/2013 12:05:50 PM Poirot, you on the button girl :) . mhaze: http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp.....
» 18/02/2013 9:45:48 AM Precisely Steven, well said. Unfortunately, your opening post will not be heard by those .....
» 16/02/2013 11:10:00 AM Spin, deny and lie all you like Barry but the Kyoto Protocol did not lapse, end or expire .....
» 16/02/2013 9:30:05 AM For Barry Spinks I will type this slowly, try and keep up: In Doha, Qatar, on 8 December.....
» 16/02/2013 9:26:32 AM Bit of a larf, Poirot? I’ll tell you what’s a bit of a larf; Spindoc enters the fray wit.....
» 15/02/2013 11:22:56 PM Poirot, this puts my response to mhaze in perspective: http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/bo.....
» 15/02/2013 11:21:27 PM Yes sonofgloin, a very foolish remark - your reply confirms it, sport. The twin-sats have.....
» 15/02/2013 4:02:29 PM Ok Barry, some pre-schoolers need to be spoon fed. 1. "What are the international re.....
» 15/02/2013 1:13:12 PM A logical fallacy, Barry Spinks - but typical. What you are nailing is the policy makers,.....
» 14/02/2013 5:39:29 PM For runner : ) It seems to me that the ‘church’ (of all religions and doctrines) wants po.....
» 14/02/2013 5:37:41 PM For mhaze: Correct, it was the Bush Administration’s policy to fuel the US transport flee.....
» 14/02/2013 9:50:02 AM Contrary to popular and mistaken belief, Australia's introduction of the carbon tax (leadi.....
» 13/02/2013 10:27:41 PM >> warmists have tried to keep it quiet, the death toll wrought by the transfer of f.....
» 13/02/2013 6:56:28 PM No Belly, but the 'Lord' will post here: http://catchthefire.com.au/ You might find this.....
» 7/02/2013 9:46:31 AM Ok Poirot,thanks for the links. Perhaps it's time for you to generate a new thread on the.....
» 6/02/2013 2:12:25 PM Mr Kelley says: “An awful lot of your science is predicated on assumptions that suit your .....
» 6/02/2013 1:05:01 AM I'm even more astonished that a "trained scientist" doesn't understand that heat.....
» 5/02/2013 11:45:58 PM Poirot Does that mean Mr Environmental Physiologist is all bullshite? I'm astonished, wh.....
» 5/02/2013 7:23:43 PM You are a fake, Mr Geoffrey Kelley from Mount Eliza. A simple plain old grumpy stuck-in-t.....
» 5/02/2013 7:00:47 PM Oh puh-lease ... you're telling me ... you really mean ... oh come now ... no ... NO ... N.....
» 5/02/2013 6:06:42 PM Should have mentioned "that graph" at comment 24, looks familiar LOL http://www.....
» 5/02/2013 5:57:59 PM Thanks for the thanks, Poirot - much appreciated, I could have spent time elsewhere. Inte.....
» 4/02/2013 1:57:53 PM cont'd 16 K. L. Denman et al., in Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contri.....
» 4/02/2013 1:55:03 PM cont'd Besides CO2, methane is another potent greenhouse control knob, being implicated i.....
» 4/02/2013 1:52:56 PM Geoffrey, this will be my last post to this thread. “Let me get this straight, you AND th.....
» 4/02/2013 10:54:58 AM Errata: "CO2 contributed 50% of the total (+/- a bit) millions & millions & millions.....
» 4/02/2013 10:43:55 AM For Geoffrey Kelley, Mount Eliza. >> You said (qanda, Sunday, 3 February 2013 5:37:.....
» 3/02/2013 5:37:11 PM FFS Geoffrey, I see English comprehension is even a difficulty for you. 650 million years.....
» 3/02/2013 3:25:23 PM Why am I not astonished? http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=3455#820.....
» 3/02/2013 1:41:14 PM Cont'd Indeed, CO2 is not increasing in response to the current warming (and like all “tr.....
» 3/02/2013 1:37:40 PM In the mood : ( “All qanda needed to do was defend his statement which I did not believe......
» 31/01/2013 8:35:34 PM You have a point Poirot: "it's the denialist phenomenon that's of interest - and how.....
» 31/01/2013 3:54:04 PM Homework for Mr Geoffrey Kelley ("trained scientist") http://scholar.google.com.....
» 31/01/2013 3:44:30 PM Bugsy Our society is in deep doo-doo if they’re churning out ‘trained scientists’ like Mr.....
» 31/01/2013 3:43:40 PM Hello again Csteele, Yep, he (Mr Geoffrey Kelley) shows such disdain for the way real sci.....
» 30/01/2013 3:00:40 PM What else can I but say ... I'm astonished! Thanks C & P - On the fly right now, will cat.....
» 29/01/2013 1:24:13 PM Please stop distorting what I say, Geoffrey - it's dull. I said (correcting for typos): .....
» 29/01/2013 9:27:51 AM Pesky typos http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/tssts-2-1-1.html Interes.....
» 28/01/2013 5:01:50 PM My last response, I've wasted enough of my time on Mr Kelley's holiday - I mean, vacuous a.....
» 28/01/2013 4:59:24 PM For Mr Kelley; I do not have a problem with the science, you obviously do. -- For othe.....
» 28/01/2013 4:54:34 PM Hello again Csteele, Cobbling together graphs and taking them out of context is what ‘fak.....
» 27/01/2013 11:37:39 AM Dear Geoffrey, I am not a "Labor supporter" (nor a Green) - you got that wrong .....
» 27/01/2013 10:45:55 AM Thanks csteele, enlightening in more ways than one. -- So too the New York Times piece, .....
» 27/01/2013 10:28:18 AM Geoffrey, there are 190+ member states of the UNFCCC, each government is represented and a.....
» 26/01/2013 10:12:32 AM Thanks Bazz, I misunderstood - I wrongly inferred you had some experience with the various.....
» 25/01/2013 10:53:06 PM Hello Geoffrey, Ok, I appreciate most people do not understand the UNFCCC “convention” – .....
» 25/01/2013 10:49:35 PM Hello again, Lexi Yes, it really is in the interests of ‘humanity’ to embrace the notion .....
» 25/01/2013 7:07:25 PM Kjell Aleklett has grossly underestimated the non-conventional 'oil' fraction, but you don.....
» 25/01/2013 10:09:41 AM Poirot, Obviously, some people don't understand the science, no matter how many times and.....
» 24/01/2013 5:54:05 PM Believe what you want to believe Raycom. It does not negate the fact that so called 'deni.....
» 16/01/2013 3:38:48 PM Poirot, Anthony Cox says he uses primary data and studies and does not rely on other peop.....
» 16/01/2013 3:33:22 PM Dear Sir, “qanda is utterly convinced that the literature proves CAGW.” Another absolute.....
» 15/01/2013 1:49:47 PM And the bottom line from your, rebuttal of the rebuttal of the rebuttal ... "now is .....
» 15/01/2013 1:42:49 PM Nah, Flannery and the the 'Lord' are extremists, opposite sides of the fence of course. .....
» 15/01/2013 12:39:28 PM I understand why fakers would link to McShane and Wyner (2011) but not to the rebuttal: T.....
» 15/01/2013 9:57:42 AM "Mann et al spent many many years trying to hide the data and their methods behind th.....
» 14/01/2013 5:12:46 PM You believe what you want to believe, Anthony - that's what fake sceptics do......
» 14/01/2013 4:12:39 PM For the nice guys: http://tinyurl.com/BoM-acorn.....
» 14/01/2013 3:56:55 PM I'm sure he was very helpful, even in 1989 JBowyer. Yes, temperatures in South East Melbo.....
» 14/01/2013 2:12:59 PM Perhaps if one were to contact BoM, one could find out the answers to one's questions. Bu.....
» 14/01/2013 12:41:32 PM So, mhaze has been following the “debate” since 1993 and comes out with: “the Hockey Stick.....
» 12/01/2013 11:28:03 AM Prompete: "The IPCC itself said, following a review of the glaciagate accident/mispr.....
» 11/01/2013 2:20:49 PM Said it before and will say it again: 'alarmists' and so called 'deniers' (extremists if y.....
» 10/01/2013 3:25:43 PM That’s right Poirot. On a related note, scroll down to Vaillant’s categorisation of defen.....
» 9/01/2013 6:40:09 PM Cox again shows he's a political ideologue: "Gillard's minions"? Yeah, right. .....
» 9/01/2013 4:20:51 PM Cox the pretender wants to show me his? I do my leg work in the real world (been a tad bu.....
» 9/01/2013 3:34:37 PM For starters: 1. IDAG (International ad hoc Detection and Attribution Group). Detecting a.....
» 31/12/2012 3:11:50 PM Mr Cox, what you said in response. You've convinced me: you haven't a clue......
» 30/12/2012 7:28:23 PM Out of the frying pan and into the fire? http://tamino.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/step-3/ .....
» 24/12/2012 7:34:03 PM Poirot, not that anything of this has anything to do with the thread, but; Bugsy's on the .....
» 12/12/2012 6:27:28 PM Bugsy, Very true: Norton et al (and it appears, editors) are M.I.A. -- CatMack, There'.....
» 12/12/2012 2:13:08 PM Bugsy's right. 'Fact checking' is not only the responsibility of authors, but also of edit.....
» 7/12/2012 7:30:49 AM Very succinct Poirot, thanks for your efforts......
» 6/12/2012 8:09:49 PM Loudmouth, Which part of http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/ch9.html do y.....
» 6/12/2012 8:36:29 AM You obviously did not read (or understand) http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg.....
» 6/12/2012 5:15:28 AM Morning Belly, Not a ham but yes, there are similarities. In context, the ‘signal’ is the .....
» 5/12/2012 8:50:31 AM Scientists separate the signal from the noise quite well. Political ideologues don't......
» 23/11/2012 7:06:00 PM Hello SPQR? http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=5468#149605 Good bye.....
» 23/11/2012 6:59:29 PM A pleasure Poirot, I think. To summarise: “… confronted with a truth too awful to contemp.....
» 23/11/2012 10:57:24 AM Precisely Poirot!.....
» 18/11/2012 10:10:01 PM Bazz Seriously, Anthony Watts' blog site is just that - a blog. Ok, it scores brownie poin.....
» 18/11/2012 7:56:49 PM Bazz David Archibald opens with this: “The greenhouse gasses keep the Earth 30° C warmer.....
» 18/11/2012 7:49:56 PM Belly, Thanks – we all have our skills and abilities. What I find distasteful is when peo.....
» 17/11/2012 6:31:50 PM ManOfTheLand says: "Maths?? Logic?? Who's got the time or inclination for that.".....
» 17/11/2012 5:18:22 PM Bazz, if you can understand the concept of ‘radiative forcing’ you wouldn’t be asking “whe.....
» 17/11/2012 12:14:23 PM Change in temperature approximates sensitivity times the forcing. If you change [CO2] by .....
» 30/11/2011 8:16:54 AM The silence is deafening - no surprise there. Challenge to any “sceptic” … if you’re goin.....
» 27/11/2011 10:27:21 PM http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=6745#101586 Graham Young, please lin.....
» 27/11/2011 6:11:17 PM "when the person you are arguing with resorts to abuse you know you've won" Goo.....
» 26/11/2011 4:59:11 PM Quite frankly, for all we know, Amicus/rpg could be John McRobert - just kidding John :) .....
» 26/11/2011 9:44:29 AM Amicus a.k.a. rpg Missing in action?.....
» 26/11/2011 9:40:57 AM http://tinyurl.com/Leo-Lane leo lane + climate = troll.....
» 25/11/2011 12:17:33 PM Moir – Thursday, 24 November 2011 8:55:05 AM >> censoring science in the way the US .....
» 25/11/2011 10:10:36 AM Good morning Graham, just passing through. Haven’t forgotten at all - GDY is as ‘hot rocks.....
» 24/11/2011 5:00:57 PM So rpg is afraid of what NASA and NOAA are turning up, so much so he agrees that their cli.....
» 24/11/2011 8:55:05 AM Well Saltpetre, thanks. However, it’s not about the science is it? It’s about money, power.....
» 21/11/2011 8:45:33 PM Herbert, I like and agree with your link: http://www.capitolreportnewmexico.com/?p=6848 .....
» 21/11/2011 5:58:14 PM GY, you (amongst others) have claimed "no-one can find the hotspot", or it doesn.....
» 21/11/2011 7:51:47 AM A salient point Graham, thanks. Ergo, the hotspot exists - albeit you said on Saturday &qu.....
» 20/11/2011 10:22:29 PM Just when I was about to go to bed ... Hume, if one was to say "stick to your day jo.....
» 20/11/2011 10:31:12 AM No real scientist says "the science is settled" - it never is. That is only a &.....
» 20/11/2011 9:51:02 AM Peter Hume, I understand the Dessler paper you link to can be difficult to digest - partic.....
» 20/10/2011 6:17:47 PM Dead thread - nothing new, moving on......
» 20/10/2011 8:08:45 AM "That is absolute drivel". I'm off to work - you stick around as much as you li.....
» 20/10/2011 6:00:30 AM According to most economists, the 'Opposition' led by its current leader has not shown any.....
» 14/10/2011 11:08:05 AM For butcher: You could read the government’s ‘Clean Energy Plan’ - chapter 3 in particular.....
» 13/10/2011 5:27:03 PM TCM: There is little to be gained by having meaningful 'debate' with people who constantly.....
» 5/10/2011 6:13:01 PM Again Hasbeen: I have not indicated my "preferred system". If you want to appr.....
» 5/10/2011 8:54:05 AM For Hasbeen: You obviously don't understand the term, or 'figure of speech' - "horses.....
» 4/10/2011 2:14:16 PM For Amicus: Yes. While there's still wide debate in the scientific community about nuances.....
» 2/10/2011 11:24:45 PM For Colinsett: Don Aitken (by his own definition) is both a "lukewarmwer" and a.....
» 4/11/2010 3:38:02 PM Thanks for that Graham. Maybe you should write a book - there might be a buck in that :) H.....
» 24/10/2010 7:52:28 PM Perhaps, in line with Jonathan's above post, those that also "comment" can also .....
» 11/10/2010 8:26:33 PM Graham Although colleagues on my domain contribute to OLO, I don't ... for reasons you are.....
» 19/07/2010 12:40:31 PM Cont’d Why do you shoot from the hip, Peter? Because you (and most commenters in this th.....
» 19/07/2010 12:34:35 PM Ok, still here but my last. Peter Hume Deliberately lying or literally so stupid – thank.....
» 19/07/2010 10:45:51 AM Ginxy One last post before I “move on”. Penultimate actually – I’m going to reply later t.....
» 18/07/2010 3:36:58 PM Political correctness gone too far - the pesky 'u' after the pesky 'q'. Ok, yeah ... I ag.....
» 18/07/2010 11:55:58 AM Second that Severin. Whilst I've never had an OLO suspension, the relatively few emails I.....
» 17/07/2010 9:47:07 PM Belly, please allow me to make this observation ... no matter which direction we come from.....
» 17/07/2010 8:20:08 AM Of course the Prime Minister is right, political correctness should not be allowed to hind.....
» 16/07/2010 10:25:01 PM Ginx, your last question was uncalled for. Please, your input is valued - don't denigrate .....
» 15/07/2010 12:46:09 PM Good article. Raycom, it is the epitome of hypocrisy that you accuse the author of someth.....
» 8/07/2010 11:55:09 PM Forrest, good post. GY, good forum. Contributors, thanks for your input. Onlookers, great .....
» 2/07/2010 9:53:28 AM Thanks for your response spindoctor. All questions that were put to you unsurprisingly, go.....
» 1/07/2010 12:30:42 PM >> Closed minds blinded by ideology, just an excuse to sound informed but really jus.....
» 30/06/2010 10:58:16 AM No - as your penultimate paragraph alludes. However, your post is a good one for stirring.....
» 29/06/2010 10:19:41 AM To summarise – there should be no funding into climate change science or adaptation/mitiga.....
» 27/06/2010 11:45:48 PM Einstein's hypothesis wasn't "proven" till 2007. That didn't stop, nor indeed ce.....
» 26/06/2010 1:57:06 PM Yes Hasbeen, I did, and still do - I give them. And as my bank manager will attest, it ain.....
» 26/06/2010 12:24:22 PM Protagoras I don’t think so, one doesn’t have to “indulge an obsessive dolt” incapable of.....
» 25/06/2010 10:53:16 AM Brisbane based blogger, Bertrand - I don't think you are giving credit where credit is due.....
» 24/06/2010 9:33:08 AM Chris I agree, Rudd does/did have "political flaws". However, while you may ha.....
» 24/06/2010 8:03:19 AM Loudmouth, you say: >> 2 inches' sea-level rise in fifty years. In the next century.....
» 23/06/2010 11:50:46 PM Since the early 1990s, different remote-sensing tools (airborne and satellite radar and la.....
» 23/06/2010 11:45:37 PM Protagoras, John Church has a very good paper in the Journal Science this week. However,.....
» 22/06/2010 5:18:14 PM Actually Loxton, despite my ‘pea-brainedness’ ;-) I engage with Pericles because I think h.....
» 22/06/2010 4:27:11 PM Pericles The search results of 1.5 million can obviously be reduced by filtering or apply.....
» 21/06/2010 5:37:22 PM Pericles As to Leo's question, I surmise he probably doesn't understand any of the peer r.....
» 21/06/2010 5:32:30 PM Pericles How much "certainty" do you want? If it is absolute 100% certainty, yo.....
» 21/06/2010 9:58:51 AM Pericles May I suggest that you go to google's 'Advanced Scholar' and search "climat.....
» 21/06/2010 9:48:47 AM Shadow Minister >> While I believe that action needs to be taken against global war.....
» 18/06/2010 11:38:00 AM CO2 - the way Watts (and his groupies) rabbets on, you would think he has discovered somet.....
» 18/06/2010 12:26:18 AM Just in case any spin-doctor is thinking of taking Mike Hulme's clarification out of conte.....
» 16/06/2010 9:10:25 PM CJ As we can see, there are those stuck in their own political and ideological mud, and t.....
» 16/06/2010 11:56:45 AM So, Graham Young “just came across” the lawyer Johnston’s paper while it was widely being .....
» 10/06/2010 11:24:07 PM >> * I (Jason Scott Johnston) am grateful to Cary Coglianese for extensive conversat.....
» 9/06/2010 12:15:29 AM >> Raycom, exactly! << Exactly what, Boaz? That both you and Raycom; • Don’.....
» 7/06/2010 7:03:24 PM Mark, your confirmation bias is simply unparalleled. I am not an expert in atmospheric phy.....
» 6/06/2010 11:12:00 PM Thanks for that Raycom. When Timothy Casey, geologist for the last ten years working in t.....
» 6/06/2010 8:28:36 PM This has been posted on another thread, it seems appropriate to post it here too. http://.....
» 5/06/2010 3:53:35 PM Lawson Yes “it is now clear the sun is going towards a minimum”, unfortunately this does .....
» 2/06/2010 7:12:26 PM Apologies everyone, OT I know. _______ Just to be clear spindoctor: You falsely attribu.....
» 2/06/2010 12:26:39 PM Ah, I see spindoctor - you can't admit to misquoting The Royal Society. No spindoctor, I .....
» 2/06/2010 10:16:21 AM spindoctor, spin it all you like. The fact remains, you clearly said; >> The Royal .....
» 1/06/2010 7:42:10 PM Perhaps media shock-jocks and the 'denialosphere' are spinning this? http://royalsociety......
» 1/06/2010 7:03:47 PM spindoc, you said; >> ... The Royal Society (who) recently made this statement in T.....
» 30/05/2010 5:54:34 PM spindoc Going by your statements in this thread (and others), I doubt very much you under.....
» 30/05/2010 5:22:00 PM Forrest, I should have been clearer. Geothermal is definitely an option in Australia, desp.....
» 29/05/2010 11:34:12 AM Yes, later this year there will be an "opportunity for world leaders to move from pro.....
» 28/05/2010 11:35:14 AM >> For heaven's sake you blokes, wake up, do a bit of reading, & stop talking rubbis.....
» 27/05/2010 10:11:17 AM >> For those intending to observe Hasbeen's exhortation to "..., wake up, do a .....
» 26/05/2010 6:20:26 PM Forrest Innamincka 'hot rocks' is on the horizon (with hiccups). The 'powers' that be wil.....
» 25/05/2010 4:13:58 PM Thanks Oliver, it's been enjoyable - sort of :).....
» 24/05/2010 9:22:06 PM Btw, Hasbeen ... I DON"T HATE COAL! It will be around for a long time yet. We just h.....
» 24/05/2010 9:15:30 PM Hasbeen I agree ... “the use of hydrocarbons is just a passing phase”. Unfortunately, som.....
» 24/05/2010 6:47:24 PM I'm no expert in wind power generation, unlike other OLO'ers. Nevertheless, solving the wo.....
» 22/05/2010 2:52:26 PM Pelican Where? See above :).....
» 21/05/2010 5:36:58 PM Peli >> Perhaps I have some faith myself that reason will one day prevail. <<.....
» 21/05/2010 2:53:57 PM >> If I have an issue it is that you (Mark Lawson) cannot cite sources then selectiv.....
» 14/05/2010 6:56:23 PM Wondering when you'd turn up runner ... but is that all you can come up with? There are m.....
» 14/05/2010 9:33:35 AM Great, should be fun to watch ;).....
» 14/05/2010 9:17:33 AM I agree, a very well articulated article on a topic that has engulfed fundamentalist Chris.....
» 13/05/2010 11:31:51 PM Hey Tony ... it's Ground Hog Day for Peter Hume. He keeps asking the same questions http.....
» 13/05/2010 10:27:41 PM Paul1405 The snag's jokes are ok with the moderator, I am not surprised. The Labor gover.....
» 13/05/2010 9:51:56 PM Protagoras If you mean some people don't see the big picture, sure. Man? The bar isn't s.....
» 12/05/2010 6:35:44 PM thinkabit >> As regarding planing, in reality not a lot needs to be done- society's.....
» 12/05/2010 6:33:03 PM Peter Hume Actually, I’m involved in helping individuals, businesses and government “plan.....
» 11/05/2010 8:40:21 PM A lion's roar ... just a boar. http://preview.tinyurl.com/LeoLanes-SuperHeroes-Rebutted .....
» 11/05/2010 7:04:24 PM I hear your shouting, thinkabit - sorry to have offended. If, just if ... sea levels do r.....
» 11/05/2010 6:12:00 PM Ummm, thinkabit, thinkabit. Adapting to the consequences of a changing climate (human ind.....
» 11/05/2010 6:07:33 PM Protagoras It looks like he's at it again – strawman arguments and red herrings. Followi.....
» 11/05/2010 1:47:30 PM Severin CC&S is highly unlikely to come online in the time frame that would be required, .....
» 9/05/2010 10:03:50 AM 2 of 2 So typically, ‘pseudo-sceptics’ will re-badge and repeat their favourite dogma tim.....
» 8/05/2010 6:04:00 PM 1 of 2 I apologise to all onlookers for giving the impression that I’m an arrogant old fa.....
» 8/05/2010 1:35:17 PM Btw spindoc; >> Thanks qanda, that’s the BBC one I wanted you to produce. << .....
» 8/05/2010 1:20:42 PM As I thought. Despite ALL the evidence, the findings and conclusions of the parliamentary.....
» 8/05/2010 9:45:29 AM No link from spindoc bugsy, at least not yet. This is the original BBC Q&A with Phil Jone.....
» 7/05/2010 5:38:17 PM Bugsy I have this 203 page pdf (similar to your 61 page summary, but contains more detail.....
» 7/05/2010 11:23:24 AM Raycom, still waiting for your reply. See the post below yours: http://forum.onlineopinio.....
» 7/05/2010 11:04:59 AM One and the same Raredog. While the PDO is termed an oscillation, there is no evidence to.....
» 6/05/2010 11:55:05 AM Nope, got it right. 30 years -> climate trend certain 15 years -> climate trend un.....
» 5/05/2010 11:33:01 PM Atman. The the planet is warming (some regions more so than others), human activity has si.....
» 5/05/2010 3:15:00 PM Cont’d Atman And to your last bracketed snarky remark about Arab and Chinese carbon – no,.....
» 5/05/2010 3:11:00 PM Atman I reject AGW ‘alarmism’ – always have, always will. That's not to say AGW isn't ala.....
» 5/05/2010 12:15:11 PM rpg Actually, organisations like the Heartland Institute are very ... well, organsised. T.....
» 5/05/2010 12:04:25 PM Hmmm, the plot thickens! Bugs, I wondered this morning why all the interest in solar (in).....
» 4/05/2010 4:43:41 PM Someone say conspiracy theory? http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2888700.htm Andr.....
» 4/05/2010 1:39:14 PM Curmudgeon I'm really trying to be patient, Mark - it is becoming tiresome. Again, you r.....
» 4/05/2010 12:44:26 PM Sheesh ... and some people call me an 'alarmist'......
» 3/05/2010 6:39:26 PM Actually, I didn't cite any figures. All I said was that the (solar) magnetic field varies.....
» 3/05/2010 5:15:44 PM Yeah bugsy, what you said. Calling someone an alarmist does not an alarmist make. A tacti.....
» 3/05/2010 4:52:19 PM Amicus >> how much research is done on CAUSES of Climate Change as opposed to paper.....
» 3/05/2010 12:02:48 PM Mark, read my post again - particularly this bit: “Professor Curmudgeon (ok, I'm being fa.....
» 3/05/2010 9:57:22 AM Graham No Graham, I am not telling you that GCMs depend on a constant level of CO2. If y.....
» 2/05/2010 5:52:32 PM Peter Hume >> The entire warmist belief system depends on the proposition that the .....
» 2/05/2010 4:49:00 PM Dang-de-dang. "One and only book", that is......
» 2/05/2010 4:46:14 PM Cont’d Mark You say “the reason it has not been updated ...is that the result would be t.....
» 2/05/2010 4:36:04 PM Curmudgeon, as the SRES clearly states: >> Future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ar.....
» 2/05/2010 12:43:05 PM By the way - there is a difference between (weight of) evidence and proof. It seems some .....
» 2/05/2010 12:32:31 PM Atman Where in your link to http://www.climatechange.com.au/tag/drought/ is the evidence .....
» 1/05/2010 7:34:21 PM pax Well said! Cassandra is not dumping on Oz at all - if anything, she is torn between h.....
» 30/04/2010 7:26:38 PM Mark/Curmudgeon While this is one of your ‘better’ articles, it is still a non-sequitur –.....
» 30/04/2010 5:16:59 PM Peter Hume and Amicus Your responses typify those of arm chair pseudo-experts, without co.....
» 30/04/2010 3:15:57 PM You keep doing it Peter, why? >> pointing to government-funded computer models ever.....
» 30/04/2010 2:30:40 PM Curmudgeon Perhaps this time we're on the same wave, but perhaps not :) The SRES is long.....
» 30/04/2010 1:35:04 PM A very good article Owen, your posted links add to it. ______ Atman "People now re.....
» 28/04/2010 9:05:44 PM Oh, odo, Having re-assessed, you are probably right - you are a waste of space, and a was.....
» 28/04/2010 9:02:05 PM I see odo has still got his eyes shut and his hands over his ears. And his paranoia? Just.....
» 28/04/2010 11:10:52 AM Interestingly, it appears the first two posters are 'projecting' inadequacies on to the au.....
» 28/04/2010 8:15:53 AM >> Goodness, I surmise that qanda has dispensed with the "I'm objective and not.....
» 27/04/2010 10:41:48 PM Sir Vivor As to your response; Ce n'est pas grave ... c'est la vie et adieu......
» 27/04/2010 2:36:14 PM Ahh, Sir Vivor, to have a friendly game of chess, sharing a vintage port (and an equally v.....
» 27/04/2010 11:10:48 AM Not suppressing debate, just highlighting the deliberate distortions, misrepresentations a.....
» 27/04/2010 9:43:10 AM >> The 'deny-n-delay brigade' will shout, with their eyes tightly shut and their han.....
» 27/04/2010 9:35:28 AM Errata There are currently over 400 nuclear reactors in the world today. http://www.euro.....
» 27/04/2010 8:19:00 AM Ok, thanks Sir Vivor for the clarification. Unfortunately, there are currently over 500 n.....
» 26/04/2010 10:33:09 PM Sir Vivor Re your last post to RaeBee - do you have an opinion on your link yourself? Yo.....
» 26/04/2010 8:31:19 PM Now, where were we? >> Much of the impetus for the denial that humans (significantl.....
» 26/04/2010 5:40:20 PM Growth in emissions for China: http://www.columbia.edu/~mhs119/Emissions/Emis_moreFigs/Ch.....
» 26/04/2010 10:03:25 AM Joe, I'll simplify with a pertinent example. China has been developing exponentially, mos.....
» 25/04/2010 5:59:42 PM Geoff The current issue, with features on education and science literacy http://www.sci.....
» 25/04/2010 5:50:31 PM >> Are emissions really increasing exponentially ? Each Saturday, the national newsp.....
» 25/04/2010 3:09:18 PM >> So it's two degrees in fifty years ? Two inches in fifty years ? That's it ? <.....
» 24/04/2010 4:44:45 PM Joe, in the ball park but deliberately obtuse. While this may sound simplistic (it is), w.....
» 24/04/2010 10:04:39 AM Got me stumped Arjay, maybe that's a question for Barnaby Joyce......
» 23/04/2010 10:54:30 PM Geoff I apologise if this thread seems to be drifting, but this is OLO. People will beli.....
» 23/04/2010 10:34:46 PM Oops again: http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=10330#168793 I should h.....
» 23/04/2010 9:02:28 PM Didn't know the creationist was a follower of the neo-con shock-jock's sermons, but there .....
» 22/04/2010 7:18:13 PM Oops ... I mean John J, or Atman's links. [phoenix94 (otoh) tends to link to the SPPI qui.....
» 22/04/2010 7:07:15 PM Hey, howya doin Amicus! 1st of all, apologies for the typo. On the QWERTY keyboard, you w.....
» 22/04/2010 5:54:41 PM "Accusations of fraud or scientific misconduct have been widespread" Absolutely.....
» 21/04/2010 10:29:05 PM Examinator, priceless! Hope so too, there's bugger all down here as our resident OLO dendr.....
» 21/04/2010 4:34:26 PM Ahhh, I see Jon J, that epitome of science FUD ... Anthony Watts' (ex-weatherman extraordi.....
» 21/04/2010 4:25:59 PM StG, let’s put your hypothetical into perspective. Global volcanic activity emits on aver.....
» 15/04/2010 4:13:21 PM Re: http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=10243#168040 While we're listeni.....
» 14/04/2010 12:11:32 AM Raycom, Roy Spencer and Dick Lindzen are well known AGW contrarians, they employ climate .....
» 13/04/2010 11:07:23 AM Agree Baygon. I often experience a range of feelings (disappointment, frustration, sadnes.....
» 11/04/2010 9:35:53 PM Yeah, I know what you mean Protagoras, but what else are you supposed to do on a site like.....
» 11/04/2010 6:53:11 PM >> Just designate one source of the science backing the basis of AGW << Svant.....
» 11/04/2010 1:54:34 PM Leo Lane By now, given the volumes of scientific evidence supporting AGW, we should have .....
» 11/04/2010 1:15:57 PM Cont’d 8. Vanuatu is heavily dependent on indigenous biomass fuels for cooking and crop d.....
» 11/04/2010 1:11:26 PM Sir Vivor At the outset, I am not an expert in nuclear power, so what I offer here on thi.....
» 10/04/2010 9:11:42 PM Cont’d Protagoras Yes, we do have to separate the science from the rubbish churned out b.....
» 10/04/2010 9:04:00 PM Leo, your head is buried in a quagmire of ‘denialist’ spin and clap-trap. You may have hea.....
» 9/04/2010 7:26:09 PM Sir Vivor I have already posted a link to the IAEA, here it is again: http://www.iaea.or.....
» 9/04/2010 5:19:08 PM Dear Lois >> Find a scientific basis for AGW, and then come back. There is no scien.....
» 9/04/2010 2:30:45 PM Dear Lois Lane Rather than embarrass you with physics and maths again, this is simpler fo.....
» 9/04/2010 7:20:44 AM Sir Vivor, do you understand the Statutes of the International Atomic Energy Agency? Your.....
» 8/04/2010 7:12:16 PM Hummph Nick ... I (and others) have tried - but it is not possible to communicate with so.....
» 8/04/2010 7:02:03 PM A considered response to me Prota - despite the tete-a-tete with Shaddow. However, it see.....
» 7/04/2010 4:49:40 PM Why am I not surprised that pots 'cherry pick' and take selective data out of context whil.....
» 7/04/2010 4:26:04 PM Protagoras You might not consider Barry Brook an ‘expert’ on nuclear, but some of his gue.....
» 7/04/2010 4:18:31 PM Fester >> With nuclear power, the relevance is with the fourth generation reactors,.....
» 7/04/2010 3:33:30 PM Back into the fray – Amicus, Friday, 2 April 2010 3:05:34 a.m. No, it is not my opinion .....
» 1/04/2010 11:03:39 PM You know Amicus, it would be disturbing to genuine 'agnostics' when someone links or parro.....
» 1/04/2010 11:07:39 AM Maaate, re: "innocent naivete about the complexities of the issues ..." It appea.....
» 1/04/2010 9:18:56 AM Intriguing ... Apparently it's ok for the average joe/jill to "abuse" scientif.....
» 31/03/2010 3:37:57 PM Er, Curmudgeon ... last time I looked - Alaska, Canada and the 'north west' weren't that &.....
» 31/03/2010 1:58:29 PM All off topic of course but perhaps I should clarify my personal interests. I invest in a .....
» 31/03/2010 1:15:45 PM Amicus They are not my figures, they are contained within a Geodynamics' report. Geodynam.....
» 30/03/2010 9:48:12 PM Graham, before I retire for the night - personal sniping on this site is a matter of cours.....
» 30/03/2010 10:44:55 AM No one known to me denies warming has taken place - except perhaps Dr Tim Ball or Dr Bob C.....
» 30/03/2010 10:20:40 AM I've got a "vested interest" in environmental, ecological and economic sustainab.....
» 30/03/2010 8:58:42 AM rpg- thanks for the ASX stuff. Being a shareholder of GDY, I get all the reports - they ha.....
» 30/03/2010 7:26:15 AM rpg It seems your head is forever-stuck-in-the-mud. You claim to be an "engineer&quo.....
» 29/03/2010 6:42:22 PM Cutting to the chase, Leo: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2858332.htm Bye.....
» 29/03/2010 6:29:00 PM Minor quibble, Leo >> 22 March “ my criticism of Bob Carter does not depend on comp.....
» 29/03/2010 6:12:54 PM Oh bum! Went to "online Opinion" (7pm) scrolled down and ... you wouldn't have g.....
» 29/03/2010 11:38:03 AM Well, I'm stumped Forrest. Thought I'd check myself the top of the pops and all I get is t.....
» 29/03/2010 10:31:35 AM Hardline greens do get up my nostrils, too. I agree with Dr Hansen and Dr Ziggy Switkowski.....
» 28/03/2010 11:23:22 AM Global warming is a global problem; France cannot do it alone - neither can we. Given the.....
» 27/03/2010 10:10:54 AM >> The problem for David and Ken is two fold. It was the AGW’ers who started the shi.....
» 26/03/2010 10:02:41 PM Forrest, I drafted 264 words for the linked topic but apparently it is an "archived d.....
» 26/03/2010 9:28:39 PM Forrest, you “provoke thought, not provoke ...” nevertheless, provocative just the same. A.....
» 26/03/2010 9:41:23 AM "Isn't this all rivetingly fascinating!" Hi Forrest. Well yes, it is - that's w.....
» 25/03/2010 5:28:15 PM Geoff I knew rpg got confused - that's why I replied. ______ Don Thanks. Can I encoura.....
» 24/03/2010 8:41:47 PM Oh yeah, it's qanda (as in Q&A) ... not quandar......
» 24/03/2010 8:40:06 PM This is oh so tedious, but ... rpg, what makes you think I haven't heard of WUWT? FYI, I'.....
» 24/03/2010 4:31:22 PM Don Re: “climatology credentials” – I should have been clearer; I am referring to those t.....
» 24/03/2010 4:24:51 PM Geoff I should have been more specific. When I say “green hardliners”, I mean the ‘dark g.....
» 23/03/2010 8:28:00 AM Geoff: I look at it this way (I’m sure you understand) – the ‘Leos’ of this world are stuc.....
» 22/03/2010 4:21:50 PM Leo, Leo, Leo ... You, again, are demonstrating your ignorance (if not stupidity) - this .....
» 22/03/2010 10:03:51 AM Vexatious remarks odo Others might want to learn a bit more in “Climate Cover-Up: The Cru.....
» 22/03/2010 9:23:12 AM Leo Lane (Nick Lanelaw) This is the latest piece about your pseudosceptic hero, Bob Carte.....
» 22/03/2010 8:43:27 AM Not quite Jonathan J Ariel ... It was George W Bush who failed his allies, disappointed h.....
» 22/03/2010 8:19:45 AM Odo No weapons of mass destruction were ever found. Ever since Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld.....
» 18/03/2010 7:35:20 AM I seem to recall Bush & Co bombed the crap out of Iraq with just 1% probability about WMD......
» 18/03/2010 7:09:22 AM Here is a biased piece of journalism by the ABC's Jonathan Holmes to ponder. Of course, hi.....
» 17/03/2010 5:20:01 PM Did anyone watch Q&A this week? Of those that did, do you have any comments about Waleed .....
» 17/03/2010 4:21:33 PM Hasbeen Thanks for your response. You still haven’t explained where the CSIRO and BOM hav.....
» 16/03/2010 12:38:40 PM CJ "Some people just hear what they want to hear and others see only what their blin.....
» 16/03/2010 12:24:19 PM Off topic somewhat, but; Hasbeen >> Interesting the CSIRO, & the bureau coming out .....
» 14/03/2010 12:20:15 PM >> Interesting that no one seems game to comment on how we might feel if the interna.....
» 14/03/2010 9:36:59 AM Arjay, way to go off topic mate - why would you do that? You (even Peter Hume) may think .....
» 12/03/2010 3:55:00 PM Yes, that's true Rob. One could even argue that science doesn't matter anymore - politicia.....
» 12/03/2010 3:00:52 PM Holmes and Hobbs are correct. A bit of bandwidth, but going by this http://www.youtube.c.....
» 11/03/2010 5:17:07 PM On this I think we may agree: by repeating things that got us into trouble in the 1st plac.....
» 11/03/2010 2:53:59 PM Peter, You lost it on points – regardless of some of the good ones you landed. I was enj.....
» 11/03/2010 2:23:07 PM Amicus Re: << A spokesman for the UNEP (and WMO) has indicated that an announcement.....
» 10/03/2010 2:45:47 PM Pericles I'm stumped, really. I don't think I'll ever understand religious extremists, fr.....
» 10/03/2010 9:47:19 AM Of course I meant: Working towards a practical national curriculum is is a huge task but .....
» 10/03/2010 9:44:49 AM Examinator Working towards practical national curriculum is is a huge task but can't it b.....
» 8/03/2010 10:47:42 PM He is trying to do what you want. Why is it so difficult for you to acknowledge that?.....
» 8/03/2010 9:40:40 PM My head is starting to hurt ... but I love it!.....
» 8/03/2010 8:17:39 PM Philo No, a Fatwa does not "mean a death sentence to the accused." The rest of.....
» 8/03/2010 4:27:58 PM OP2, those other links - even better! I hope he gets a Peace prize, not a bullet. The fa.....
» 8/03/2010 2:21:09 PM He’s right Graham, it does need to be tightly controlled. _______ loadeddog << q.....
» 8/03/2010 10:41:31 AM A fascinating thread Pericles, the plot thickens!.....
» 8/03/2010 10:33:46 AM Like many national and international issues of late, in pursuing conciliation between wide.....
» 8/03/2010 9:22:12 AM Let me be more clear ... Fawlty......
» 7/03/2010 5:29:24 PM You sound like Mr Faulty, Loudmouth. I understood your point. You apparently not mine. Yes.....
» 7/03/2010 4:58:22 PM Agreed.....
» 7/03/2010 2:26:11 PM Fair enough anti-green. Just to nit-pick: • All this is a long way off proof that atmosp.....
» 7/03/2010 2:06:36 PM Good stuff yabs. Over to you Arjay......
» 7/03/2010 11:44:36 AM Mouth They're not all going to melt away anytime soon - but you knew that. Look over there.....
» 7/03/2010 9:48:52 AM Arjay, on subjects such as this I always find your musings well worth the read - thanks. .....
» 6/03/2010 11:37:44 PM anti-green Tuesday, 2 March 2010 4:34:45 PM http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?.....
» 6/03/2010 11:25:56 PM Much appreciated, opinionated! I for one, am passing this one on......
» 6/03/2010 10:29:01 PM Therefore, I disagree with the author - the proposed science curriculum is NOT a disgrace......
» 6/03/2010 9:05:40 PM Examinator Try here: http://www.acer.edu.au/documents/Mono63_MathsSciTechSept08.pdf A f.....
» 6/03/2010 4:40:58 PM Hasbeen << we should also be making savings in some obvious places >> Of cou.....
» 6/03/2010 3:01:34 PM Peter It's all muddled, don't want to get embroiled in the "I said, you said" ga.....
» 6/03/2010 12:46:49 PM To hors from qanta 3000 + pages 2500 + scientists 1000 + research papers You get the d.....
» 6/03/2010 12:17:58 PM Aw shucks examie, now I’m embarrassed. When I said “how dare you!” and qualified it with (.....
» 6/03/2010 11:10:09 AM Thanks for putting up the science curriculum Peli. Ok, its only a draft but it looks reaso.....
» 5/03/2010 3:34:16 PM Make that three ... religious zealots as well :(.....
» 5/03/2010 2:54:49 PM Yep, words of wisdom SevFrac :) Two problems ... politicians and a fickle electorate......
» 5/03/2010 2:46:09 PM Amicus, it was not a trick question, it was genuine. That you don't like it is in no doubt.....
» 5/03/2010 12:44:10 PM I suppose it would help if I included the link :) http://www.grida.no/publications/other/.....
» 5/03/2010 12:40:06 PM BAYGON Can you be more specific in how you define "natural resource depletion"?.....
» 5/03/2010 10:23:12 AM Perhaps this http://www.acara.edu.au/verve/_resources/Australian_Curriculum_-_Science.pd.....
» 5/03/2010 9:46:33 AM Graham << Yes qanda the enter scores for science at uni are a disgrace. An OP of 17.....
» 5/03/2010 7:40:55 AM By the way, there's more to science than equations and experiments - and there is enough t.....
» 5/03/2010 7:28:53 AM Good post Graham Professor Rice (executive director, Australian Council of Science Deans).....
» 4/03/2010 2:36:41 PM Examinator - How dare I what? State the bleeding obvious ;-) Well, except goo'dol Fred is.....
» 3/03/2010 8:29:00 PM Peter << A good question, what evidence would it take to convince one that human ac.....
» 3/03/2010 8:09:33 PM Hasbeen, you've convinced me ... you are. Climate is NOT weather, GET IT? It was YOU who.....
» 3/03/2010 6:00:44 PM Horus About your “Australian” link. It’s in reference to a recent paper by the well know.....
» 3/03/2010 4:30:56 PM Ok Hasbeen, you ask us to be specific, why can't you? 1. Which journals are you referring.....
» 3/03/2010 3:25:56 PM PS KenH What evidence would it take for you to accept the alternative? i.e. it is very .....
» 3/03/2010 3:18:59 PM Déjà vu - Robert Watson's article is well reasoned - but it will not remove hands from ear.....
» 3/03/2010 11:23:06 AM Roger Pielke (Jr) makes some valid points that deserve to be listened to, and taken up. H.....
» 3/03/2010 11:04:33 AM Robert Watson's article is well reasoned - but it will not remove hands from ears, or open.....
» 3/03/2010 10:35:23 AM Hasbeen You either didn't read the BOM link, or you didn't understand it. May I suggest yo.....
» 2/03/2010 9:50:05 PM http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/ Check again in the next few days.....
» 2/03/2010 11:12:58 AM The problem spindoc is that you can distort, misrepresent and dribble out "facts".....
» 1/03/2010 6:27:36 PM Hasbeen, As some spindoctor noted elsewhere ... it's called shooting the messenger - good.....
» 1/03/2010 9:17:59 AM Examinator opened the thread by reference to Maxwell Boykoff: "One problem occurs wh.....
» 1/03/2010 7:38:55 AM Horus I got the book from Amazon.com, you can get some very good book reviews there. As .....
» 27/02/2010 3:45:29 PM Spindoc Real sceptics are also referenced; it’s just that there isn’t that many with publ.....
» 27/02/2010 3:44:01 PM Hasbeen Well done! You have just tried to read something that Joe & Jill Average would no.....
» 26/02/2010 1:00:55 PM Hasbeen, start here: http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/Report/AR4WG1_Print_Ch09.pdf I can onl.....
» 26/02/2010 11:23:40 AM Yes spindoc, it is despicable that supposedly ‘open-minded’ journalists spruik their own b.....
» 25/02/2010 7:16:32 PM On the contrary Horus, there are a few genuine "sceptics" (in the scientific sen.....
» 25/02/2010 6:52:05 PM << It is clear that Monckton is a clown of the first order and his acolytes are illi.....
» 25/02/2010 5:54:51 PM Bunny You are not ignorant per se. You are showing ignorance about climate science - ther.....
» 25/02/2010 2:53:15 PM Loxton These links put Monckton's Musings (sarc) into perspective http://www.salon.com/p.....
» 25/02/2010 1:19:15 PM examinator Yes, there is a concerted effort to thwart action on tackling the problems of .....
» 25/02/2010 11:01:48 AM Oh please spindoc, that US Senate (Minority) Report into the CRU (hot off the press). I a.....
» 22/02/2010 5:57:31 PM Bunny Oh please, stop regurgitating your ignorance about climate science! Ok, debate wha.....
» 22/02/2010 4:23:49 PM What rstuart says ... hear, hear!.....
» 20/02/2010 6:21:58 PM << I think the preface that the APS put before Monckton's article is disgraceful, bt.....
» 20/02/2010 3:02:10 PM Graham says << Climate sensitivity is of course the nub of the debate. Monckton has.....
» 20/02/2010 1:46:10 PM Actually Graham, Arjay was the one who mentioned "hide the decline"; I just call.....
» 19/02/2010 7:50:59 AM Perhaps then Doc Merlyn, can I invite you to look at the work of Nick Maxwell. http://ww.....
» 18/02/2010 11:00:27 PM Graham, I was not referring to Phil Jones at all, despite your protestations to the contra.....
» 18/02/2010 10:22:17 PM Doc Merlyn (welcome to OLO) You have quals in adult education? Why not join the thread h.....
» 18/02/2010 11:17:00 AM Arjay, Thanks for your interpretation of what “hide the decline” means – but you make the.....
» 17/02/2010 6:30:28 PM This SMH journo sums it up without the typical tabloid spin: http://www.smh.com.au/enviro.....
» 17/02/2010 10:47:21 AM Graham, I would be interested in your comments about Pinker’s refutation of Monckton’s Mus.....
» 16/02/2010 10:58:55 PM Atman, you obviously don't know what a "squealing" climate is, we are having pro.....
» 16/02/2010 6:19:51 PM Atman, you are so droll. Which part of the following statement do you not understand? “Ca.....
» 15/02/2010 11:08:46 AM Raredog, I read your links (and the comments), thanks. Following ‘post normal science’ to.....
» 14/02/2010 9:10:48 PM I haven't tried A-PAC http://www.a-pac.tv/ but it was mentioned on Lambert's thread......
» 13/02/2010 10:25:49 AM Spin it, or doctor it, all you like spindoctor (very appropriate). I see the following (r.....
» 13/02/2010 7:17:16 AM Not sure - I watched the live stream from SMH online. Here is one appraisal http://larva.....
» 12/02/2010 6:26:05 PM My last post appears to have stifled discussion so let's get this thing back on topic: &l.....
» 12/02/2010 4:52:56 PM spindoc I had to do a bit of digging, but is this: http://www.climateconversation.wordsh.....
» 11/02/2010 9:33:59 PM Arjjay, Al Gore is a politician. Maaate, you've got rocks in your head if you think anybo.....
» 11/02/2010 8:42:27 PM Jutras is really throwing some big numbers around and some people soak it in as if it all .....
» 10/02/2010 4:23:34 PM Bazz And if the temperatures continue to trend up? Of course, you are right - a global pr.....
» 10/02/2010 1:46:46 PM Spindoc, a well written post. Something bothers me though, because we have been through t.....
» 9/02/2010 8:24:39 AM I deleted the Q&A account myself, Graham ... before I registered under 'qanda'. Unlike Mar.....
» 9/02/2010 12:20:44 AM “Q&A up to his usual sloppy tendentious worst again I see ...” Attack me all you want Gra.....
» 8/02/2010 5:18:12 PM rstuart John Hewson has some good (and not so good) things to say here: http://www.abc.n.....

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