PRESS RELEASE
A new organisation was created in Dunblane, Scotland to advocate a pragmatic approach to issues like Global Warming and renewable energy.
“Scotland was literally and physically made by our climate: The ice ages formed our valleys; our cuisine of porridge from oats is because our climate doesn’t suit wheat; and it was the colder climate of the 1690s & the famine that followed, that led to our loss of our independence. According to historians, up to a quarter of Scots died in just a few years. Imagine if it happened today? That is why climate and energy are so important in Scotland” said Mike Haseler, the newly appointed chairman.
The Scottish Climate & Energy Forum plans to take on “the pernicious groups” which appear to want to tear up the Scottish landscape and destroy our economy. “They have got away with this so far because pragmatic people like us haven’t had an organisation to ensure the public were told the truth about the real science. The physics of CO2 is that doubling this trace gas will only warm the world by around 1C. This is not a catastrophe. It isn’t unprecedented. It isn’t even bad in a cold country like Scotland” said Mike Haseler who has a Physics and Electronics degree from St. Andrews University.
Whilst Scotland is the home of some prominent climate Sceptics like Lord Monckton, who has been on numerous speaking tours, and Andrew Montford, author of the “The Hockey Stick Illusion; Climategate and the Corruption of Science”, the Scottish Climate & Energy Forum is the first Scottish organisation which aims to represent the pragmatic scientific view on climate and energy which almost all “sceptics” support.
The association now plans to develop educational material. “It doesn’t need a rocket scientist to explain that the claims of doomsday warming are not based on sound science. They are only computer projections. In 2001, they predicted warming. It has not warmed since. This scientific evidence tells us we should reject these flawed models which are based on a doomsday global warming theory. That is how real science works. That is why Scotland needs the Scottish Climate & Energy Forum.”
Notes for Editors
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The Scottish Climate & Energy Forum is an Association which aims “to support government, communities and the people of Scotland to make the best decisions on climate and energy for the benefit of us all.”
For more information see:
- Website: http://scef.org.uk
- Twitter: @ScotClimate
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/443377085697210/
Contact
Name: Mike Haseler Tel: 0141 776 1523
Chairman of the Scottish Climate and Energy Forum
7 Poplar Drive, Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire, G66 4DN
Telephone 0141 776 1523
Email chairman@scef.org.uk
Website http://scef.org.uk
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Right, that’s Scotland solved.
Next!
More of this in more countries.
It isn’t only Scotland that need organisations like this …
They don’t call them ‘canny’ Scots for naught.
“..it was the colder climate of the 1690s & the famine that followed, that led to our loss of our independence…”
Umm? The Scots merged with the English in 1707 because they were bankrupt after investing heavily in a mad colonial scheme in Darien, and losing all their money. The English agreed to bail them out if they agreed to a joint union, which had been an English aim ever since the two countries started having joint monarchs 100 years earlier.
The treaty negotiations were entirely conducted between the upper classes of both countries, who were not starving. Whether or not the common people on either side were suffering privations due to the climate was completely irrelevant. The Scots nobility wanted their wealth restored, and were happy to agree to a single parliament to achieve this. The common Scots weren’t, and I suspect the common English were none to happy either – but no one listened to them….
“…According to historians, up to a quarter of Scots died in just a few years. Imagine if it happened today?”
Noo ye’v given awa’ thair plan, Mike. Thay wull nae be chuffed wi’ ye.
“…It isn’t even bad in a cold country like Scotland” said Mike Haseler
Like it. Self interest should win in the end.
Well done Scotland!!
The good old common sense and the enlightenment of the sons
of Adam Smith at work…..good move….JS
Adam Smith would be pleased.
He always knew the Scottish school showed greater wisdom.
Excellent article from yesterday’s Telegraph about how Scotland is wrecking its landscape and potentially its tourism industry with wind power.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/9366706/Wind-farm-pylons-steel-giants-of-the-glens.html
Uncannily, the Australian carbon tax of $23 per tonne (not sure if it’s tonne of C or CO2) started yesterday.
It’s all been driven through Labor by the lunatic Greens. Their policy document states:
“2. we have only 10-15 years to use our collective human intelligence to address the crisis of climate change and to prevent catastrophe.”
“15. Australia to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions as soon as is feasible and by no later than 2050 ”
http://greens.org.au/policies/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-and-energy
Our government carbon tax doco states that global warming is our fault:
“Science predicts a number of “fingerprints” that we should expect, if current climate change models are correct. Indeed, these have been observed – including more warming at night, more warming at higher latitudes, and upper atmosphere cooling. Furthermore, climate models have projected the ensuing global warming to a high level of accuracy, verifying that we have a good understanding of the fundamental physics behind climate change.”
http://www.carbontax.net.au/category/climate-change/
not to mention “FLAWED FORECASTS” by the Met Office!
anyone following the insanity of the roof decisions at wimbledon last week, will appreciate Djokovic’s jibe at them:
30 June: AP: Djokovic rallies past Stepanek at Wimbledon
When a drizzle delayed the start of the third round, tournament officials decided Djokovic’s match should be played inside. An odd spectacle ensued: The roof closed as the sun came out and outside court covers came off.
“I was a little bit surprised, when I saw sunshine, that the roof is closed,” Djokovic said. “Obviously they’re relying on a forecast that I don’t think is very reliable here. But OK.”
http://www.wkrn.com/story/18916332/djokovic-rallies-past-stepanek-at-wimbledon
Ah, good, nice timing for me returning to my homeland Scotland soon.
Best of luck to the Scottish Climate & Energy Forum.
From historical evidence, global cooling is far more dangerous than global warming.
Scotland Famine 1693-4
Famine in Scotland: The ‘Ill Years’ of The 1690s p 191
Finland Famine 1694-7
Great Famine of Finland (1695–1697)
Neumann, J.; Lindgrén, S. (1979). “Great Historical Events That Were Significantly Affected by the Weather: 4, The Great Famines in Finland and Estonia”. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 60 (7): pp775–787. doi:10.1175/1520-0477(1979)0602.0.CO;2. ISSN 1520-0477.
Dr Burns.
The Labor Party also said ” There will be no carbon tax under a Government I lead” & “No it is not correct This is an hysterically incorrect claim made by the conservatives’ Wayne Swann said that.
Simply, their veracity is open to doubt.
As for climate model predictions the less said the better. Look at the prjections DR Hansen made to the US Congress in 1988 and actual result. He was not even close. As someone said, “nice try but no cigar”!!!!
Well done, Mike. Scotland’s energy ‘policy’ is an unfolding disaster. Read again, (if you can stomach it) our unanimously adopted ‘Climate Change Declaration’, and weep. And for what? This is not the heralded ‘re-industrialisation’ of Scotland as gov purports: instead, it’s a wholesale sell-out to the CAGW faddists. Madness.
It’ll be interesting to see government’s reaction to Fife’s recent request: http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/fife-council-calls-for-ban-on-wind-farm-applications-1-2361647 . That, of course, is if either choose to publically communicate.
Anyway, power to your elbow from ‘neath Craigleith.
I seem to recall that the core of the Royal Society was formed by Scots.
They are pretty good at enlightenment ;-).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Enlightenment
I didn’t know Lord Monckton was Scottish. My opinion of that land just went up–again. That dear hero will probably read this comment and find out that the book “The Millionaire Next Door” says that Scottish immigrants to the United States have been its single most prosperous demographic group. Two hundred years ago, Scots had a lot to do with the founding era and the prosperity this country has enjoyed (Lord Monckton probably already knows that).
Now that I have mentioned this, other Scots will likely grab that book as well, and become even more prosperous. Of course, everyone else can get it, too.
Seems the Scots remember the “Clearances” and see the resemblance to Agenda 21.
Adam Smith tried to stop the federalization of America. He failed. Now people worship their indenture papers and call it protection. It’s been downhill from there. But now the pace is picking up.
Barking dogs don’t bite. Talking people don’t resist.
Oh, you will be free, eventually- when you have nothing left to lose.
Until then, yadda-yadda is like vaseline. You’ll try different brands of it as long as you still have any hopey change. It’s a habit. Habits are hard to break. Australians will never ever lose the carbon tax. Americans will never ever escape socialized medicine. Europe is already near the culdesac at the end of the one-way street.
There might be a way to stop it in America, but it can’t be done by talking or voting or paying more taxes – that’s just giving it up instead of fighting it. Slavery on the installment plan is the global strategy. You know it is. What’s the point of another bunch of talking heads? They aren’t going to feel remorse for selling you out while they take your money to give you hope. They can’t do anything. It would take every individual to DO something. Truth doesn’t matter, courage doesn’t matter. They have air superiority and you won’t even have anybody to shoot at. It’s a foregone conclusion that you stand no chance of winning this war against you – particularly when you think it’s a debating society event.
Bye bye, America. It was the land of the free for a little while. There were enough scraps of liberty left in the bowl to live on. It’s time to head to South America before they arm the drones.
Monckton isn’t even remotely Scottish, if anyone cares to look.
More power to your elbow, Mike Haselar and the organisation.
Some of us Kiwis are struggling with the mad reasoning underpinning the ETS our government foisted upon us back when Kyoto was a bandwaggon. Now it’s getting cooler the reasoning behind our ETS looks even sillier.
garcad says:
July 1, 2012 at 7:16 pm
Oh Garcad, it was depressing to read your post. Why?
Because I know, deep inside, that what you wrote is true….