Telegraph: Climategate is no problem! Just ask those under suspicion!

By: Frederick (Diary)  |  December 2nd at 06:41 PM  | 

The London Telegraph was so profoundly upset by the news that the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia (CRU) had allegedly falsified data that they felt compelled to issue a press release: Sceptics claim the emails show climate change data was being manipulated. Prof Jones, director of the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit (CRU), has said he “absolutely” stands by | Read More »

Back-Checking the Hockey Stick

By: Frederick (Diary)  |  October 2nd at 05:22 PM  | 

(H/T the Talkmaster) Take a look at the following graph and see if you can tell what it is and what it means: If you couldn’t tell the above graph, linked from Climate Audit, is the now famous “Hockey Stick” graph that depicts global temperatures over the last roughly 2,500 years. The data comes from tree-ring data, which is considered by climatologists to be among | Read More »

The Problem with Green

By: Frederick (Diary)  |  May 19th at 08:30 PM  | 

Cross-posted at Fred’s News. I can’t stand most “green” products. They don’t work very well, they cost more and people who use them generally take a “holier than thou” opinion of themselves, just because they’re using some crappy green product. Green products are Lifestyle Products. They are meant to make somebody feel better about who they are simply because they are being “environmentally responsible.” At | Read More »