Category Archives: Environmentalism

Poppycock or Worse than we thought

Posted on January 24, 2013 by

These men were the faces of nature on the BBC in my youth – heroes you could say. You see I was a greenie then too.  Never a rabid one you understand – I always believed that if you wanted … Continue reading →

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The milliWatt Gym

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

Or is that ‘millipede’? Hot on the heels of The KiloWatt Gym comes a slightly more modest phone-charger version. A hamster wheel converter anyone? A perfect gift for those environuts who worry (needlessly) about leaving their phone charging overnight.

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Self-esteem and the misplaced fervour of climate scientists

Posted on September 30, 2012 by

It is not a new idea, but it was a surprise to see the ‘environmentalism is the new religion’ meme in a popular psychology book.  In Willpower – Why Self-Control is the Secret to Success, Roy  F. Baumeister and John … Continue reading →

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Hive Mind

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

Notice anything unusual about this unassuming building entrance? Note the large number of cycles parked outside and the group of casually-dressed people standing outside smoking. Nothing else like this in the street. Does this not seem a little odd for … Continue reading →

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Connect the Dots

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

Over at Watts Up With That, Anthony’s asking for letter writing to inject a bit of sense into the ‘extreme weather’ hype and counter the response to 350.org’s climate connect the dots campaign. I have another suggestion. Excerpt from an … Continue reading →

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More evidence – Gleick blew it

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

Well well! It looks as if Peter Gleick lied about receiving the fake Heartland Memo by mail – unless he mailed it to himself that is – breaking news at WUWT – Forensic analysis of the fake Heartland ‘Climate Strategy … Continue reading →

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Competition in the meme pool

Posted on February 5, 2012 by

Climate change activism has relied heavily on memes to spread its message – ‘the greenhouse effect’; ‘Polar Bears are in peril’; ‘Global warming will reach a tipping point then were doomed’.  As well as direct climate memes there are also … Continue reading →

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A Tipping Point Reached

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

Events this week make me wonder if we have reached a tipping point in climate change.  The trouble with tipping points is that you can only see them with any certainty well after the fact – which is something that … Continue reading →

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BS detector: Wind farm bird kills in Spain

Posted on January 15, 2012 by

Beware of estimates from environmentalists published as headlines. Exaggerations do no one any favours. Spanish wind farms kill 6 to 18 million birds & bats a year The average bird and bat deaths per turbine comes down to 333 – … Continue reading →

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